Underslung Grey water tank | EP38 | Ford Transit Campervan Build

In this episode, I mount a 55Litre underslung grey water tank on my self build ford transit campervan. making a some custom brakets and mostly using and widening pre-existing holes in the chassis.
Welcome to my Ford Transit Mk8 Van build series.
My name is Alex Frood, I’m a UK based Freelance Expedition Leader and Outdoor instructor. I am converting my 2018 Ford Transit Mk8 L3H3 into a full-time Camper.
The kit I used can be found a here
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/55-Litre-P...
These videos are not How-to videos but showing my process for my conversion. feel free to copy me but id always recommend doing your own research as well.
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[@jeffsteinmetz7188]

“First car accident in the shower” had me rolling. Only a story a van lifer could tell.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

To be honest the circumstances are pretty hilarious. The reason I couldn’t get out and confront the guy before he fled it was because I was naked and dripping wet, he probably would’ve made have flee the Scene quicker if I had

[@jeffsteinmetz7188]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I can not speak for the UK, but in the USA they would have arrested you immediately. Naked people simply have no credibility. 😜

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Generally in most situations you completely lose credibility of the accusations you are making if you’re standing there naked when making them haha

[@djpWilson]

I felt a little guilty myself, but being honest, I got a good laugh too. Great presentation as always.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Don’t worrie about it, I see the funny side of the circumstances, but not of drunk driving obviously. Damage was minor

[@catw6274]

Nicely done! Love the Christmas interlude. Lol.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Got to do other bits and bobs of work!

[@harpalrai9143]

Great vid Alex the space shuttle is coming on well...🚐

[@doglabdogtraining-gus.8873]

great videos

[@VicRol67]

Hello ! Thanks for sharing. If I may ask : what happens when the temperature drops bellow 0 ? I saw that you travel up north a lot so I expected to learn in this video how to isolate the gray water tank (+ install an antifrost system).

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

All of my freshwater is internal and raised off the floor. so no freezing issues there. as I spent my winters in the Arctic, I generally choose to make no greywater on those trips. In UK climates for the winter, a heating system would be possible, not in the Arctic or temperatures of -20 and below.

[@David_11111]

Yay

[@David_11111]

nice van now ... when you starting the next one ?

[@michaeldouglas4860]

Hey Alex, thanks for the detailed video! You remember when you got the tank itself from? Just figured I would ask, as would rather use your referral link after learning a lot from your vid

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I got referral links to most items I’ve used via the Amazon store. In this case the tank was an eBay order. “Camper van grey tank” came up with a lot of options

[@drewhodge3820]

Well iv been trying to find out how thick the water tanks are because I'm planning to build my own tanks. Your video answered my question. 4-5mm thick. Cheers.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you found it helpful. The wall thickness is pretty substantial

[@drewhodge3820]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Am I right in thinking it's a C.A.K tank?

[@897aa33]

Hi. I found hamarite not good for salty roads in the winter. I tried number of times same result rust again next spring. Primer and any auto paint works better. Like your videos. 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I found the spray Hammerite a bit watery, nowhere near as thick as the tin stuff. I’ll have to check and I have some other paints and a wax oil stone chip guard I could also apply

[@cv6473]

Great video. Do you know if there is picture or undercarriage measurements of where you can place the water tank, besides taking out the spare tire area? Also, how are you going to winter/freeze proof your water tank?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Winter/freezing wise I’m not too concerned as this is the grey/waste water tank only. The fresh water tank is inside. As the shower in my van is recirculating generally the only water I put down it is small amount from the kitchen sink. I’m the winter I will just be vigilant to empty it often, if it became a big problem I can just heat the water tank up to 60° and then dump in. If you have Instagram message me on there, I’ll see if I have some other images from the install.

[@fttf]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Hi Alex, I circled back to this video with the OP's comment in mind. I'm having a van converted right now and want to take it to cold places, so I'm really curious to know how you fared with this waste water tank when trekking the frozen wastelands a while back! Did you need to heat and insulate the tank or could you muddle through fine without? (If you did some mods pre-trip and covered it in a video I'm sorry but I don't recall it). Thanks for your help. Congrats on the channel growth too ;)

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@@fttf hey, with regards to your question on the waste tank. I made the decision to just be more minimalistic on my water uses. so the vast majority of washing up was done with kitchen roll and water only if needed. However, my plan was as my shower tank / hot tank can be dumped directly into the grey tank that if necessary, I would heat that to 60° and then dump it in there hot and draining away immediately where possible. I did think about insulation for the tank and heaters, but I thought in the Arctic context that would just be a losing battle. It was just cold

[@fttf]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Yep, I think there's only so much that insulation and heating elements can do when you go those extremes. Good workaround anyway! Thanks for the reply, Alex.

[@ShadowV]

Does the flexible looped waste water pipe work ok still? I'd prefer to do something simple like that

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Yep, doesn’t seem to have caused me an issue in almost 3 years works well as a makeshift U-bend

[@aberdeendeltaforce]

Fabric on the walls look mint, where did you get that from?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

eBay Blue “linen” fabric. But the key to it is The 3mm closed foam underneath it. Gives it a slightly padded look and feel

[@FredMaranhao]

Hey, I am planning on converting a Ford Transit too... Is this tank size (1080 x 300 x 200) the maximum size you can fit underneath? I was hoping I could fit something bigger... Something like 1270 x 400 x 210... Do you think it would fit? (two actually, Fresh and Grey)

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I think it would fit. Maximum in the sense of all the tank models and sizes I personally saw and the space I had available. An extra centimetre on the depth I don’t think will be much of an issue, that will probably close of the bottom of the skirt. , The same for the length. I couldn’t go any longer due to where my diesel heater is located. The extra width might start to be quite close to the exhaust pipe. The same mounting method might work you would just need to mount the hooks on the other side of the chassis member. As for two of them for might be a bit less space on the side of the siding door due to the sliding door step and the location of the fuel tank, there were I have mounted my LPG tank. Feel free to message me on Instagram and I can send you some photos of where my size of tank comes up to

[@Beverretriver]

Hi Alex. Have you any follow up on how you got on with your waste and water system while up in the artic?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I decided before this arctic trip to switch to using water Jerry cans over my normal fresh water system. As I have one pipe which runs under the floor. Hot water worked as normal

[@Beverretriver]

@@MispronouncedAdventures thanks buddy. I've designed a recirculating system myself. The shower tray (which is currently getting fabricated out of stainless steel) has x2 12mm side outlets, in opposite corners which are Tee'd into a pump keeping all water in the van for colder climates. The grey is just for dropping the system and the sink which are mainly where my thoughts lie, preventing it from freezing up and blocking. The thought process continues..😁👍

[@luca7599]

@@Beverretriver Did you make any progress? I'm in Northern Europe, and planning a van build that can be used in winter (3 months of below freezing), but not full-time living. I've seen some people have heated underslung tanks, but I imagine that must consume a lot of power, esp. when you don't have much solar...

[@Quickblood1]

How does this fare in Arctic conditions?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I generally do my best to make no grey water on the arctic trips.

[@Quickblood1]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Sensible. I honestly thought it'd have some sort of heating system but yeah simply avoid filling the tank when you know it'll freeze, makes sense.

[@PhilipHollowaychannel]

If you’re doing a fold up bed check out my video I did on the Murphy system. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a164lYGkaL2dedk

[@897aa33]

Ebay link broken.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Sorry, That’s a pain. I’ll see if I can find a new link for it

[@glasloganfarm8944]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Could you possibly post the dimensions of the gray water tank? Thanks!

[@Talismantris]

transit mk 7 or 8?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

MK8

[@Talismantris]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Thanks, I also have a mk8, it seems the link to the kit has expired. Where did you source both your tanks? Thanks!

[@Talismantris]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Please let me know which tank you used! :-)

[@Talismantris]

And what tank you used for fresh water, much appreciation in advance!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Waste tank is generic “55 litre Water Tank With Fittings Camper van Motorhome Fresh / Waste Self Build” Fresh tank is the blue 70L fiamma tank