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Check out videos on YouTube for Ford 2.5L exhaust, the Fusion has the same engine as us (not counting the 1.6L EcoBoost guys and certain non-US models, of course). In this video, my favorite is the 3rd one at about 1:17 minutes. Of course, muffler delete is another option, lol

Nice redesign. I'm curious, though, why not mount the electronics under the false floor? My van has the vinyl floor and I removed everything related to the false floor, including the vinyl that's hiding underneath the false floor, and there's something like 11.5" of vertical height wasted in there. If you look at my gallery pics, there's a whole bunch in there from when I took out the floor. In any case, it would put the electronics & battery out of the way so you have more storage room for other things you need... Right now, I have part of the false floor back in my van because I needed some extra flat space. My plan is to build an opening toolbox/chest there at some point.

Here in Texas, if you have two outside mirrors, the rear window can be as dark as you want. Rear side windows have no regulations, front doors are 25% light transmittance when combined with the glass. However, for my use, there would still be glass back there and glass is easily broken compared to steel. You would be surprised how many vehicles around here (particularly trucks & SUV's - our vans are essentially the shape of a small SUV) have the back window busted out, I don't know what it's caused by, though. Maybe thefts, storm damage, drunken shenanigans, who knows! lol

I'm pretty sure that what I'd really love to have doesn't exist in stock form - a liftgate without glass, lol. I'd like to have the overhead coverage, but still want the solid steel that my current barn doors have. That would be a custom job, though, remove the glass and weld-in a steel sheet, then get the whole shebang paint-matched to the van... Probably easier to just build a little pop-up type roof similar to a rain-fly on a tent, using fiberglass poles.

So that's a wheelchair lift/entry conversion? I've seen those and they hang down from the bottom a good bit. Most likely, you'll need to adjust your driving style to avoid potholes & bumps or at least slow down a bit when you see them ahead of you. But, you could try calling the company that installed it and find out if there's any way for them to raise it a bit, though I kind of doubt it...

I know that myself and at least one other person here has had that sensor go bad. Mine was replaced under warranty, but they had my van for 2.5 days because the tech assigned to it had a day off the first full day that it was in...

I've been wanting to make one out of aluminum diamond plate, but it's low on the priority list for my meager paychecks, haha! Someone did a pretty sweet job on that one pictured, even though it's not a TC. For the fumes, I'd look into adding a vent in the back, something like on the USPS vans. Air flow would help the vent, of course - there's two rubber plugs behind the driver seat on the floor that are drains like on a Jeep Wrangler, these are beneath the false floor and you could remove them from under the van. Also, if your van does not have the rear fuse block (like mine is "missing"), there's a hole where the wiring normally comes through, pop the rubber plug out of it (I haven't noticed any water getting in and it's been at least 8 months and 15K miles) - on the passenger side by the back door, behind the plastic panel and seen in my pic here

My first thought was self-driving van, until I saw the pic with a driver having hands on the wheel, lol. Maybe the computer is still in "learning" mode while a human drives? haha

Tiller was talking about S.A.R., not police pursuit... I've seen our vans used for "meter maids" parking enforcement, but not regular police service. Four-banger FWD van isn't the most ideal for chasing criminals, haha.

For spotlight ideas, at least 40% of the trucks in my area (Texas ranch country) have remote-control lights on the roof, just run power to it. I don't have any pics of them, but it would end up looking something like this (from Google image search). Nice thing with these is that it's a keychain remote (depending on specific model), so you can control it like 30' away from the vehicle.

2014+ TC's (van or wagon) have two different mirrors available. Most get the "small" mirrors, but there's optional "large" mirrors that I wish the cargo vans had standard. One of my planned upgrades is getting the large mirrors to replace the small ones on my van, whenever I have extra money to blow on it... Haha.

Fifty150 is correct in totally different vehicles & even forums - you want FordTransitForum.com, lol. But, I suspect that your third brakelight may be held in by nuts on the backside of the light (inside of the van). Try shining a flashlight in there and see what you can find. Being a passenger van, I'm guessing you have a full headliner, so you'll need to drop that down to get access.

I do have a SG-II, but it's at least 5 years old and needs to be updated, lol. When I had a 2003 F-350 diesel, I got some crazy MPG numbers because the SG-II couldn't read some of the OBD data correctly - Google research showed that it would need to be updated, but I never got around to it. That said, I really need to put the gauge back into my van because I haven't used it since late last summer when I had to take it out to scan a friends car for CEL codes. But I'll also be moving soon, my commute will be 11 miles and there will be a single stop sign going to work (turn onto the main road from my side street) and then a single one going home (again, turning onto main road from parking lot). So once I'm moving, there typically shouldn't be any reason to stop until I'm at my destination That will be great.

I suspect that you would need to find a junkyard that has a Gen 1 TC with window-less barn doors. Ford only used replaceable panels on the sliding doors for either window or solid panel - the quarter panel windows and rear doors are either solid steel or windowed. Alternatively, you could also get a piece of opaque polycarbonate sheet the same color as your paint (or have it painted to match) and then cut it to fit & epoxy it in place. What I would love for my van is a windowless hatch (overhead type door) to replace my barn doors, lol. But, I've never seen a hatch without a window, so it would have to be done custom by welding in a sheet of steel. Too much work for the little bit that I would gain from converting, though.

I'm sure some people in the US would love if we had got that SJ413, lol. That's an extended version of the SJ410 or what we call Samurai. The 413 is almost 23" longer overall than a Samurai.

The one problem that people have found is that the Gen 1 TC and early Gen 2 (2014's) had the load floor welded-in, so it's tedious to remove. Later, Ford got smart and bolted it in, making removal easy on 2015+ and maybe even some later 2014's - I don't know exactly when the switch happened. Somebody had taken pics of their 2014 awhile back and I don't remember now if they ended up cutting out the floor or gave up when they saw it was welded.

I was happy enough averaging 30MPG with my 2011 Ranger 2.3L manual, lol. Until I totaled it, anyway... Seeing these posts of 20MPG and even down to the teens makes me feel a little less bad with my van. When I lived in northern Illinois, I was averaging 26-28 MPG on a tank, 50 mile commute with about 1/2 of it tollway. Moved to Texas, higher speed limit (75 MPH between towns), 27 mile commute but I have no traffic and only a handful of stop signs at each end of the commute (in my neighborhood and close to work) plus a stop light by work - MPG's dropped to 22-24. This is on a 2015 TC 2.5L LWB XL van. Drop looks pretty sweet, but I could never do that around here, lol. I'm with the "lift it" crowd, then add some truck all-terrain tires since I'm in ranch country.

I have the same experience as newtconer, having to do the high-beam-stalk trick basically each time I want to have the doors open :( Newtconer, as for the cargo lamp, you could just pull the bulb out. The toggle switch is just to make it easier to turn on/off. I have a van instead of wagon and it had an incandescent bulb, I pulled it out last summer. Eventually, I'll get around to installing & wiring several LED lights on a double-throw switch for On/Off/Door (same function switch as the front over-head light). Just need to figure out which ones I want to buy for it, but I also have lots of other projects going on in life.

I still have just the stock OEM tires and ran them through last winter in northern Illinois/Chicagoland. Wasn't really impressed with them, but they were decent enough for OEM all-season tires. Two winters ago, I had a 2003 Mustang GT and ended up putting some Blizzaks on it from Craigslist about half-way through the winter - night & day difference compared to whatever tires were on it (some "all-season high-performance" that were really summer tires). Anyhow, I'm hoping to move to Texas before winter hits this year, but I'm going to start watching Craigslist soon for a good deal on winter tires in the TC size just in case I don't get out quickly enough. I'm mostly Finnish myself and I'd like to have Nokian Hakkapeliitta tires (headquartered in Nokia, Finland - also home of Nokia phones). Finland has like 6-8 months of winter, so they have plenty of experience with making good snow tires. Which is why all series of Hakkepaliitta tires are rated so highly - although expensive...

In regards to the wasted space behind the seats, my van has vinyl flooring and I gained another 4-5" of space by removing the vinyl floor in that well, just FYI. Since there aren't any drop-in storage options, I'm thinking about trying to find a cheap aluminum diamond-plate tool chest that's 48-49" wide (see pic below), then cut the bottom out to fit the contour of the TC floor (thus why I want a cheap used one instead of brand new expensive one!) If I do this, I plan to have the chest raise above the original floor level, so the opening handle won't be a problem for me. But, people wanting to keep a flat floor would probably have to do too much work to make this solution viable for them... As for the questions about the plastic steps, they have like those "Christmas-tree" type fasteners holding them in, I just used a small crowbar to pop each one out since I don't have the specialized plastic panel removal tools. It's pretty easy to pop the steps out though, I used the crowbar to get the right leverage so I wouldn't break anything by just yanking them out with my hands... It took a couple minutes to do because I was taking my time & being careful.

I'm sure you could do it yourself, just a matter of finding the right replacement part. Your profile says a 2010 TC, so it may be a different part # than what my van uses (2015 TC Gen 2). Man, I thought I do a lot of driving! I had something like 32K at 13 months, now at 33,5xx at 13.5 months. 100 miles/day for work commute and I've driven to Nashville & middle Texas, too.

I'd suspect that putting a bit of silicone on each push-pin would help hold everything in place and keep things quiet. Personally, I pulled everything out of the back of my cargo van awhile back and haven't had money to get insulation yet, lol. So, it sits 'open' - I get more road noise, but I'm used to trucks so it's not an issue for me. Eventually, after I do the insulation, I'll likely do treadplate (diamond plate) in place of the plastic because I like the looks of diamond plate and it's more durable than plastic.

Actually, it's a simple fix with a part that's like $8 - the "Ambient air temperature sensor". Look at the pics in my gallery, I have a 2015 XL so my thermometer display is behind the steering wheel, but it's the same issue. The computer will disable the compressor below around 40* or so (from what I've read elsewhere) to prevent the AC system from literally freezing, because the computer 'thinks' that the outside air is actually that cold due to the faulty sensor. Another guy here had the problem shortly before my van did. My dealer had my van for two days, but the assigned technician was off work one of those days, go figure. It takes them a couple hours for the job - pull the front bumper off, replace the sensor, reassemble.

I will only say that Tourneo does not exist in the USA, so I cannot "get it mixed up".

Dude, do you have any reading comprehension skills at all?? I said on this side of the pond, meaning in the USA, the 'small' ones are BOTH Transit Connect, it doesn't matter if it's a panel cargo van or a windowed/glazed passenger wagon. IN THE USA, they are both Transit Connect. Where in any of my statements did I say anything about the EU? Nowhere. Over here, big ones are Transit 150, 250 & 350 depending on weight-capacity, but regardless of cargo or passenger version. As wacky as that LostInTransit guy was awhile back, now I see why he was always complaining about you.