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Originally Posted by bgarfield

And what you'd do different is...?

Close to pulling the trigger on an '08 Ford Cargo to send out, would love to know what you regret?

Saw this thread as I'm looking ahead at the necessary precautions.

So, the Coolant filter and the Oil bypass are NOT the same...correct?

Brian

First off, I'd have SMB West build my van...no need to get into the particulars, but I've had issues with my build from Indiana. Next, I'd have all diesel appliances put in from the get go...furnace, hot water and stove top. I'd consider a full height top as well or the electric pop top....larger under floor storage and the Sporstmobile 4x4 conversion so I can get the larger fuel tank. Don't get me wrong, if there's one thing I HAVEN'T had problems with is the Quigley 4X4 conversion. But you can't get the larger 46 gallon fuel tank with the Quigley and on long trips to Utah from MD it sucks to have to pull over every 250 miles to top off. Oh, and a different fridge then what SMB offers. The one they use is darn loud and makes the whole van reverberate when running....it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Check out the ones by Vitrifrigo, I hear they're alot quieter. More Solar too, but that's an easy upgrade now.

The oil and coolant bypass filters are different systems. I'd go ahead and have SMB do the coolant filter install from the get go.

Good Luck,

Oogs