A 2021 extended length, high roof AWD Ford Transit with the EcoBoost engine has replaced our 2016 144″ high roof 4×4 Mercedes Sprinter.
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Our objective in the build continues to be able to carry and store as many bikes inside the van as possible while also having a comfortable place to sleep, cook, eat and store all the other necessities. Check in on the articles below to see how we accomplished these objectives as well as compromises made along the way.
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Blog posts about our van buildout:
Espar Heater Installation and Troubleshooting
This post describes the Espar heater installation and troubleshooting process. As part of our new van build, the heater is ...
DIY Transit Van – A new camper van buildout
Transit van The second time around on a camper van build should be easier than the first time, right? Let's ...
DIY Campervan – We got a new van!
After a little over 4 years and many wonderful adventures with the Sprinter we decided that we wanted to start ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Low Profile Bike Slider Storage Tray
Here's another one of the posts where we did a thing, learned something new and then did that thing again ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Unaka Gear Company Thru-Axle Fork Mount
Packing in the bikes One of our top priorities with the van was the ability to store as many bikes ...
DIY – Sprinter starter battery replacement
If you've read much on this site, you'll know that I prefer to do as much work on the van ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Center Console Cupholder
Sprinter Center Console One of the pleasures in a well designed vehicle is to have cup holders that are in ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Oil Change
It is well known that the maintenance costs for European vehicles is expensive. So it makes sense that when there ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Refrigerator install
Kitchen with refrigerator Perishable food storage is always a concern on road trips. We've been using an Engel rotomolded cooler ...
DIY Sprinter Van – Bike Slider Storage Trays
Bike Slider Storage Trays The interior layout of the van has always been designed around the ability to store 4 ...
I had a Kenwood DX995S radio installed in my 2017 Sprinter. I have read your installation and used all parts you suggested, unfortunately I am disabled and had to send the job to a Radio installer. My question : Since installing do you have the Radio and Phone display on your Instrument panel? I have nothing since the installation. My Radio and steering control are working but not my cluster display for Radio, Navigation or phone.
Any help is appreciated.
Hi Siegfried…Unfortunately, the instrument cluster did not reflect the anything from the radio. I generally use Android Auto/Apple Carplay and use the head unit touchscreen display for controlling and viewing the systems.