how's that possible how is that possible? vasilis' mind is blown says he doesn't know
how that's possible seriously I may be like that's it though
that's exactly what's happening this thing that's not turning that's made
Vasilis 100 % confident are we 100 in confident that it's not turning yeah I
saw it myself so then we're a hundred percent confident all engines broken if
you trust the series like you get I do yeah so like and the back problem is
that there's no engines available correct so so we so we so we a we
lucked out big-time and this guy has some miracle fix that Vasilis doesn't
know about was just highly highly unlikely so I wouldn't even put that
into categories B is we find a new engine either from these guys or
Russell's friends Mexico he's calling right now C we put it on a flatbed I
don't know I don't know that price or we scrap the van out of the parts and we
start again what about shipping an engine from Texas
yeah I mean that's an option as well no I mean just so you know how much you
spent for your engine? 13,000 yeah good morning everybody
as you can tell we are not in Trinity the sprinter this morning and we're at a
hotel yeah thanks baja bound the plan I guess
is to find a new engine in the streets of Mexico
you gotta do what you gotta do right in situations like this and maybe it just
comes as you throw up or has you've been through lots of stressful things that
you just look at it really logically and like do what you can take a step and
then go from there whatever we travel we do believe in a
far you know and that's such a positive way to think about life and knowing that
this is exactly what we're supposed to be I think you actually said that last
vlog you know when it broke down so ehfar everything happens for a reason
we're meant to be here we're not meant to be on the road right now so we were
gonna figure this out this is gonna leave us in a better situation you know
imagine me broke down in the middle of beach and a tide came in and we couldn't
move the van and then our entire home was gone so you know what I mean like
that we could be in so much deeper yeah and I also think that at the end of the
day if you're healthy and we both are nothing else matters so today is new
engine day or day one of new engine day this is probably gonna be fix the engine
replace the engine we shall see you want to see the real super hero? oh yeah
these guys guys are amazing they slept right outside along the Main Street that
was important when you have a big day take a minute take a breath get your
friend make you a nice breakfast thanks Aubrey so I think I saw in yesterday's
vlog we did come to this
mechanic shop and Trinity slept here overnight
it feels so where do you guys like truly is a part of our family she's our home
she's everything and she worked up there by herself broken
anyways our plan for this morning is we're going to start with calling some
of Christian and Aubrey's mechanic in Austin area Texas because a lot of them
are actually spanish-speaking as well and we're gonna get a kind of a second
opinion because of the language barrier we're
not exactly sure that everything we know is 100% so we're going to hopefully
connect with the mechanic who can clarifying confirm and everything and
then once we know we need a new engine confirm that Mercedes makes the same
kind of engines whether it's Mexican or North American because they mechanic
here seems to think that's not true and so anyways we'll get that step two we've
got to take it step by step step one is confirming the problem see this pipe
that runs all along here huh so inside there it's the sensor so if
you take that out you've got a cylinder inside there called the camshaft there's
a driver side and a passenger side this is the passenger side so we took that
off and when you go to start the car that should be spinning and it's not
spinning and that runs on the chain which is inside the actual motor and if
that chain is broken then you could have metal shreds everywhere in throughout
the Pistons and the entire engine is basically
I would rather be doing stuff like you know guys good yeah I think for me to be
honest like the most emotional part is the support from you guys huh like
people who just like do any you know yeah it's really special we're gonna
have a meeting very shortly with Mario the mechanic here that we've been in
touch with as well as Christian and our breeze mechanic back home who actually
probably speaks Spanish which would be insane but also Serge is on his way here
so we're gonna have a massive conference meeting in Trinity in the Mercedes shop
that is not able to fix it right now the trip is good we've we're having a blast
we've met some cool people but we ran into like a major problem our friends
did have you seen Eamon and Bec's channel before Tom how are you good
thanks for taking our car call Matt appreciate that basically we have a
little bit of a language barrier here with the mechanics one of the others
yeah if we threw in a v6 three-cylinder diesel engine mercedes
do you know if there's a difference between like I'm not sure I understand
the difference between the Mexico parts versus the American parts
is the engine the same but then they use different components I
mean is that something you could give me a price on like what it would look like
to ship it down here to purchase it from you guys like all that yeah yeah because
he ever sent to ask them how confident he actually installing American engine
to this way about I would like one dozen component to complete on I mucho
problema
I understand is it possible that we could get the engine down here and then go to
hook it up and be missing a certain part and then have to wait another 12 days to
order the part a component a viene completo was a not a very almost an
problem so he's saying like it's very small chance but if we bring in the
entire engine we're gonna have yeah that's not likely yeah but if that were
to happen my Mercedes guy says he needs your VIN number today and the location
of this place he says shipping usually only takes
three to five days but there's a bit of an X Factor with customs and so he's
gonna look into it today on how long it's gonna take to ship here can you
send it out today doesn't have one uh he's as soon as gets your VIN number and
run locations look right now craft dos days for you once you have it yeah no
problem maybe one ask him if you can pay for half the engine
to Garcia he's 14 hours away from us he's got an
engine but I need to clarify with Vasilis that this engine is real
built by a factory here not Mex not mercedes-benz and I also need to clarify
that the engine will work in this van because the I'm at a Mercedes authorized
mechanic but they don't use these engines they're similar but they're
different is he like as knowledgeable as Vasilis you trust him? okay gracias but
well that's option two that would be much more rapido yeah it's a rebuilt
engine from a massive company that just does engines $6,000 and it's about an
hour away or a day away I don't know exactly where it is... where? in Mexico
okay so I think when it comes down to it we need a new engine we're either
getting it from mercedes-benz in Texas or in the United States or Canada where
we can get it from or we're getting it locally here rebuilt not from
mercedes-benz when is double the price one is half the price less time I think
you probably know what we're gonna do so guys Rene if I get on the phone with
Garcia and Mario who's here who's a mechanic
Mario can talk to Garcia and say what is wrong and and and how much it will cost
because if we don't need you know the hydraulic fuel pump and all these
different parts then we can do a better price correct
Rene is the communication between Garcia who's local in Mexico who said he's got
an engine we need to confirm that that engine will work in this van and then I
would like to right now quickly before we leave get Mario and Garcia on the
phone because if we can utilize some of the parts that are in our van that we
don't need to pay for everything so that's what they're saying even Rene and
Russell were like yeah if he doesn't need this he doesn't need this and it'd
be cheaper it sounds like they didn't get it Garcia
would use those scraps from correct I mean I don't know I think so might might
might confidence is that Garcia worked in Toronto uh
so he knows these vents he's worked on these events these men now he's in
Mexico so he knows what what he can and can't do
right I just hope that he's a big-picture thinker knowing that goal
but I have to order this part and you know like that time basically we're on
our own yeah they don't they can do anything so it's up to us to figure out
what they're what they would do is import it yeah but they have to go up
into this like stupid bureaucratic process to do it go through Mexico City
more cities bands and we don't know where they would get there from anyway
and I feel like that would even be more costly because it's going through so
many more processes and you guys just direct it we're gonna figure this out
okay ready let's go
I think this is. Garcia see you later I would Rita I guess the
he said that he he can take care of the engine and all that like often easy
for you guys to go to do is say to get the van know so we have to bring the van
to him either we find an engine in Mexico City or locally and get Mario to
install it which is where we are now or we get the van towed to Garcia the
engine shipped to Garcia Garcia does all the work and fingers crossed that we
don't have to get extra parts in both scenarios we need to fingers crossed
that we don't need extra parts because the parts would be coming from America
likely yeah it's just got a little more complicated and he's willing to go to
Mexico City find the right motor bring it to Canada and work on it here with
Mario for a day okay and then but that's it because you
know he doesn't want to leave his home yeah and that make sense so but how long
the 10 days like right now or is he like he said that he would have to start
Monday yeah like when he would have the motor
would be by Monday oh he would have it by oh so like you would buy got you and
go to here tomorrow whoa that would be amazing that's a
pretty viable option okay just to be clear on what's happening cuz I'm not
sure you guys are following but basically yeah
we're feeling positive that Russell's friend
Garcia can find an engine in Mexico City this weekend
he will then bring the engine to the Mercedes dealer here in querétaro and
help Mario install it because Mario's never dealt with the american-style
sprinters and you know what guys we might be able to pull this off and leave
Wednesday but we'll see you're just gonna have to stay tuned to see what do
you think feeling good about it oK we've all been feeling positive and
this is the thing that we could have been feeling positive about you're right
you could have taken this entire situation yeah I looked at it like a
pendejo but that's not how we roll no it's true we're hanging out we're
feeling a little bit more relaxed now and we're just reflecting back on our
van and the decision we made and I think Bec you just brought up a great point I'd
like you know how do you put a value on the experiences we've had within our
van and just a key point is like yeah we did buy a used them we got a great
deal in it and it was a rebuilt engine so you can't get too stressed about you
know big things like this happening only stress.. my sadness comes from like you're
gonna be like good luck stupid she's like way at home you know
and like I love everything she's done with she's been across the continent we
were just saying we gotta get her fixed we gotta get a role got a really bad
case of something no she needs a heart transplant yeah freaking heart transplant so we're
gonna get her sorted don't you guys worry so he's kind of just like yeah
100% all have an engine on Monday
so I stopped hitting up every half-hour
yeah okay so call number five is like you know what I would even gonna try for
you guys but it's waiting for call number five yeah so I guess we just got
to leave it in Garcia's hands and wait til Monday and I think we're gonna go to
Mexico City and tr to explore me yo I guess tomorrow's vlog will be us
enjoying our to be fun right it'll be a lot of fun
guys so stay tuned and don't forget it's over on the Minimal Millennial's channel
make sure you hit that Bell say hello alrighty amigos over signing off
I feel like okay we just find out alright buddy my Christian was just
taking a shower and forgot that he shouldn't drink the water in Mexico
this was pretty awesome oh my gosh see ya later bud