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The Green Machine
United States
Приєднався 18 січ 2022
Looking for a vintage VW van build series? You've found it!
My name is Ean and The Green Machine is my 1977 VW bus. Myself, My fiancé Lili and our two cats, Cybin and Beverly, are going to tour the USA in Green some day. Follow along as I rebuild her into a mean, green, road-tripping machine!!!
My name is Ean and The Green Machine is my 1977 VW bus. Myself, My fiancé Lili and our two cats, Cybin and Beverly, are going to tour the USA in Green some day. Follow along as I rebuild her into a mean, green, road-tripping machine!!!
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Day 9 of turning my vw bus into a camper to cross the country in! Disassembling the suspension we pulled from Blue to see what parts I need to order. Not to mention getting it ready for sandblasting! #vwbus #vanbuild #greenmachine #vw #day9
Had six 65-75 V-Dubs at one point back in HS in the 90's with only one running engine. I could wake up before school and decide which bug, micro, or camper I wanted to drive that day and swap that motor in under an hour.
Man that sounds like a dream! Eventually I’d like to own at least one of each classic Vw
Day 8 in the books! Still sad I couldn’t sandblast this weekend but we did find a new front suspension for Green! If I need any more parts, I now have a private dealer! Thanks to The Lucky Rabbit in Hattiesburg for giving me a great lead on parts! #vwbus #vanbuild #vanlife #vw #day8
Day 7.5 of turning my Vw Bus into a camper to cross the country in! The plans for sandblasting and priming this weekend have been delayed due to bad weather ALL WEEKEND 😔 But we are going to take this opportunity to strip more off of Green so we can really get all that rust gone! Found someone who has a used front suspension beam fingers crossed it’s in good condition because I’m going over tomorrow to get. #vwbus #vanbuild #vanlife
This weekend is going to be full of projects so stay tuned if you wanna see Green get sandblasted 😮
love the colour scheme on your bus...the lime green and white is beautiful👍
Aye thank you! When we go to repaint her we’ll keep her as green as we can!
Some footage of Lili and I removing the windows from the bus! I bought some bubble wrap to keep the windows safe and DANG it’s more expensive than I thought! (30 bucks for air bubbles wow) #vwbus #vanbuild #noturningback
This is the most southern I’ve ever heard you sound
Thank you ☺️
Good progress. Looking forward to a long adventure. Keep it up. Don’t give up. 👍👍👍👍
Can’t stop won’t stop 💪
God bless you both. Good luck on your journey👍👍👍👍
Have fun and post non-stop. God bless, brother👍👍👍
Every day I get to work on her, there will be a video! God bless ✌🏻
God bless, brother 👍👍👍👍
God bless 🫡
All the best 👍👍👍
Good luck, brother 👍👍👍
Make sure you know how to carry/store that windshield so it doesn't crack. Also, careful with sandblasting, panels can warp easily, especially with large panels. IE the roof, large doors, etc.
Thank you for the advice! Sadly my windshield is already cracked but I’ll make sure to store it safely in case I can’t afford a new one. As for sand blasting I didn’t know it could warp panels so I’ll do some more research!
Day 7 of turning my #vwbus into a camper into a camper we can tour the US in! Lili helped me remove all of the windows in preparation for next weekend when we sandblast the entire bus! Lots more to do this week so stay tuned 🤙 #vanbuild #day7 #vanlife
Yellow and red underwear 😮 green is a much better look on her 😤
Amen brother 😎
My best friend and my helping hand ❤️ Everyone needs someone to help motivate them when you don’t feel like putting in the work and Lili is my person. Thank you for always cheering me on! #couplegoals #vanbuild #vwbus
More showing the van and less of u no offense but that's why people are gonna wanna see more of
No offense taken. Only notes!
Just wait until this weekend cause it’s going DOWN! Things that we did today : ✅ Remove pedals Yea that’s it… Sadly wasted half of my work time trying to get the bus up on ramps and just wouldn’t work 🫤 #vwbus #vanbuild #vanlife
cool dude! after 30 years of not having a bus my wife bought me an 83 westy that needs lots of work so i’ll follow along with you on your journey as i fix ours up. God bless my brother.
Good luck on your restoration too brother! God bless and God speed 🫡
Dash is out! Getting Green down to just her frame is coming along nicely. I wish I had more time at the end of the day but that’s what weekends are for!
Sometimes this project overwhelms me but I always get more done in a day than I thought I would.
Good job
Thank you! We aim to keep it going 💪
Let’s go green! Please take breaks y’all that heat is killer literally! Gotta say when I heard yall were sand blasting it and not just leaving it, it made me even more excited! Doing it right.
With all the rust and such little time, it’s the best option! I’m super excited to see how she cleans up!
Today was a 🔥SCORCHER🔥 114 heat index today. Not cool August. Lili and I have decided to rent an industrial sand blaster to strip the bus of all rust and paint. Going to start with a clean slate! Things done today: ✅ Remove all lights ✅ Remove license plates from cab area ✅ Remove old patch metal from cab area ✅ Remove spare tire and spare tire mount Whenever someone comments about my spare tire being on the front, I always say “If I ever get in a head on collision, it gives me half a second longer to think about my life”
Yellow then Red now Green! Been sick this past week so sadly not much has been done. Starting to feel better so more progress to come!
So much done in such little time. Great job!
Thank you! Super excited to keep working!
Trying something new posting update reels instead of longer form content. Let me know what y’all think down in the comments! Making this post rn is me actively procrastinating so I’m gonna get back to it 😂
Day 2 of turning my Vw Bus into a camper to cross the country in! This is a recap of today and yesterday’s work. Here’s a list of everything I’ve done: ✅ Engine and transmission removed and cleaned ✅ Wiring harness removed ✅ Rear bumper and engine hatch removed ✅ Gas system removed ✅ Engine and transmission split ✅ Frame cleaned ✅ Body put on side of the shop Thanks to my fiancé Lili, I managed to only spend an extra hour at the workshop tonight! Can’t wait for tomorrow’s progress! #vwbus #vanbuild #day2 #camper #projectcar
Let’s go green! Have fun with the project, I’ll be watching!
Thank you for the motivation! I won’t disappoint 💪
The struggle is real!
Seriously! At least we know the problem!
It's still crazy to me that you can drive simply without a cylinder
It’s a waste of gas for sure though 😂
Can't wait to see the progress!!
I’m excited to show it!
Soon you will find out what’s wrong, always great feeling after fix the problem. Other reason why I went EFI on my bus, didn’t want to deal with carburetors 😂
It’s always a sweet feeling fixing a problem! Also I’ve debated on swapping to EFI but working with the computer side is new territory for me. Probably would save me plenty of headache!
Keep at it man, you will eventually figure it out!
Thank you for the encouragement! We’re slowly getting there!
This man does not miss with the music for these, it's so perfect
Thank you my guy!
Super glad I had these on pushrod tube seals in my backup kit… Let me know what parts you keep in your emergency kit!
Your bus sounds like the Raptor call model from Jurassic park 3
Lili and I just watched all of the old Jurassic park movies 😂 it’s pretty close yea
i found a cheap t2 van for sale in my area but it needs an engine rebuild ,these videos are suddenly recomended
I plan on doing a full engine rebuild in the future! These engines aren’t terribly hard if you’re up for some advanced form of legos hahah
Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!! 🙏
I had a lot of fun recording the sand blasting. What did yall think of it?
Change your oil every 6 months or 3,000 miles, if you want your engine to last.
When on the roadtrip, I’ll definitely have a more strict maintenance schedule 🔧
I would recommend buying velocity stack filters.
I’ll have to check those out!
Short answer: it’s complicated… Mechanical diagnostic on old cars is always hard and sometimes you end up chasing that wild goose 🪿 tell me your worst mistake working on your own car!
Great job! A touch of blue loctite on the immolation tube and jet threads may help
Thank you!! It surprised me that they would just shake out like that at all! I’ll make sure to go back and put some on there!
I would recommend green loctite.
Please comment what I’m missing!!!
Can’t wait for the next part!!
Glad you’re liking the videos ❤
Left carb running too lean (hence the backfire and white-ish looking plugs), right carb running a bit rich. Make sure everything is tight on the left carb and not sucking in air anywhere. Replace all those missing exhaust bolts!........and the air filter nuts.
Thank you! Air filter wing nuts have flown off every time I put them on there. I’m just going to double nut them now 🥜
Check the timing, valves and electrical from what i have learnt over the years they go hand in hand with backfiring.
Thank you! Definitely will take a look at it!