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What did you do to your Transit today?

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To start off this thread, I ran rear speaker wire down the driver A pillar to connect to head unit and speakers at some point in the future. I also ran a segment of 7-wire sprinkler control cable through the A pillar with short term thoughts of a on/off/door switch replacing the cargo light fuse (with fuse in line) mounted by the slider. And long term thoughts of controlling or powering other things in the cargo area.
 
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Ordered a new Passenger door Key Cylinder. Have to replace the one damaged by the thieves that broke into the van in December.
 
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Took ours to the upfitter last week. Adding three rows of Captain's chairs, 32" TV, small freezer/frig, overhead airplane style storage, flip down TV for fourth row Xbox players, 6 ton year A/C (second engine mounted compressor), and pure sine wave inverter.
I wanted an EL so could have a commode but she who must be obeyed didn't want another van as long as our Airstream Interstate was.
 
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Getting ready to mount the 36" 2 passenger seat in the 2017 T-250 DSD van. Using it with the quick release latches so I can take it out when doing my Mustang cars shows and loading up with canopies and tables along with merchandise. In the next few weeks, taking the Transit up to Portage, WI for Penda to fit the Vanguard Wall Liners and making the trim to match for both side and rear doors. Then they will try to come up with a design for the rear wheel liners for the 2015-17 single wheel rear axle Transit since Ford is not going to have them do it for the production vehicle. Ford is supposed to do a design change for the 2018 Transit model to have the rear wheel well liners available as a ordered option just like the front ones are now.
 
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Made a mock-up of the front corner of my galley cabinet and built a foot operated switch for the sink water pump in it. It was much easier working on the bench than crawling on the floor. Now that the parts are made, I can easily transfer them into the galley cabinet when I stick it in the van.
 
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gutted the entire interior of my camper van a month after i mostly had finished it! (except for the walls floor and ceiling.) my exwife does not want to be an ex anymore so now i have to go from a single bed to a double bed. (oh well, a chance to improve on the original build, it is just that i had not expected these improvements for at least another year.)
 
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Fetched a replacement treadmill since ours bit the dust last week.
Bigger, better Nordictrack that goes to 12mph/5:00 mile speed, adjustable cushion. Now I can watch a movie when I run, or as I've done in years past, the entire Superbowl (walk at halftime).
 
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I put my 12' step ladder in to take to an installation, and discovered a 12' ladder doesn't fit in an 11'9" room.

12' ladder fits by placing the rungs over the headrest of the lone bench seat, btw. Probably a foot from hitting the overhead shelf in my 148 MR.
 
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Took out a bunch of stuff so I could pull up two sections of the floor to install threaded inserts for the galley and the new power cabinet (when I get around to building it). It was a bit of a struggle. The damned battery weighs as much as I do.
 
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Last night and today removed, insulated, replaced headliner. Thanks to EL34's video got my headliner off in one piece with no serious breakages.

Applied at least one layer of 80mm Noico to every metal surface in roof including inside ribs. Next filled in ribs with double layer thinsulate. Attached a large one piece of thinsulate to ceiling (bottom of roof). Glued headliner sized pieced of MLV to top of headliner leaving cut out for small speaker in headline. Result three layers of insulation (overkill???) in headliner. Reattached headliner - all went well. Gratifying to be finished completely with sound and thermally insulating driver/passenger area. Next up - install floor: Neoprene to fill valleys, Polyethylene layer to isolate MLV from direct contact with metal, MLV layer, 12mm Okoume plywood, vinyl with rug on top, thick polyisocyanate any part of floor not exposed to walking.
* - Used mostly black but some silver Noico, not afraid to overlap layers.
 

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About two weeks ago, I got the galley bolted in, then built a flip up shelf to use with the passenger seat rotated. The other day, I got the galley wiring completed and tested the water pump yesterday. Today, I installed my propane tank locker and vented it down through the passenger side D pillar. There's an oval hole with a plug in it at the bottom of the pillar that is a perfect feed-through for the vent hose. So, the galley is functional. Went for a 26 mile bicycle ride this afternoon. Record breaking temperature, today. Snow forecast on Thursday.
 
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