Bubbye Bulkhead

One of the first things we realized was that we needed to remove the bulkhead from the van.  We originally planned to do this in San Jose before we left, but the rivets proved to be too difficult to drill out and it would have taken a long time and we didn't have the tools and time.

Once we had our van back at our house we were able to locate the proper drill bit with a bit of trial and error and drilled the rivets out.  There were 28 rivets along the top and sides and about 8 more on the floor.  Once removed we were able to recline and move back the driver's seat and we were able to unbolt the passenger seat and reposition it.  The passenger seat was not on tracks (we are getting different seats anyway, so no biggie, this is just temporary).

Here is a pick of the bulkhead...hope we can sell it on CL:

Our "New" Sprinter

This Blog is to document the purchase, build-out, and fun adventures experienced in our Sprinter Van.  We will soon have the Oregon vanity plates "MOSEE-N" as in "More See 'n" or "Mosey 'n".

We started looking for a Sprinter Van in fall 2014 after we took a trip with a truck and trailer and decided we would rather have a small "class B" than a trailer.

We found ours on Craigslist at DOABA motors in San Jose.  Budwal at Doaba was nice and said they sell about 22 Sprinters per month.  They buy them from fleets, fix them up, and sell them.  We had Lemon Squad go check it out.  We felt good enough about it that we flew to San Jose and drove it back.

About a half hour out of San Jose we noticed some vibration when we got over 60 MPH and found out later we had a separated tire.  We ended up going to Roseburg Les Schwab and they told us the news.  Not surprising seeing the inside rear tires were more worn than the outsides.  They ordered two new tires for us and we had them installed in Newberg at Les Schwab.

Here are pictures from the original Lemon Squad report: