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Shouldn't the fluid from the transfer case leaking all over the floor count as "oiling the floor"?

Oh boy, taking this engine out this time was with record time despite the less than desirable circumstances! It's been quite snowy up here in the WV mountains. Waited for it all to melt and let the ground dry out a bit. Finally got a nice day to take the engine out! But we're lifting 1000...

Living in the van while stationary is going pretty well. Been working and saving money and just trying to enjoy life while I got it. Yes, many things are broken. But, we still maintain our priorities. Staying in one place without driving and charging the batteries with the alternator has...

Thanks for the words of support! I sometimes think I'm crazy as well! The chicken fiasco, oh boy, I wish I can forget that happened. Still have nightmares... I did not know ozone was so distructive. The package just said to pull the cover and run, do not return for 24 hours. I hope all is good...

Yay for an update! Been settling into the new home lately. Did some more cleaning and fully moved back into the van. Finished cleaning and scrubbing. Opened every compartment. Placed an ozone generator pack into the living space and closed it up for 24 hours. These things create ozone and...

The deepest and one of the biggest cave rescues in history happened last month in southern Turkey and I was invited to fly out and help. We saved the explorer with blood transfusions and a lot of rope and pulleys. If the van was level when I parked it, all the goo would have been contained in...

Those were just random buckles and webbing I sewed together. And then ordered these marine webbing brackets. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07HJXFQ8J?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Baking soda, hmmm.

I will continue the story I was trying to tell a month ago before I got sidetracked to the other side of the world. I really don't want to relive this horror, but here you go. In the rush to drop the van off at my friends house in WV and continue on our journey to AL for some training classes...

I'm really good at swapping engines now! Got it down to a three day job now! The van is stranded in WV right now.

The original Cummins had 400k miles on it. Someone swapped the wrong dipstick in. That engine was not stressed, it was starved. That's understandable. The second iteration had a cracked cylinder head after 12k miles, unknown what caused that. The third iteration was a blown head gasket from...

Sorry everyone. I had to drop everything and fly to Turkey to rescue a friend from deep down in a cave. I wouldn't say the engine is being stressed. That trailer weighed 1200lbs and that engine was the second best engine we've had so far. I will surely blow the gas engine up as well. Didn't...

Everything is super easy to access, I love it! But I've actually got the engine to almost be mounted straight. It used to be clocked with the top towards the driver side. Are there better engine mounts I can get to make things better? I also cruise at about 2000rpm, so no worries there. Yes, I...

That fund ran out awhile ago! Currently living on a friends lawn doing odd jobs to get by. No idea what's wrong with the transmission. The least of my worries as the transmission should be an easy and cheap fix regardless of what went wrong with it. But it's not possible to have a limp home...

Oh boy. It's been a depressing time lately. It appears the van does need an exorcism. Was driving through the mountains of West Virginia with my copilot lady when all of a sudden the van shot all its oil out the exhaust and lost power. Pulled over, assessed, filled back with oil, limped off the...

Thanks! We'll see how long that braze will hold. It's in a low stress area, so I imagine it will be fine.

Great news! Got everything back together, filled all the fluids up, and what do you know? She started right up! Only had one leak. Me being a dumby put the coolant thermostat seal in backwards. Easy fix, just had to remove a bunch of stuff and flip the seal around. But boy was I ever nervous...

We got really good at engine swaps! Can get the engine from the floor in the garage and bolted onto the engine mounts in about 20 minutes! But there are always things to slow you down! Snapped a bolt in the cylinder head and had to remove a bunch of stuff, heat it up with the torch after...

Step vans all the way! People need to convert more of those things.

Been working nonstop. Got lots of stuff done lately. This rig will be back on the road soon... This year has been the year of head gaskets. Took the Cummins cylinder head from the van, both cylinder heads from the old GM military truck, and both exhaust manifolds for the van to the machine...