My Favorite Astro

A 2003 Chevy Astro acquired on Friday the 13th. Modified by a hack job diy fruit basket who doesn't know what he's doing, but has YouTube tutorials and unbridled confidence

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First night in the RV. Hanging out at Paul's while we rally the troops for the push north. Tuning up Jason, hopefully fixed the vacuum leaks, changed the belt and filled the brake fluid. Learning tons. Feeling grateful.

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First time using the gas stove in the RV. Propane has a distinct smell that reminds me of my nanny, and I just realized thats because everything on her home was gas lol

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After some expensive diagnostics, it looks like Jason's zoomies problem is due to a vacuum leak around the throttle body. It's expensive to have the shop fix. I'm gonna try to improve it this weekend.

Meanwhile, a bird made a nest in the wreath on the door. Fuckin cute as shit, man.

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My glowing chariot

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Jason brought home my new house today.

I've done a bunch of minor repairs on Jason, I replaced the IAC, TPS, and cleaned the throttle body. Replaced brake pads on the front. Installed the tow hitch and wired in the 7 way plug, as well as installed a brake controller. All thru YouTube tutorials!

I've got to get the O2 sensors replaced, and calibrate the new TPS.

I love this van. I'm gonna drive it till the wheels fall off, and then rebuild it, and call him Jason 2.