Duncan Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Put a disco ball and some shag carpeting in there, and you got yourself one Dajiban Love Machine... 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/14/2020 at 4:22 PM, dimlight65 said: The front "1/3" of the top is going to get a couple cup holders, the light switches, and a USB charging port installed soon as well. And that happened today! Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/14/2020 at 8:00 PM, Duncan said: Put a disco ball and some shag carpeting in there, and you got yourself one Dajiban Love Machine... Shag carpet! Purple, shag carpet! Now THAT's how we need to cover the Bofa! I'm also off to Amazon to look for a disco ball... now that you mention it. 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 Tim removes a perfectly good lid and then cuts whopping great holes in it... To do this with it... And how it sits when finished... 3 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Per Duncan's suggestion, I bought a USB powered, mini disco ball thingy. While playing with it, I noticed it is sound activated. I therefore need a stereo in the camper area of the van. Also, I decided that the easiest way to install a vent fan would be to suck it up and buy a rooftop, RV vent fan thingy. This decision makes one of the switches I installed the other day superfluous. So, to kill two birds with one stone, we're going to move the USB port and switches, while replacing the triple switch with a double, and mount a mech-less head unit next to the cup holders. Oh, I also built a failure of a TV mount today... well, it needs another bracket to un-fail it so, yeah, soon. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Make it easily removable. Disco balls are hard to get through tech inspection at the racetrack 🙂 The cupholders looks like the goods. I had a 73 Ford van that had an aftermarket cupholder on top of the engine cover. Very handy to have... 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Duncan said: The cupholders looks like the goods. From a late model Dodge truck in fact. Rear seat floor of those have these inset... 👍 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Are they rubber or plastic? Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 3:58 PM, Lockleaf said: Are they rubber or plastic? Plastic. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) And a bit of a reconnoiter here, with the purposes of affixing a head unit to it... Edited May 28, 2020 by datsunfreak 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Because I suck at diagnosis, and don't have a code reader, I have sent the Dajiban off to an mechanic to fix the CEL so's I can get the state inspection done and renew my license plates. Hopefully it will be back for Saturday at the shop. We added a couple wheels to the Bofa extension and braced up the foot a bit better yesterday. We will reinstall that when the van comes back and and we have painted everything. THEN we'll start on the next phase: installing paneling. I feel like I'm getting close... so there must be another couple month's worth of work ahead of me. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 So I have been worried about how I was going to tart up the interior corners. John kept saying, "We need to find a passenger van and look at how the factory finished the corners." Well, while roaming the junkyard today I spotted a '98+ and we had a look. Yep, there are some real nice fiberglass finishing panels in there... or at least there were. We have them at our shop now! We'll trim them to fit around the headboard and get them installed on Wednesday. They are tan so I'm wondering how well they will "match" the Lauan paneling we're planning to use as... um, paneling on the walls and ceiling. Probably not at all, but we'll see. Also, we started painting the Bofa today. We hit the bits of the base and extension which will be in contact with each other so that we can put it all together for a final time on Wednesday. The color came out as a pretty good match to the rest of the van. I'm quite chuffed! 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 3:43 PM, dimlight65 said: So I have been worried about how I was going to tart up the interior corners. On 6/6/2020 at 3:43 PM, dimlight65 said: John kept saying, "We need to find a passenger van and look at how the factory finished the corners." Well, while roaming the junkyard today I spotted a '98+ and we had a look. Yep, there are some real nice fiberglass finishing panels in there... or at least there were. We have them at our shop now! 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) On 6/6/2020 at 3:43 PM, dimlight65 said: Also, we started painting the Bofa today. We hit the bits of the base and extension which will be in contact with each other so that we can put it all together for a final time on Wednesday. Quote The color came out as a pretty good match to the rest of the van. I'm quite chuffed! Edited June 9, 2020 by datsunfreak Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Magnetic latch for the fromunda cabinet... And it worked on the first try. Well, actually second try... 😄 Top cabinet side hinge thingy installed... 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Got all the visible wood painted... We are considering adding some thin carpet to the rear deck, though. May tackle that on Saturday, then it's on to paneling the walls and roof... Edited July 2, 2020 by datsunfreak 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 I got cracking on the wiring this weekend. Pictures on the Instant Grams... since I'm too stubborn to learn how to post them here! Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 12 hours ago, dimlight65 said: since I'm too stubborn to learn how to post them here! Subwoofer mounted to rear deck... So now it's time to make the spaghetti... 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 18 hours ago, dimlight65 said: I got cracking on the wiring this weekend. Pictures on the Instant Grams... since I'm too stubborn to learn how to post them here! Followed 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Installed the roof vent/fan thingy today... 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, datsunfreak said: Installed the roof vent/fan thingy today... And with one simple sentence, he downplays the monumental task that was said installation! 😝 I have to say a heartfelt "Thank you!" to Mr. Datsunfreak for this, because without his help... no, without his DOING IT, I could never have gotten this job done. (I'm old, fat, and have a horked up shoulder at the moment, if you must know.) 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, datsunfreak said: Installed the hippy pot smoke exhaust thingy today... Fixed.... Edited July 9, 2020 by Duncan 3 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 It's for the glaucoma! Well, I mean... I don't have it. But somebody does... and that just bums me out, man. 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) Spaghetti cleaned up... Edited July 11, 2020 by datsunfreak Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, datsunfreak said: Spaghetti cleaned up... Loose wire because there's one more circuit breaker to add... 2 Quote Link to comment
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