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Sure, the compressor comes off with a few bolts, the hoses are long enough to leave them attached. Point it up, replace the pulley, put the compressor back and pull the Allen key and you're back on the road.

$1350? I don't recognize what a DGV is, yet that seems or a crazy price tag. If you're anywhere around Third Pedal in Marion Iowa, we'll do better for you. Glad you enjoyed the quick video.

@thirdpedal4512 Mo is were I'm at. Dodge Grand Caravan. Hehe

But the local shop want about $700

They are pricey parts for how unreliable they are.

Very true, even at a stand still, she turns pretty easy.

They do look great. I'm only annoyed that I hit my head more times than not getting into it.

I've owned many Greenbriers (and other regular Corvairs) with both manual and automatic transmissions. Although the cars are horrible pigs with the Powerglide, the vans aren't that bad once you get them tuned correctly. My '61 GB was an awesome vehicle to drive with the Powerglide whereas my '63 Rampside was perfect with the manual. But, on the other hand, my '66 Monza convertible is an absolute pig with an automatic, even with the 140 upgraded engine.

That's Always the proper way! However, the customer wanted it just like it was even his mom owned it, so that upgrade wasn't allowed.

Using quality oil is certainly a huge thing. Were these vehicles all from the same manufacturer? Do you drive mostly in town or out of town? How cold/hot does it get where you are? What's your regular warm up time before you start driving? Do you ever have to add oil? These are all factors that make a large impact on oil life. Factors that the counters don't take or can't take good measure of. Will following the counter automatically kill the car by 100k? No, however people trust blindly in them. I had an Chevy Cruze come in several times with less than 10% left on the counter. The, maybe 2qts of oil like substance that came out of that car was scary. I showed the customer every time and said she needed to actually check her oil level and change it more often. It has serious blow-by, which quickly dirties the oil. She insisted that the counter in the dash would tell her what she needed to do. Where would she get that idea? It's certainly not in the manual. Maybe the sales person, maybe she came up with on her own thinking I was just another thieving mechanic? Hardly, I dislike changing oil. It's a necessary thing that has no profit. Scientifically, there's an optimum time to change the oil, every oil change being a bit different based on a huge array of factors. No one will ever know when that perfect time is. I'm glad that you're happy with the results of the timer and your choice in product. The facts still stands that the system they used is entirely too ignorant or purposefully inaccurate and causes a lot of premature damage to a lot of engines. I've seen it time and time again. It's not acceptable for manufacturers to have it so wrong. Might as well forget to air up the tires. We'll stick with the sticker tech, unless it's leaking or burning the oil, it's almost never wrong.

@@thirdpedal4512 Chevy Cruze is natorius (especially turbo) for the pcv failing that will cause excessive oil consumption. Just because I don't change the oil until the oil life meter says it's ready, doesn't mean you don't have to check oil under the hood every once in while. In fact, if you read most manuals it will say to check the oil periodically regardless of oil life. Those systems take in to accountability, speed, temperature, distance, idle time, rpm etc. That to me seems way more accurate than counting the mileage from the last change. Anyway I liked your response, thanks for your feed back, and I hope I didn't come off negativity

I fully agree. There's so much 'reinventing the wheel', yet only making it worse. They want cars dead by 200k miles. Remember volvos 'Million mile' club? That's gone. Why? Volvo got invaded by the bean counters from GM, lost all of their good, boring, boxy, ideas. Now no one wants a Volvo

@@thirdpedal4512 Agreed.. how difficult are the sensors on that engine to work with, replace, etc

@@applejuice9468 other than the water temp and oil pressure, not bad.

It's what Third Pedal had needed for years. It's here! It's now! I'm so excited! Now to figure out how to actually attract people to join in on the fun... I haven't figured out that kind of advertisement. Yet.

Is that a gas or diesel in your F250? Either way, that's a lot! I put stickers in every window and encourage them to go by it.

@@thirdpedal4512 base model 6.2 gas. Even in the owners manual it says that the oil life system might go 10000. I currently use motorcraft synthetic blend to match Fords recommendations as it is still under warranty and I don’t want warranty issues. I change it at 4000 and the oil life system typically says I have around 62% oil life remaining. In the summer when I tow my camper, it does recognize that I’m working it more and the percentage does go down slightly faster.

@@80spyder1 Yup, 62% at 4000 miles... That's exactly whats wrong with those counters. Thanks for adding that for future readers.

Fully agree! You can't change your oil too often or rotate your tires too often. 😊

The customers mom's owned this since new. It's never been out of the family. He has roughly $8k invested. I figure it's willed to his kids.

@@thirdpedal4512 well that's some cool history. They will enjoy

Randall, I'm getting -just a hint-, that going back to the good old highschool field trip days, isn't high on your list of things to recreate. Look at the bright side, you lived to tell the tale! I'm actually glad to not be old enough to have experienced the same thing in one of these. She's slow enough with just me in it. Can't imagine it loaded down with students, gear, and snacks on the open road.

@randallstewart1224 I couldn't disagree with you more. I owned both a '64 Greenbrier with Powerglide and a '66 VW bus. The Greenbrier was a Cadillac by comparison. It could keep up with traffic and do the freeway without issue. Mine wasn't loaded with kids and camping gear. It was a way better car than the VW and a good car in it's own right. Mine was pristine unrestored condition.

We're in Linn county, just north of Robins.

Hey Vince, As I remember the engine story, it was so bad that it wouldnt split in two without more damage to itself. Even the carbs couldn't be worked with. I'm amazing that it's as structural as it is. It's really creepy that more of the seat cover breaks every time I get in it. Just keep them on the road though right? It does my heart good to see old metal still out doing what it was made for. . Thanks for the memories.

@@thirdpedal4512 Your Greenbrier is still sweet IMHO .

The seat cover cracks everytime I get in. It's my only real complaint with the van. The owner is going love it!

Spun the string around the bolt body, hold with the pick and spin

@@thirdpedal4512 I've done alot of tricks to bolts in the hole. But never that. Cool it worked out

They certainly aren't on my 'Buy it Now' list. They are very close to my 'don't buy list'.

That's a better use of a Saturday. Glad it helped!

Thanks for the words! Glad it helped somebody.