jrm223

Only on your side of the pond. Over here, wagons and vans are both Transit Connect.

Look at the picture shown for the dash pocket, it's RHD... That's what I was referring to specifically.

Probably a metal fabrication shop that will do one-off custom jobs. But you'd have to talk to them to find out how much they'd charge for a riser.

Now that's a sweet little cubby! I'm thinking that the best way to make sure you get all the necessary parts is to import an entire dash from a EU-spec Transit wreck that has the cubby dash and then swap over the parts required to the US-spec one. Obviously, we can't just drop the whole EU dash in, since they're RHD. Unfortunately, that'd cost a few real pretty pennies shipping a whole dash over here...

Whatever shop said that they're spot-welded is trying to screw you over for more money. You can't spot-weld plastic/composite, which is what the panel is made from.

Interesting! I'll have to try that turn signal method, too. In theory, my lights should almost never turn on again, lol - I don't generally bother with locking my doors... They might get locked once a week, depending on where I'm at. Last night, I even forgot to close the windows, oops - at least it didn't rain overnight! I already pulled out the cargo dome light bulb within a month of buying the van (had it just over a year now) and I leave the front domelight in off position unless I need it.

Mine operates a bit differently - 2015 TC XL LWB van. When I turn-off the key completely, the radio shuts off right away - it doesn't give "retained accessory power" like I'm used to with newer vehicles. But, and this is a feature I actually like, I can turn the radio back on without the key, just like some of you talk about. Mine will stay on for around an hour, maybe 90 minutes (never actually timed it) unless I turn it off manually. This lets me work outside around the van with the radio playing and I don't have to hear bing-bing-bing from the door being open, lol.

Looks good, I was thinking about the three-bar version, but ended up buying a 12ft cargo rack from an Econoline for $100. Still gotta make custom mounts to fit it on my TC, though. Hangs over the sides about 6" or so and over the windshield some, but I couldn't even see the front overhang when I was driving it home, so it won't be a problem.

Okay, so I searched "thermometer" to see if anybody else had the same problem mine has randomly had for several weeks now - it happens sporadically and I don't use my A/C. No real damage or replaced parts, either. Anyway, I was driving home from work yesterday, look down at the thermometer (XL, so I only have one, unlike Osco) and - much to my surprise - I find out it's apparently -35*F!! Wow, and here I thought that it was 90*F, spread of 125* difference... Even got pictures of it going bat-shit-crazy so I can bring proof to Ford. The weirder part (really? Weirder??) is that stopping or slowing down would make the temperature drop, then after I speed up and stay a steady speed for awhile, it would climb again, then repeat the cycle when I have to stop or slow down. It happened to a smaller extent this morning, but only up/down a couple times over my 50 mile drive. Oh yea, as shown in the pics, I'm just under 30K miles now. Here's just a few of the pics that I got, the rest are in my album... Note the odometer miles versus temperature change, too.

According to their website, you drop the headliner (in wagons) and use the included nutplates with stock holes after you pull the factory plug out. Or, you could install Nutserts (Rivnuts, whatever) sold separately in the factory holes so you don't have to drop the headliner. I'd go with the nutserts myself, a lot easier to install since you don't need to hold a nutplate in place inside the van while mounting the feet up on top. The 2-bar system is rated 400lbs, 3-bar is 600lbs. http://vantech.us/Transit-Connect-2014-On-J1000-rack-3-Bar-50-bars-Black-J1203B.htm

The Vantech J1000 series is only 3.25" tall, not sure if that's the type of rack you're looking for. Basically just crossbars with legs attached so you don't need factory rails and they use the factory holes in the roof. There's a seller on Ebay with 20% off sale currently, I've been eyeballing them but the 3-bar system is still like $250 even with the sale price, don't really have that kinda money right now lol, free shipping though. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281371563105?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT