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Oh man, I wish I had one of those and some rubber bands. Leave a trap for the next unfortunate soul to use it next! ;)

Now that we have running water, we need a way to clean ourselves off... When we cut in the water tank fill port thingy, we measured and almost cut in the shower box next to it, on the passenger side of the van. Last minute we decided not to as we came up with the plan to stick it here, in the...

Let's do some plumbing! We got the holesaws out and made a bunch of semi-random holes under the sink cabinet to the exterior. Did I mention how awesome having an aluminum floor is? Installed rubber grommets and bulkhead fittings where lines are going to be going through floor. The water...

Probably the biggest downsides to a stepvan is the noise. But these headsets solve that, plus, we can make handsfree phonecalls and everyone with a headset on can tune in on the call! Not really worried about the weight, as we don't plan to drive more than 4 hours at a time.

Those headsets may be heavy, but a small price to pay in order to keep your hearing and be able to talk to people. They are expensive, so we got what we could get off eBay. Do you recommend any lighter headsets that won't break the bank?

Working on more essentials. Methods of heating up food and being able to communicate to the passengers that you would like said food heated up. Every rig needs a microwave! Right? Holding it down was quite easy, just these wood blocks screwed down at an angle holds super strong. Wanted a...

Working on more electrical things. If there is one thing that makes sure everything else works well, it's electricity. Cities would come to a standstill without electricity. So would construction sites, as everyone knows that electricians actually run the show. Well, I guess the van will still...

Hmmmm, I just have mine naturally vented. Maybe I should put a little computer fan behind as well...

Well, the engine is running pretty good. There is a rubber-like chirp at idle, but other than that she's cherry. Still have everything left to do. To remind myself when she got new engine, here is a photo pf the odometer. Lets see if this engine can get her to 1,000,000 miles, we're not too...

I didn't bother with the flux capacitor. No way is this rig able to get anywhere close to 88mph! And I like old gauges too! Just wish they all matched. I was just using what gauges I had laying around from past projects.

Finally had a day or two without snow. Boy, what a winter. For those that are wondering, this is how you get the engine and transmission in and out of the van. Super easy with plenty of room to work with. Just need to remove the passenger seat. Got everything hooked up. All the new sensors...

Thanks. Hope it all works well. The pick up sensor counts the teeth. The tach gauge has dip switches on the back to program the amount of teeth it's supposed to count.

Project tachometer is complete. Got the flywheel mounted and took some careful measurements. Removed everything and applied those measurements. Luckily we had a 3/4"-16 tap laying around for the magnetic pickup sensor. Got plenty of threads to hold sensor tight. Even ground the bell...

Do lots of research and hear opinions from all sides. There are so many variables and you seem very vague in your description of needs. Get a notebook and write down your ideas and things you may need and other stuff you may not understand. Try to narrow down your questions and ask more defined...

More things to push through. Cleaned up the bell housing adapter and needed to remove this broken bolt. There have been several broken bolts on this engine. It was in pretty poor shape and neglected over the years. Glad we were able to fix all of them. This one was easy as it didn't break...

Awesome video! Really gives us a good perspective of the build.

Hmmm, the fact that less of it will squeeze out makes me think that's the way to do it. I always lay it on pretty thin, and still, so much always oozes out. You gotta have some in the there when you're done to make a seal! I also don't wipe the excess off when installed.

Instructions and/or directions are really just suggestions.

Some people say to snug the bolts down, wait an hour, then do a final torqueing. Any merit to that? I ain't got time for that.

Agreed. It would be terrible to redo all that.