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- DIY CAMPER VAN CONVERSION - Iveco Daily - Self Build Van Tour (REBUILD PLAN!)
In no doubt within my mind! The 2005 LWB Iveco Daily with over 317.000 miles on the clock (one company owner) I bought, was ready for the scrap yard!
Over a period of a year I completely renovated / restored / recycled the van, saving it from the scrap yard.
The second year it took, was to actually build the campervan you see today.
5 Years on and our needs and uses have changed for what we need out of the van. A of grid battery bank for the 'Off Grid Workshop' and to make the van more comfortable for longer vacations away. In this video (I try to) explain what improvements I am going to make to the campervan.
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I am so glad you picked a Daily, or that I did as only had it a month. Can't wait to watch this intently. Nice one Mark 👍🏼
Cool! Good luck with your build bud and cheers 😉👌👍👍👍.
Some great ideas mark! Love the van plugging in idea! Can’t wait for the rebuild, very intrigued!
Cheers Max. hopefully, this time next year I'll be powering "Lincolnshire" 😂😉👌👍👍👍.
Opening the front up and adding a swivel seat will make such a difference 👍👍
Yes, I'm willing to compromise with this and does make sense bud 😉👌👍👍👍.
Liking the new ideas Mark 👍
We've just moved to a new workshop (van builders in Horncastle) that is all off-grid and doing a very similar thing in powering the unit from the van. I'm sure you've already thought of using a Multiplus to combine your genny and new LiFePO4. Welcome to pop over here at some point if you want to bounce ideas around.
I've replied PM in Facebook, but out for family Dinner at the minute bud. yes, I've the Multiplus too 😉👌👍👍👍.
Looking forward to seeing the new design come to life! Sounds like we could all plug in to your van at a camper meet 🤣
The front end on mine is soft and occasionally rubs the arches so will be interested to see what you do. Went for harder shocks but that didn't work 😕
Did you send this twice bud? 😅, I thought I'd answered it matey??? 🤔.
Love the new workshop and car port build series Mark, and bow you spoil us with a van build upgrade series as well! Can't wait for the IVEAVAN MK2 build to start. Awesome work mate 👏🏻
Thank you matey 👌👍. I'm currently on with the van build at the moment but will return back to the workshop (interior build) shortly 😉👌👍👍👍...
Looking forward to this mark . You keep them fingers safe . We know what you’re like ✋🏼🩸😂
Oh bugger! I'll go for the leg next time 😂. Cheers matey 😎👌👍👍👍.
Man is dead handy. A proper man. Old school
Thank you Pete 😉👌👍👍👍...
Jeez Mark it's the Chainsaw massacre .. Looking forward to your next Video .Stay Free and Safe Travels 😍
Haha, me and sharp blades don't mix very well 👉th-cam.com/video/FaFX9eCrtLg/w-d-xo.html 😂👍. Thank you Mike 😉👌👍👍👍.
Glad to see you back Mark. Can’t wait to see the new van build. Good luck
Thank you! Can't wait to be back on with the Campervan build again 😉👌👍👍👍.
Excellent 👌 👍👍
Cheers matey 😎🍻👍👍👍.
Its always a good day when we get an upload from you, Mark. Love the videos!
Thank you! Very kind of you Vitor 😉"👊" 👌👍👍👍.
Must have missed this. Not sure why. Good luck, lots of work. Again.
Haha no worries bud, yeah it's gonna keep me busy for the rest of the year I reckon bud 😉👍👍👍.
Great ideas! I also have swivel seats and plan for removable insulation panels - mainly for winter use. For summer, I'm currently evaluating different active cooling options, it takes around 500-800 watts (max) to run an efficient A/C, which is doable with the roof size of a L2+ sized van for solar panels.
Sounds like a good plan you have there bud, if I keep the blinds closed during a hot summers day it remains cool in the back (with the wall in place) so I'd imagine I'd be having the wall in place more often then not, but it's a compromise 😉. Cheers matey 😊👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan sounds good! I'm curious how it turns out for me, it's not fully insulated yet, and I'm only using 30mm PIR.
The right amount of ventilation can also make a big difference, depending on the outside temps.
Did you ever measure the temperature differences between the living and the drivers area? Would be interesting...
@@chblabah sorry, I've only just seen this. Yes, it's been in the mid 30°C early 40°C within the cab and 18 to 23°C in the back so it does make a huge difference 👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan no worries ;) Thanks for replying!
Hi Mark, I remember the first build,........ just a few more ideas to consider;- Maybe a flip up sink in the shower room?, Replace two seater chair with one dedicated recliner chair (if your going to go ahead with the front swivel seat idea)? do you still have your on-board diesel generator?...............Will you go for a slide out top opening fridge?
Thank you, I've already bought / ordered what's going inside the van. But yes, the flip up sink is probably the way I'm going to go 😊👌👍👍👍.
Loving the idea of linking the van to the house, that's a great concept. Looking forward to seeing this come on fella. All the best.
Cheers Mark, I'm along way from linking the house up, but doing it in 'baby steps' linking the workshop first and seeing how we get along from there, then move onto linking the bungalow. But first! The van "rebuild" 😉👌👍👍👍.
Looking forward to this, enjoyed your first build. Cant believe it was 5 years ago.
No, nor can I. Its flown by hasn't it "😬" cheers matey 😉👌👍👍👍...
Looking forward to seeing how you get on with it. Like the solar/battery idea for going off grid.
It will be slow going at first (as I was meant to of started back in November). As for the solar / van battery bank, powering the workshop is the easy part, according to my calculations, powering the bungalow is do able but not has straight forward as I put it within the video "😬" 😉👌👍👍👍.
Really enjoyed the run though of your plans. I look forward to following the progress as and when you post. I really like the great quality or the things you do. Thanks.
Thank you Jon very kind of you 😊👌👍👍👍.
Nice! We all know you'll do a great job, looking forward to seeing it. 👍
Thank you Simon, looking forward & 'finally' getting back onto the van buildy stuff bud 😉"👊" 👍👍👍...
Sounds great looking forward to it love the adversity between van/workshop/ bungalow 👌 😉
Thank you bud😉👍. Of course, it is not going to happen for a while yet, we'll hook up the workshop first and work our way around to the bungalow 😉👌👍👍👍.
At last your back. Can't waite to watch the new build. Best of luck.
Thank you matey 😊👌👍👍👍.
Looking forward to the rebuild!
Cheers Nick 😉👌👍👍👍.
That's still a great looking van 5 years on. 👌 you are making me think about changing mine 😄 I need a music studio in mine really, which is a bit of a challenge haha. Looking forward to seeing your progress 👍
Yes, I'd imagine that would be a challenge Lee, but a cool one👌👍 thank you matey 😉👍👍👍.
Looking forward to revamp mark still one of my favourite vans out there
Thank you Rod 😉👌👍👍👍.
Looking forward to the refurb series
Thank you Paul 😊👌👍👍👍.
Matet, as always good to see your vids. That chicken coop looks great. Looking forward to the Van rebuild!!
Thank you bud, looking forward with just cracking on with it, seems like delay after delay recently. But I'm on with it now 😎👌👍👍👍.
YT has been missing an epic van build for a while so I'm looking forward to this rebuild and judging by your past builds I'm not gonna be disappointed 👍
Thank you matey 👌👍 I hope I don't disappoint with this build bud "😬" 😉👌👍👍👍.
I followed the 1st build (it inspired my to buy an iveco 45c15 mk4). I am looking forward to watching the refurb series, especially the sliding door gap correction process as ours has this problem. Be interesting to see if your front passenger swivel will be a single or a double. Doubles seem to be a rarity in iveco's as there are no off the shelf solutions from what I can gather. Best of luck with the whole project 👍
Thank you Dave 😉👍. No, for us it'll be a single swivel seat as there's only two of us, but I do agree with you regarding the double being rare. It seems that many manufacturers of after market campervan parts seem to disregard the Iveco Daily in favour for the "Instagramable German vans". Short sight in my opinion or a market to be filled 🤔😉👌👍👍👍.
I'll be interested in this as well. Just bought a pair of swivel seats from a Nissan Elgrand. Think single passenger bases are like hens teeth aswell.
Something else I just remembered and I thought I would mention - with my build I have been thinking about USBs, every van seems to have classic 0.5a USB A sockets. Everything I have is USBC and fast charging at that, I cant remember where I saw but you can now get a van socket which is a 45w USBC fast charger so im going to add those instead, should make things look neater and its more up-to-date. 👍 p.s Mark have you finally added the rear step back! ;)
I shall bare this in mind bud, thank you for the useful information, I have bought pretty much most items that's needed, but small stuff like this, is valuable information not only for myself but for others too matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
Now I know what you were talking about when you messaged me last saying "you'll see in the new video"...Best of luck Mark. Hope to see the finished revamp in the upcoming summer meetups...
Cheers matey 😉👍. I'm not doing any shows this year due to my work load, I've got a kitchen and bathroom to fit whilst in the middle of this refurbishment"🤦♂️". But maybe next year bud 😎👌👍👍👍.
Ooooh new build video on TH-cam, looks like you'll do a cracking job so im looking forward to following :)
Thank you Pete, welcome along to the journey 🙂👌👍👍👍.
Love it Mark. I would be tempted to leave the LPG and get the Thetford i induction and gas hob. If any part of the elec system fails you are goosed for cooking so I would want a backup. Also more fine control with flame so gives you choices. 👍👍
Only problem for me is refilling the LPG tank back up, its a bit sparce in petrol stations that sell LPG in my area now bud. We see how we get along 😉👌👍👍👍.
On on those gas canister stoves is a handy backup. Doesn't take up much space in the garage.
That is true bud👌👍. Don't forget, that I've got the generator if I get really stuck as a back up too matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
hey iveavan man, Im 10% of my conversion in, I did my driver swivel already because its nice to have a sit down when I get tired from working. I looked into getting a double seat swivel too, turns out they are super expensive. I found a guide on youtube that is £20, it gives you links to amazon products where you can buy the parts (no welding required). I plan on doing it to my 2008 Iveco. I just ordered the guide so hopefully it works out.
That sounds interesting do you have a link to that video bud? 👌👍.
This sounds like an amazing project, cannot wait to see you turn it into reality and Wow 14k of lithium in a van I only have 5k in the house!
Cheers Paul 👌👍. This was my second attempt at making this video, the first one was me going through my calculations on why I needed so much, but when watching it back I thought, "this wouldn't be a interesting video for people" , but I'll go through them as and when I go back onto the wiring of workshop/hooking up to the van (from memory though, the power needed for the full property. 8kw on a bad during winter and 2.5kw needed on good day in summer, so Im pretty much setting it up for winter use, the solar will be the Achilles heal of this plan though for at least two months of the year🤔.) 😉👍👍👍.
@@IveavanI agree, running completely off solar in the Uk, be it in a van or house is well nigh impossible in winter. Also the regulations and isolators you have to have fitted to link the system safely to the grid is so confusing/expensive. Keep up the great videos.
@@paulvose3177 yes, I agree bud, I don't intend to be grid tied and feed power back as that's a whole bunch of loops to jump through, as mentioned in the video "baby steps first with the workshop" then I'll concentrate upon the full property 😉👍👍👍.
You definitely give Elon a run for he’s money with your thought process absolute genius.
Well, he's a little bit behind me now bud, he needs to catch up "🤭" cheers matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan lol 😂 love the channel keep it up.
Great ideas! I'd love to follow you on your next improvements. I am particularly looking forward to the sliding door fix. Because I have changed all serviceable parts on my Iveco Daily III but still it needs a special touch to get it closed to full closedness.
Welcome along Peter 😉👌👍. Yes, those doors are a pain in the back end unfortunately 😵😉👍👍👍...
Brilliant video pal
Thank you John 😉👌👍👍👍.
Looking forward to see what you do. A idea for you bathroom wall instead of moving the wall back use a shower curtain or one of them folding doors so you can open it up to fell bigger and also if one person is sat there working someone can step into the bathroom to get past them
Yes, the entrance is moving from current position to the front so it shouldn't disturb the other person matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
GOOD VID WILL SEE THE NEW SET UP OF THE VASN THANKS L;EE
Cheers Lee 😉👌👍👍👍.
Sounds fab, top upgrades afoot!
Hey up Ian and thank you! 👌👍, yes! Looking forward in re-doing the van again bud 😉"🙌" 👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan Look forward to more fab content too. Good luck 😎👍🏻
I'm spinning a lot of plates at the minute, but they will come 😉👍👍👍.
Interested in the powering house / workshop idea, currently do similar from my garage,
I'll be doing it "baby steps first" and starting with the workshop. Has you know, it's not really that straightforward but hopefully fingers crossed we get there in the end 😉👌👍👍👍.
Awesome bud 👌🏻
Cheers matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
Still one of my fave campervans I've seen. Excited to see the upgrades and transition :)
Did you ever consider getting rid and starting all over again or were you always going to upgrade?
Can't wait for the vids!
Thank you matey 😉👍. Yes! I viewed a couple of newer Ivecos one Crafter and a 4x4 Transit van even looked in to the land Rovers 101Fc earlier on last year...... But what with prices being over inflated and a couple of them in poorer condition then what I have now, it put me off. Better the devil you know and all that 😉👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan Well your van is a literal beast so I think you made the right decision I was just curious :) - I can't wait to see the progress and the all important updated tour!!
No, definitely a great question that I forgot to answer within the video thank you! , I'd be thinking the same 😉👌👍👍👍...
Looking forward to your rebuild its your fault i own a daily 😂 best thing i ever did
Cheers matey 👌👍, Sorry for your choice of vehicle "🤭" good to see, thank you! 😉👌👍👍👍
You are a superman builder! Thinking out of the box!
Question: building a camper on an Iveco Daily 50C14 NP Van 3.0 HPI CNG 136hp, hybrid / environmental fuel?
Cheers matey 👌👍. We don't see many CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Ivecos in England, probably due to gas fill up points now being removed from our forecourts. However, as I understand it, I do think some gas companies do run a small fleet of them over here but never seen or worked on one. 😉👍👍👍.
Iv been researching the front spring also for my 2015 xlwb. I need it so i can get the 225/65l16 BFGs on . Someone on UT has filmed it. Midland are going good prices on the heavy duty front leaf. I might film mine also 👍
Yes, that's where I bought mine from, the delivery is very quick, so you won't be disappointed 😉👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan Found the front fitting video: th-cam.com/video/_vgxDTitHjs/w-d-xo.html
Thank you matey 😉👌👍.
As if this van wasnt pardon my French 'shit hot' enough already, it's going to be even better. Sounds brilliant mate. Sell the house you can live out of the van.👍😁 on a serious note mate, your an inspiration. Really glad this is all going so well for you. Plus I can pinch some of your ideas. Ha ha. Keep up the good work mate. Plus i love the fact your beating the greedy fat cat energy companies. 👍👍👍
Sorry bud your comment was held due to swearing 😂. Now I've seen it and approved it😉👍. Cheers matey yes, steel away but I'm only going to power the workshop first and see how we get on. 😉👌👍👍👍.
why don't you put the fridge over the cooker on sliders going into the shower. so when you shower the fridge is over the cooker and the rest of the time the fridge will be locked in the shower. the fridge uses the big space never used in the shower. I hope you get what I'm saying.
Yes, Kinda of bud, I'm trying to free off the space mentioned to enable for a longer bench seat, and also already made a location for the fridge within the kitchen unit that I've made. But a good idea matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
Hi mark, I am looking forward to your rebuild as watched all of the firt witch was great,,,,, Can i ask why 24 volt and can you get b2b from 12v to 24v to charge when driving thanks 🚙🚙👍👍
Cheers Julian👌👍. Yes, I have 2 12/24 DC-DC charge controllers going into the van, the only reason why I'm using 24v over 12v is due to 'potentially long cable runs' 24v is more efficient as higher the voltage lower the amperage (half that of 12v) reducing heat lose through cables (reducing cables becoming to hot), but also allowing to use smaller diameter cable sizes compared to 12v systems (reducing cost of the build). Not only that, 48v is favoured over 12v for battery banks to power domestic dwellings, I'm going have to go half way on that (24v) to achieve in what I want to do 'to power the workshop via the campers batteries'. I'm just trying to do it the most efficient way as possible for my needs bud 😉👌👍👍👍.
I like your ideas mark....just out of curiosity , how tall are you mark too be able to sleep side ways in your van bud 👍
Cheers matey 😉👍. I'm Just under 5-11 ft, any taller then 6ft you'd definitely would struggle if they were two of you in the bed 😉👍👍👍.
Good idea to power your house are all the mppt’s going to be in the van ?
Cheers matey 👍. "Baby steps" first bud, to power the workshop first then if its doable (according to my calculations it is) move onto hooking the house up. I'd imagine and more then likely a external MPPT (like an easy solar) connected to the carports solar panels, then a cable (power in from solar, power out for end use) that is pluggable into the van providing charge to the leasure batteries. Not going to be straight forward, and full of hurdles to over come yet. But first! The van rebuild matey 😉👌👍👍👍.
Where did you get the bonnet guard from. Can’t find anywhere selling the mk3 version
I've looked too but no your right, you've got to keep an eye out on ebay for them, took myself two years to obtain one bud 😉👍👍👍...
I've seen your van around Lincoln a few times. Is that where you're from?
Close by 😉👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan don't worry, I'm not a stalker 🤣
Subscribed and looking forward to the rebuild! I imagine you'd need a lot of solar to maintain charge, or do you just head out for short trips? I'm living in my van full time in the area and at this time of year its a struggle to power the basics, let alone an electric hob, water heater, etc, etc
😂No worries bud😊👍. No, solar for me is pretty much a waste of time as I don't stay in one area for more then one or two days then I do a couple hours of drive to a different area, so realistically I don't rely upon it as much as the DC-DC charge controllers which replenishes what I've used the solar just tops it / finishes it off bud😉👌👍👍👍.
Your iveco is a xlwb ye ,did you have to pass an hgv to drive it coz there 7.2 tonight before putting timber and furniture in ,please advise .
I passed my test back in 1993, so I have grandad rights, plus my van is 3.5t 😉👍...
@@Iveavan is it not the 4 X4 version of the daily xlwb ,I passed my car test 17/12/86 so I'm ok for what weight ,please advise
@@Iveavan iveco daily L3H3 xlwb4 x 4 weighs 7.2 tons
@cliff1551 Before 1st January 1997 licences, you're usually allowed to drive a vehicle and trailer combination up to 8,250kg maximum. No, my van is an LWB rear wheel drive (model 35-12) 👌👍.
@@Iveavan nice one I got nothing to worry about cheers mate 👋🤠👍
Air fryer instead of microwave?
I have a three way, convection oven, air fryer and microwave...love it!
To be fair, that is on the list too. I don't do a lot of cooking now we seem to have done more Pub stops over the past year, but I do prefer to cook if I'm out on my own 😉👍👍👍.
Did you consider just buying a new van and starting again ?
Thank you matey 😉👍. Yes, Absolutely! I viewed a couple of newer Ivecos, one Crafter and an 4x4 Transit van, even looked into the Land Rovers 101Fc earlier on last year...... But what with prices being over inflated and a couple of them in poorer condition then what I have now, it put me off. 'Better the devil you know' and all that (plus the new engine only done 100k) 😉👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan to be fair, you are more than likely right and we get more build vids
Ready for this buddy
Cheers Kev, so I'm I bud 😉👌👍👍👍...
Looking forward to seeing the new design come to life! Sounds like we could all plug in to your van at a camper meet 🤣
The front end on mine is soft and occasionally rubs the arches so will be interested to see what you do. Went for harder shocks but that didn't work 😕
Haha yes 😅, I think mine has already the HD front spring (but changing it any way) but seems to be leaning to the drivers side, I suspect that the rubber buffers have become worn and giving a harsh ride 🤔😉👌👍👍👍.
@@Iveavan I will watch with interest. Looking forward to seeing the results 😀