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Oh, I have new things to fix with JB Weld, don't worry about that! No easy answer. This engine is a lemon. How am I still sane? Not sure, but patience is running thin, even though I love her so. Is this what being married is like?

Almost 450k I think. Miles don't mean anything though. It's this stupid Cummins engine that is cursed. No matter what, she finds ways to spit coolant out.

It's a 10k trailer and we were close to it's limit. I emptied the water tanks to lose 500 pounds.

You think clanging pot and pans is loud? Try driving a Cummins powered aluminum step van at 70mph! Haha, good luck, save the ears!

Well, things were going great. But dang it, why can't we keep coolant inside this engine?!? Driving down the road, everything is going splendid. Then that smell. And then that white smoke. And then that coolant gauge! Pulled over immediately and found coolant leaking out between the block and...

Swing on by my campsite, bring a jug of diesel!

Finished up all the innappropriate barriers. Mounts that were made for the shower curtain double for the hot tub curtain. Yes, we have multiple curtains now. Built a frame out of some metal pipe. Welded studs that go into holes with two corner supports so the whole thing doesn't topple over...

Yes, the glare is unfortunate. But there are ways around it. Lots of science to these things. Lighting is everything!

So I've been crashing in a suburban neighborhood recently, and I don't think the neighbors appreciate people showering out in the street late at night. I'm waiting for the police to show up. Boy do I miss staying on BLM land! Been tossing this idea around for a long time. But I finally have...

Back to tackling things that grind my gears. The concept of these party lights is great. The end result, eh, not so much. When you're standing, they glare into your eyes and are very spotty. Came up with the idea to add diffuser lens to them. The diffuser lenses really help out. Make it...

So if you want the biggest and baddest fan, 93-98 Lincoln MK 8 is the one you want. They push over 4000cfm. Very similar to the Taurus fan, which I also considered. The Taurus fan is 16", the MK 8 fan is 18" and has a bigger motor. My radiator is 18" tall, so easy choice was the MK 8 fan. Either...

So I ended up taking the cylinder head back off to put those alignment pins in. Yes yes, those are very much needed. But while we have the coolant all drained, lets do a cooling upgrade. The Cummins runs pretty cool. It only got hot once or twice climbing some hills in Colorado. The old setup...

Yay, parts! It's like Christmas, except Santa stole all my money and then gave me something nice that I needed. New cylinder head came in. A little bit of touch up paint, swapping some parts over, and in she goes! Out with the old, in with the new! So, got the new cylinder head installed...

I'm running the Easystart Pro controller for the hydronic heater. I have a separate thermostat wired to the fan on the heat exchanger to control the air temperature. No idea what is compatible with the Chinese stuff.

7hrs and then it just shuts off? That's unfortunate. My Eberspacher hydronic unit has an infinite setting on the controller so it's always running automatically. Maybe you can change your controller for you Chinesium unit?

I have a big 7" Milwaukee grinder, but I had to hold it up only inches above myself. I felt the 4" grinder would do less damage if something went wrong or if it got caught it would just slow down instead of ripping out of my hands and end up like ITTOG! Good God man! You are lucky, but that...

While the van is missing half the engine, might as well do some other stuff. Recently, the van has been listing to one side. During the build, care was taken to balance things out inside. But looking at the suspension, I think it's past due for replacement. Almost half million miles and these...

The hot tub holds about 250 gallons. The van only has 50 gallons of storage. So in order to fill hot tub, I set it up within pumping distance of a water source like river or lake, use someones hose spigot, or make 5 trips back and forth between water source and hot tub to fill.

Waiting on parts is the worst. Have some down time, so what better to do than chill in your mobile hot tub! But the worst part about the hot tub is the lack of accurate, automatic temperature control. Only way to control temperature while you're in the tub is to open the valve at the end of the...

That new fuel tank is ridiculous! Good luck!