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Super-cool van, but I'd invest $0 in the back-story or mileage.  I went to look at "No-Place" as a 43K original-mile van because the odometer didn't read over 100K: I though, 'If this guy's gonna make jokes, they should at least be funny.'  :dodgy: eBay LINK On the one posted, I wonder if...

Welcome aboard! This really is a great site with ALL kinds of helpful folks here. I look forward to seeing your future progress, and wish you the best on your upcoming adventures. Cotton

Transmission & front chassis problems add up quick. Too bad it didn't work out, but I'm glad you didn't buy a van plagued with problems. Good luck with your ongoing search. Cotton

"Premium Car Checker-Outter" is just and example name I thought up as I was typing - sorry. :)  I have done test-drives both ways.  When I was selling my GTO, I went with the buyer, but when I was selling my F150, I just got a copy of their license and insurance (and made sure they weren't...

What I've done to "hold" a vehicle is to pay them (normally $20/day) to pull the ad, and reserve my place in the buyer-que for X-number of days. So in theory, if you paid $100, you should have 5 days to rearrange finances or consider other options. Of course you have to consider who you're...

Yeah buddy, don't worry about sounding rude, just tell us what you think next time, huh.  ;)  I like to tinker and fix things especially if I can do so before they become a problem.  I'm the kind of guy that hopes that I'll never have to buy another vehicle  - kinda like the old saying about if...

One fan will pull and the other will push with the weather to determine which one does which, but I'm going to try to locate them as far from each other as possible, and well away from the tailpipe.  I'm not sure yet if the higher vent (the one that will usually be the puller) will go fore or...

Noted and replied, but to add:  These valves are designed to keep exhaust gasses from escaping while positioned directly in the path of the exhaust.  I don't know that I would bank on it withstanding a steady pelting of tear-gass (without a dab or so of silicone anyway), but I think they're a...

Instead of starting abunch of little threads wanting advice on the details, I figured it'd just be better to start a thread showing what I'm trying to do entirely, and hopefully gain input, and change the overall plan as necessary.   I am totally getting the fan speed controller recommended by...

The only records I keep aren't for maintenance, but for repairs, and I only keep them for warranty, so typically whomever I sell to never sees them anyway, but I'm pretty meticulous on my vehicle up-keep.  But let's get down to brass-tacks here; The van has under 60K miles, so it's not going to...

I would ditch the dolly idea altogether since they are impossible to reverse, but I would also discourage you from taking on two vehicles.  GM made all-wheel-drive full-size vans up until 2014, and if you found one with the smaller V6 ...the MPG's would still suck :P  ...but it wouldn't be as...

My great granddad was a cotton share-cropper, and when  his youngest was born with a full head of blonde hair, he was named Cotton.  When I was born with a full head of blonde hair, I guess Granddad convinced my mom & dad that I should be named accordingly ...Mamma said it was either gonna be...

I agree to a degree.  Exhaust cutouts are designed specifically to seal exhaust, and depending on where your floor vent is located, you might get more exhaust going down the road through the cracks in the weather-stripping on the rear cargo doors than through a cutout - assuming your exhaust...

For whatever reason, the NADA link is now opening to a page that reads ~$4500, but the one I looked up said $6500-ish, but anyway, I just did a quick look through CL (which I admit I haven't done in a while), and I guess I'd forgotten the demand for these vans since they were a lot more than I...

XFILE36, I think it's a good call to have a mechanic look over a prospective vehicle if you aren't sure how to do so yourself - this can end up saving you a lot of money in the future.  First I would focus on selling the bimmer for $8,500 (unless it's black on black, then $8,750) - that is if...

My granddaddy named me.  My granddad, among many other honorable things, was a central Texas cotton-picker and a stock-tank-digger (like his daddy & his daddy's daddy was), and his daddy named him Cotton when he was born with a full head of fair hair.  When I was little, my nickname was...

Well, a conversion doesn't add any "book" value, so you just tick off all the extras that go along with such as "Premium Wheels" and "Convenience Package" or whatever.  The 2003 model goes to Sprinter, so I plugged it in for a 2002. LINK...

You're right that the iVac blast gates are 12vAC (not DC).  I can't believe I missed that!  I'm glad you pointed that out, because I think you might have just saved me a coupla' hundred bucks!  I wouldn't trust them to be very tight anyway, but since I planned on using reusable "performance"...

What an inspiring story! I'm glad to hear that you've made the best of your situation, and I feel optimistic that you will take to your new-found freedom with a renewed heart. I'm interested in what camera setup you've got for your van, so I might emulate it for myself - you can't take...

Thank you for the helpful replies. If I may, I've got one more question:  How would I go about integrating two 4" iVac electric blast gates?  The easy answer is to add a toggle switch, but I'm hoping to have them automatically open when I turn the fans on, though I'm pretty sure they wouldn't...