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Hello ,My van is well loved and no matter where Ive been van lovers tell me how nice my van looks ( Burgundy ) Love my van , but after going through months of mechanics, both dealer and expert local mechanic scratching their heads I dont know if its time to part ways. 100,000 miles and the dash abs lights have been on for sometime. At first off and on and at the dealer, who had it gone over each time and could find noyhing. One gut even kept it and drove it home. Nothing .Then this year after a couple of years of this, it stayed on all the time. dealer kept it a week. said over 6 grand; replace the rear axel as the module was replaced. Took it to my local guy. He had it over 2 weeks too. Cant see inside the whole to see the ?teeth? and doesnt know what it might cost if he could figure it out since no parts to be had? He said well it seems fine I'd drive it.Not what the dealer said. In looking at used vans or leased the numbers are staggering, since parts and vehicles are hard to come by. One gut sold his van for a lot of money because of that. A used van with alot of miles sold new at 32,000+ was recently sold online I saw it sell for almost 50,000 and it was several years old.They say this is the highest mark up of all autos in history. Still I dont know what to do about mine. I probably could sell it for more than its worth, I do love it, but the mechanic even said your problem may not even be fixed if you replace the rear right axel.Has anyone had this issue? Is it common? I thought Id get at least another 100,000 miles if not 50,000. I dont know about ford or ram but I remember they werent as comfortable. I used to have a Savana, maybe thats the way to go.

So I'm pretty happy with my DIY NV2500 high roof camper! One thing I have already researched the crap out of is an ABS pipe solar shower. The best example of which can be found on youtube HERE. My question is has anyone made one of these specifically for use on the high roof model? I have several ideas on how to modify the design in this video to accommodate the high roof (can't reach the spout/hose if the whole thing is on top), but if someone has experience doing this, that would be even better. Right now I'm thinking of sticking with this basic design in the video. I'd have 2ft to 4ft of ABS pipe on top, then a 45º elbow leading to a 2ft section of pipe that would hang down the side. I'd put some kind of protection between the hanging part and the side of the van as well to prevent rubbing and potentially scratching/denting the van's paint. I was thinking the piping would be of the 4" variety. HOWEVER I could make the hang down part a smaller thickness of pipe like 2". That bottlenecking + gravity might help A LITTLE with the pressure as well. If anyone has thoughts, ideas, etc. I'm all ears... er eyes in this case.