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If anyone is interested in checking out my rebuild I have been posting it on youtube. My floor and bed is complete and I am very happy with it so far. Right now, I am currently trying to figure out where to put 3, 7 gallon Reliance jugs of water in respect to a pantry cabinet that I want to build on the passenger side. This cabinet will also hold my new Bluetti Elite 200 power station, Charger 1, and home made Manual Transfer switch for Alternator/solar selection via switch. Charger 1 is on back order so I am waiting for that to come in before I find a final home for them inside the van. I gutted it all here recently and started over with a completely different sofa/bed design. I posted all of my progress on youtube if anyone is interested in following here are the clips: Part 1: https://youtu.be/3rWeurxQfko?si=OjvrCZym-RL-IVQu Part 2: https://youtu.be/mWkbFnAC9jQ?si=1y2COW6G2657GI6k Part 3: https://youtu.be/eZwaCd6qCI8?si=4x6hCqG8sjZ_dObS Part 4: https://youtu.be/PpdG5DLg-UE?si=5_6MdK0I_V3FlpLI Part 5: https://youtu.be/K34VZaOwj6k?si=6QJzTtL_mVsh96Bz About 7 years ago this was the thread with my original design that I recently scrapped:

don: great pics thanks! can you take a few pics of the rear mount part of under seat that snaps or hooks into the van floor rear seat mount? cannot see what it looks like so i can find the right part . thanks!

was this the short wheelbase cargo van (104 inches) or the long wheelbase cargo van (120 inches) i cant see how the middle seat will fit into the SWB cargo van

I didn't on this van but did use it “Gaps and Cracks” to glue in some polyisocyanurate panels where the walls were flat enough like the rear window spaces. I've done it before on a previous van and if you do BE VERY CAREFUL not to fill the space as the foams expands with force and will deform the outside skin of the van. I’d stuff them with a hydrophobic fiber like glass fiber, or thinsulate if you are rich.

You're replying to my question about what year/model. My van is a 2015 Cargo, similar to your 2018. See the link below for a discussion about sound proofing. Also consider adding in a storage hatch in the foot well area if that's not on your mod list. It's great having the extra place to stash things. There are multiple threads discussing this mod besides the one below. Good luck!

Physical fitment might be the easy part. Getting everything to plug in and work will be a lot harder. Maybe not even possible.

Has anybody filled the voids , like columns, empty wall panels with expanding foam for insulation and noise reduction?

Probably, but it wont be easy. You will need to reseach what is necessary to do this on a Focus then hope it works on a TC. You will need get and learn Forscan. You are looking at new modules (computers), programming etc. Start at the website for Cyan Labs. They sell kits but probaby wont be much help for cross-platform modifications.

Sound deadening is a science and you can go down some deep rabbit holes on the internet trying to find a reasonable solution. You want two types of deadening material: the heavy butyl stick on panels like Kilmat, Dynamat etc and soft foam-like insulation. The Kilmat panels only need to cover about 30% to be effective. I loaded the door panels and the rear floor with them. The softer insulation works like you would expect...it blocks sound as opposed to the panels that keep the metal from creating sound. So, just put something in. It will work better than nothing. FYI, all vehicles are made with sound deadening panels on the body panels. They look like painted over patches of tar.

I’m trying to get used to the forum format. I’m not sure who I’m responding to, but my van in a 2018 lwb cargo van.

So pay some extra attention to the wells and thinsulite should do for the rest. Good advice. Thanks. What’s your position on a battery shunt? I have one source that says yes and one that says no.

I added a jumpseat to my 2015 Cargo. See the link below for discussion. I never ended up using the seat as the reason for needing it went away. At the time I needed something for carrying a third person short distances as a rare occasion. This low cost solution worked for me but it has some obvious caveats. Good luck!

What year TC? Cargo or Wagon?

Did anyone find the solution to this problem? I'm having exact same issue with 2012.

So pay some extra attention to the wells and thinsulite should do for the rest. Good advice. Thanks. What’s your position on a battery shunt? I have one source that says yes and one that says no.

I’ve done a couple of vans and I think the thinsulite will be so close to what it and the kilmat together would do you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. However after spending the money on some Kilmat you probably would say it was quieter just to believe you spent the money well. Your phone should be able to get an app that is a decibel meter to record how well it works. Much of the noise often comes from the front and rear wheel wells so if you can improve them their you will gain a lot. On my previous van I used a heavy layer of ruberized spray undercoat to good effect inside the wheel wells and this one I boxed the rears with insulation between the box and tin. My TC 2010 has reflexix on all the walls covered with thin carpet. That helps a lot.

Quite a job. You will need everything that you can find and strip from a donor vehicle. Mounting brackets, carpet kit, seat belts...... you should be able to do it.

I’m preparing to start converting my TC. I’m using thinsulite to insulate it and was planning to use kilmat to improve sound deadening. A friend suggested that the thinsulite would be enough. What is your experience?

The rear seats clip into brackets that are on the edge of the footwell on the front (covered by the black plate in your photo), and brackets in the back (that are shown in your photo). Here are photos of one of my rear seats flipped up into the vertical postion.

Axle leak could be unpolished journal at the seal..causing leakage..hence the axle R&R.

Welcome..keep us posted.

Perfect, thanks.

Has any one added a second row seat 2017 Ford Transit Connect cargo van? Cannot figure out how the seats would be anchored to the floor. There are three hooks in the floor n the right places, but cannot find picture of how the seat connects to them in the back or in the front. If someone has done this would like to see detailed photos posted of the floor mountings front and back of the 2nd row seat. Thanks!

Hi I have a 2015 connect 1.6 lwb Is it possible to fit a focus sat nav to it if so what's involved Cheers

There are Transit Connect campers and Campervan self build groups in facebook. Try asking there.