It was a beautiful weekend and an excellent opportunity to spend some quality time with the BABE vehicle. What exactly did we get ourselves into?
The inside needed some TLC. It was last inspected in 2011 and prior to that an artist owned it and used it to travel the east coast going to festivals. It hasn’t seen a vacuum cleaner in a while. 
While emptying out the glove box I found a receipt for fuel filter, plugs, cap, rotor, and fuel filter that had been done 12k miles ago for $315! At least it wasn’t totally neglected by the previous owner.
There is some rust that I knew about that will need to be fixed for inspection. 
This is what happens when you start poking at the rust.
The brake cylinders and calipers look good and are not leaking however one rear shoe assemblies was not put together correctly and had worn one of the shoes out. The good news is brake pads were only $20 at Autozone. The front pads look good.
When I bought the van the rear electric seats were folded out into a bed. This is great for a porno, but not so good if we need to haul some people. After spending some quality time with a multi-meter, it indicated that the Up function of the bed wasn’t getting power. By switching the wires I was able to turn the bed back into a seat.
If I need a bed I can switch the wires back. At least until I can figure out why one lead isn’t working.
All things considered, It isn’t too bad for a $500 vehicle. Actually $498. I found almost $2 in change scattered through out the van.
