I was hoping to have the van ready for this weekend for a Scottish Vanners meet but unfortunately that hasn't happened
Both of us had a chest infection at the start of march so I was out of action for a couple of weeks - it came from someone at herself's work
It's getting there though
Bed frame built, made using 3x2s etc, it's pretty sturdy!

It's quite high up, but I built it at that height as it's the widest part of the van (couple inches extra headroom) and makes plenty of storage space beneath

I was originally planning on building a unit from scratch to fit the space, I have plenty of cupboard doors etc, but in the end I used a 3 drawer unit that came out of a kitchen being replaced. (a house being done up, I saved numerous items from the bin

) The door fronts are solid pine, but were fairly tired looking, so I gave them a new lease of life with a splash of paint
I cut and painted gloss black a bit of ply to fill in the space on the wall, and act as a bit of a splashback

Passenger seat swivel fitted

Unit almost finished, got the worktop and end panel for free

I had to make the left hand door out of ply to fit the gap (it has now also been painted)

Chickens inspecting it

Eberspacher wiring

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also leisure battery fitted and wired up with an automatic voltage sensing relay, and nice thick wires
The leisure battery is a nice big 135amp/hr Banner Energy Bull, hopefully last well, but pricey!

There is a secondary fuel port already fitted to the sender unit on the tank on the Transit mk7, unfortunately you have to raise the van and remove the tank to get at it!!

Eberspacher night heater fully plumbed in, wired up, and working!!!

Great bit of kit
Toasty!!

Whilst the van was up I noticed one of the front suspension drop links was missing

, so I bought a new pair, but as per usual the nuts were seized solid and the remains & other side had to be cut off, so a quick job ended up taking hours and hours
Oh and the main van battery had been changed by a previous owner to a cheap one, and they hadn't bothered to strap it down or even connect the vent hose!!
Anyway it was knackered, fitted a nice new battery today
