All of my Van Build Videos for my Mercedes Sprinter 2016, uk spec. right hand drive, short wheel base, high top van. It's an ex fleet van with racking and a complete mystery of electrical wiring that I'm in no way sure of what to do with.
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The visit to the electrician did not go well. In fact it went worse than I thought it could, which is saying something, because I'd set the bar somewhere around "mild disaster" before I even got there. So I hadn't recorded anything for about
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I can't take all the credit to hitting the 500 mile stone. It's taken 4 years, 219 videos to finally hit the magic 500 subscribers and half of those, if im going to be cynical are going to be bots, but thank you to each and
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The build didn't start the way I planned. I had a heart attack. Short and plain works better here than a teaser line — this isn't a post that needs a hook to earn a click, the title's already doing that job.
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
Pulling the bulkhead out of an ex-British Gas Sprinter meant unbolting the battery guard and a fistful of unlabelled cables. Putting it back took hours I didn't have — all because of one thing I forgot to do before I picked up the spanner.
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
I spent an afternoon undoing every bolt across the bulkhead, then discovered only two of them were actually holding it in. That was the easy part. The wiring behind it turned one video into a two-parter, and here's why.
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
In this Mercedes Sprinter camper conversion, I clean and prep the floor, scrub away grime, and check for rust — practical, unglamorous progress with lessons learned along the way. A new dawn, a dodgy door, and a Dishmatic revelation It’s a new day I’ve been off sick for a
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
Four screws out of a laptop rack and it went straight to the floor, because the only other thing holding it up was gravity. Here's what stripping the racking out of an ex-Cadent Sprinter actually involves, and what I found underneath it all.
Mercedes Sprinter Van Build
Alright, let's get into it. This is the beginning of my journey converting a Mercedes Transporter into a fully functional home on wheels. For those with an ex-British Gas van, you'll appreciate the rugged base these vehicles provide for a conversion. Here’s a look