 gonna need a new transmission. Good morning from Tucson. I got the bus back. I drove back here in a day. I know I didn't film that and I know I haven't been filming things, anything except for some of the building. And the reason is I want to condense that and keep it all together so when people can play back if they're interested in this kind of stuff they can get a full dose of it from start to finish. Today guys I am gonna play in the bedroom back there. No one is coming over to play with me but I am playing with some paint brushes and I'm gonna get this back area done now. Painting is pretty easy so I'm not gonna film a lot of this is how you paint because I'm just gonna take a wild assumption that you guys know how to paint. If not there's definitely some how to paint video on YouTube. It's gonna be pretty simple. Prime, paint, tape it off, make sure it doesn't drip. That's it. If you guys remember the bricks of happiness, they gave me their mattress that they cut up and they were using this old Zinus mattress. They were using some of the foam to make cushions with so they gave me part of that to maybe even use for my cushions. If this is too thick I'm gonna have to buy a different kind because I'm gonna do the back you know bottom and back but I mean hopefully I can use it because this stuff is expensive. One other thing I want to mention is that in a previous video I was asking Badger he got this mattress for about $200. I had a separate sponsored mattress before and it was great. The company sent it to me for free and I really enjoyed it and then I slept on badges and I like that one better. Me personally I like a stiffer mattress so like I said I bought this. It's also by Zinus. This is the Walmart version. The 8-inch memory foam just like what Badge has. Now a tricky thing about Walmart is that their online prices are actually lower than their in-store prices and if you connect to their Wi-Fi it will show you the same higher price because they're tricky but if you're on your own Verizon AT&T Virgin Mobile whatever network it will show you a way lower price. So this thing was like 260 bucks and then online it was like 200 bucks or something like that so I ended up saving like a ton of money. And then since I have to buy a new transmission I was looking for ways to save some money so I actually emailed the company and told them I bought their mattress already and if they wanted me to mention it in some of the tour videos and things like that well they could send me one for free so guess what? They'll send me one for free. So I'm gonna take this one back and get the same exact one from the company. They were nice enough to to send me one so just so you know I like this mattress I bought it. I'm taking it back I'm getting a free one. Now some people like to know where their money goes so I just want to let the patrons know that I am gonna be using all that money to buy a new transmission so thank you guys for supporting the channel. I am running a little bit low on money here. Didn't expect this to be needing to be replaced so yeah so that's where it's going so thank you. Also speaking of Patreon I have a couple people people to think I want to thank Tracy Hyatt. I appreciate you very much you're helping me stay on the road and I also appreciate you Anita Howard. Like I said use the bartend this is kind of like a tip jar if you want to throw it in if not no obligation whatsoever. I love you all the same thank you all for watching and I can't wait to get back on the road because we're gonna have some very exciting things coming up. Also I'd love your opinion that solar system I installed with all the Victron units is the top of the line stuff and I don't know what kind of content to make that's helpful to somebody who is watching these videos to see you know products to use what I use we didn't really do too much of an install DIY it was kind of unique and complicated and stuff like that so do you guys think like a review would be good or a test or or something because like I said this is top line stuff here we were using all the power tools off this sometimes two or three power tools at the same time like a table saw a palm sander and an air compressor in the desert and all the guys were blown away they were like how is this handling all the power and I was like I don't know it's supposed to be only 2,000 watts all right let me update you on the transmission situation when I was in Denver I replaced the transmission oil two filters and a gasket and I have an Allison AT 545 so what I've decided to do is to upgrade from the 545 to the 643 and it is a slightly larger transmission I figure if I'm gonna spend the money on a rebuild let's spend a little bit more and get something that hopefully never breaks ever again it also has lock-up torque converter for the mechanics out there you know what that is basically it it's better well it didn't get much accomplished today it was mostly kind of organizing and by the looks of it it didn't look like I did a lot but I was also working maybe scratching your head thinking wait jacks has a job yes it's called an influencer and I post things to my Instagram account for companies and it's basically kind of like advertising so anyways I have a deal over on my Instagram account so if you are curious about what exactly it is and how I make money and stuff like that then you can go check it out because really without partnering with brands it'd be a lot harder to survive on the road so I'm very grateful to these people and you know it's a little jingle and just your jingle if you know if you know what I'm saying