I know, very late to the party but I want to thank you for your patient and thorough seminar. I have a 40 year old rv that needs its tired old engine replaced and this helps very much. Good show, thank you again.
I have watched literally hundreds of videos on building a squaredrop in preparation for taking on this challenge and your series is by far the best one out there. You’ve got a great way of presenting in a clear and insightful manner. I never leave comments on videos but yours deserve all the praise one can give. Outstanding!
Thanks! I’m not a youtuber, but I’m having fun learning how to build a trailer and how to edit videos :) I also just learned that I’m very close to getting a couple bucks from RU-vid. In order to paid, I have to have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours. (I’m very close in each). …i guess the pay is close to 80 cents an hour, but it’s better than 0 cents an hour 😂
Please keep at it. It’s a crime that it took until now for youtube to recommend your videos, but it won’t be long until you’re monetized and raking in the pennies. :-) I can’t wait for the next one and I’ll be rewatching all of these numerous times until I get mine finished. As far as I’m concerned, this is the bible of how to build a squaredrop. Good luck
I dont even need to search the comments to know how everyone felt about the music! I am guessing you have learned to skip in entirely for next time. That said, everything else about this video is AWESOME! RU-vid needs way more stuff like this that is actually uselful
Good job and a great, easy to watch job of documenting your work! Four years later, still going strong? Saw your response about "While you're there" down below, but this certainly would've been an opportune time to replace items like crank and cam position sensors, perhaps the knock sensors, starter, coolant pump, thermostat, oil cooler lines, coolant hoses, belt and engine mounts. I'm thinking name brand, quality replacement parts; not replacing OEM with the cheapest stuff on Amazon. You know the history of your vehicle and what has and hasn't been replaced recently, but these parts are all much cheaper than the labor you're saving and should help ensure reliability and that you're not going back in there anytime soon. I was surprised - no, make that impressed! - that you completely reassembled everything before starting the engine; showing a lot of confidence in your work and the rebuilt engine there, lol!
Coming together real nice. I have not worked on mine in a while.. Been in the mountains while we still have good weather. Bout to start my cabin build. Do you have a link to the Glands you are using? Also noticed on your through wires in the frame, you didnt use any grommets to protect the sheathing... Think that will be an problem down the road?
The glands were purchased through Amazon…they come in many different sizes and I needed just about every size. Every hole has a grommet. (I just didn’t mention it in the video) …same thing with the glands: many different size grommets are needed.
Correction: all the wires through the trailer frame have grommets. …the wires running through the metal on the ceiling do not have grommets. However, I did put hot glue in the holes and on each side to prevent vibration wearing through the protected wires.
lol, I would love it if a future sponsor is reading this and they also create and ship custom puffy jackets...I would like everyone to know what it feels like to double puff in the winter. (or even triple puff in Minnesota's winters)
I haven’t decided on the exterior lights yet. I have some cheap lights left over from a different project, but I’ll be shopping for dimmable lights after your comment. Thanks for the suggestion!
Coming along great! Well thought out build. I like that the interior lights are dimmable. Will the exterior lighting be dimmable? One of my favorite mods was installing dimmable exterior lights because the factory ones were just too bright making them useless (well unless using them for the bump in the night or bear mode)
I just came across your videos this morning and I am glad I did since this is just what I am looking at doing this fall! I really appreciate seeing your attention to detail and hope to do the same. Did you consider other brands of suspensions systems and what made you choose Timbren?
It was the cross between price and quality. I was able to find a "used" timbren set online and drove 3 hours to pick it up. (someone bought it with the intentions of building a trailer and never did). The price of the second hand Timbrens was WAY cheaper than buying any other independent trailer suspension.
What an extreme luxury to have your two most helpful videos with such clear detail on removing and replacing an engine in a Chevy Van. Thank you for taking the time.
How wonderfully detailed. Thank you. I had to replace the water pump on my Volvo XC90. There was not a single RU-vid video that showed and described the process of disassembly. So many fasteners positioned where one cannot see them and with no instructions at all available a project that should be difficult with effort. All European vehicle manufacturers try to make it impossible to preform home repairs. Please accept my MANY THANKS for your full details for disassembly and then with your number two follow up video for installing new engine. What a credit. Eleven out of ten stars. How satisfying to have you on the globe. Enjoy your day with every success and satisfaction. 🙏
I love it! ...your comment is almost too nice where I think there could be sarcasm involved, but either way: I'm going to pretend that your comment is 100% sincere. :) Thanks!!
i know with wood working butt joints aren't as sawed after as miters. I assumed because you're welding the joints a miter would be unnecessary? Do you have any thoughts on that? I want build mine basically like this but I'm debating butt joins vs miter.
I mitered them for a couple reasons: 1.) more surface area to weld and 2.) metal tubes are hollow and mitering them will seal out the weather. ...not to mention: I like the look. They make plastic plugs in different sizes to help seal the ends of the tubes if you choose to weld the tubes in butt joints. (I used them on the 2"x2" support bar between the timbren suspension)
lol, I'm in the same boat. :) Summers get so busy and most weekends are planned with something. I have been working on trailer, but only a few hours each at a time and that hasn't been enough to post a new video yet. I'm about 75% done with the rough-in wiring and plumbing and I've been filming the whole process. I'm hoping to have a free weekend in July where I can finish the wiring and edit the video. ...stay tuned :)
Hi Scott, just wondering if you can help out! I have a GMC Savanna 1500 and wanted to know if you can customize it for me as well? Or let me know if you know anyone who can do this? Thank you!
Yep! I haven’t done it it, but I plan on drilling drainage holes after I install the battery cables and water supply lines. …it look likes an empty bathtub right now :)
I also have a 2010 Chevy Express Quigley 4x4 van. I love it! Currently at 125k and running strong. But I have wondered about this exact engine replacement. Great job! I’m curious why you didn’t go ahead and put in a rebuilt or new transmission while you were there? If the trans was as worn as the original engine it probably doesn’t have a lot left. Just curious- thanks !
Thanks! The transmission was already replaced and had about 30,000 miles at the time we did the engine. “While we’re there” can be a dangerous trap…it can turn a simple project into a HUGE project that goes way over budget. Example: if we did the trans, then we might as well do the transfer case. If we do the transfer case, then we might as well do the driveshafts and differentials…and the next thing we are repainting the whole van. :)
@@scottrinne9952 Makes sense. I get it. Need to find a threshold or else your spending loads of cash. I hope I’m not doing this to my Quigley for quite a while, but if I need to I know I’ll be back to this channel. Thanks for the intel 👍🏼👍🏼
The Express vans only come with the 4.3 V6 nowadays unfortunately. The 6.6 V8 is still listed, but dealers said it is not available. I’d get a used V8 van because the V6 is underpowered for these vans. If I got a 4.3 V6 van, I’d swap it with the 6.6. Definitely doable because GM makes parts for it!
