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In this case there is enough gap for expansion. The issue is that I left it as a floating floor and so through the course of driving, idling, etc, the vibrations make the whole floor tend to slide a little. When it runs out of room it wants to buckle because the vinyl is thin and gets quite...

Small updates: I have recently rebuilt the air-over-hydraulic pump, replaced the spare tire lift cylinder, swapped some wheel valves for CTIS, and swapped the spare tire strap. CTIS is now working nearly 100%. The only issue I seem to have with it right now is the pressure switch on the wet...

Thanks for the note on the springs. I am still using the original M1078 springs and it seems OK so far. I am figuring that between the weight subtracted from the flat bed and the weight added with the enclosure and frame section, I'm still within spec. I've only ever driven mine, so I can't...

Nice! I removed the 208 panel entirely, partly because it was so corroded. The small panel that I used is a Square D generator panel. Mine is wired now as 30 amp 120v. I rewired the receptacles inside onto just two circuits (left and right) instead of three circcuits (fronts, middles, rears)...

I've been steadily working on the enclosure and the truck here and there. I have installed a diesel parking heater and it works great! I'll post pics later once I finish up the wiring for it. I have also installed a driver's side antenna mount and just need to paint that. For the 120v...

Sure thing: I don't know how close of a match it is because I don't have anything to compare it to, but I like the color. The CARC on mine was already faded out when I bought it 8 years ago.

Yeah that's what I was thinking of doing. The breaker panel is set up with a manual interlock also so that only one input can be active at a time.

Good to know! What is the plug type for that? I've never RV'd so I am not familiar with the common hookups. Would that be the 50 amp plug? If I make mine all 120v then I could theoretically just make an adapter cable to use one hot leg and the nuetral of the 220v RV hookup. I'll think on it a...

I am also planning to remove the breaker panel. I doubt I will ever have 3 phase power to hook up to it anyway. Plus the panel is quite corroded on mine. I am however putting a smaller panel back that I just ordered. It's a generator panel, made with two main breakers and an interlock. This...

I haven't decided if I am going to remove the plates on the walls or not. I kind of like having them there as rails for bungee cords and straps, and a small measure of protection for the blackout shades when they are down. You make a good point though about reusing the bolt holes for mounting...

Now that the AC unit was out of the floor and out of the way, I started cleaning the floor and cleaned the walls some more. This van enclosure had water sitting in it at some point, as evidenced by the bathtub ring that you can see in the pics. Did you know the floor of these things is green!? I...

The next big thing was to mount the combo AC/heat unit that I have been storing in preparation for the van swap. It's a Nordic Air unit, rated at 9k BTU on cooling, and I *think* about 4500 BTU on heat. I haven't found the manual for this exact model, so if one of you has it, please let me know...

I've cleaned the outside quite a bit and started painting. I'm using the Behr exterior paint, 33446 paint code. So far I've only used brushes and a roller, but at some point after it warms up this spring I plan to spray it.

2008 M1079A1R? very nice! I'm slightly jealous, ha ha. On the spring rates, I think it is hard to tell. I don't know if they went to 4 leaves because the A1 and A1R trucks are a little heavier, or if it's a similar spring rate divided over more leaves, or both.

I'm not sure, as the parts truck was gone to the scrap yard by the time someone else pointed out that the M1079 had different rear springs. Edit: I went back and checked through Keith Knight's build thread and from what I can tell, his M1079 donor had 3 leaf rear springs. What is interesting is...

Do you have any issues with condensation inside the van enclosure? This morning after a cold night, there were droplets on the ceiling. I noticed that they seem to form where the internal cross braces must be. A few nights ago when it started to cool off and get foggy, I could see faint lines on...

Right now I am in the process of cleaning and painting everything. I'd doing the exterior with Behr exterior paint and I am really happy with how it looks so far. The interior of the enclosure needs a fair bit of work, but it's a start! I removed the steel plate strips from the floor of the...

Here's a picture of the M1079 frame rail section, awaiting install. Note that it also has front and rear cross braces that are not on the M1078 frame rails. The frame rail needed cleaning as well. It spent most of those years waiting just sitting on that M1082 trailer, until I finally moved it...

OK now for some technical details. I chose to swap the frame rail rather that fabricating new mounts on the existing frame for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I had the M1079 frame rail, and I wanted it to be as close to factory of a swap as I could. Secondly, I wasn't sure if the factory frame...

I finally got to work on a project that I have been wanting to do for several years: to convert my M1078 to an M1079! Luckily for me I had all of the proper parts to make the swap, which I will cover as well. Before getting into the details I want to say thank you to all of those people who have...