I'm so glad I've come across you guy's. I've never gone to past builds on any YT channel van builders. But you. Love the sense of humour you 2 have and dem guNs Jess. Respect from South Africa
I haven't seen many of your videos, but from what I've seen, there's a clear distinction between how you approach things and the usual camper builders! The problem solving, forward planning and dual usage ideas are typical of someone that's spent many years welding and engineering and such like. I only wish I'd learnt to weld when I was younger!
Thanks Shane that’s so nice of you to say, I’m obsessed with trying to make things easy to use and dual usage, sometimes it’s my downfall tho as sometimes I should just get on with it and use what I’ve got as it is 😂😂
I owned a 1995, 300 tdi wagon 110 hardtop in Perth Western Australia where they are extremely rare.sold it and regretted selling it now ! Just recently I have come across another super rare beast 110 hardtop,this time a 2013 2.2 litre hardtop. And the timing could not have been better as this is exactly what is going to go on top,an Alu cab camper conversion due to the massive space available in the 110 hardtops. Nobody wanted HT 110s but this modification makes the hardtop 110 super desirable👍👍👍
i like the way that the bulkhead has only been cut behind the drivers seat. i was going to take it out all the way along with a proper kit but its only me that needs the extra legroom so i'm going to do the same as you and take out just a small portion so i can fit extra length seat rails, then leave the middle and passenger section of the bulkhead for mounting electrics to etc. and maybe going to put my diesel heater in the middle seat position and then have a vent through the bulkhead into the rear section and a vent into the drivers area for defrosting in the winter. thanks for the great content and inspiration.
Hi lift Jack, reduces departure angle, will go rusty really quickly from road grime from rear wheels, and get clogged with mud when off road. Speaking from personal experience, I had mine in the same place, and moved it behind front seats in the end as it wasn’t used an awful lot.
I’m gonna make or buy a boot cover to cover the actual workings of the jack so it will just be the long bar which is really open to the elements. I agree with you tho it’s not the best place but it’s the best place where I could think to put it as there’s not much space left really and I wanted to keep the weight low, I’ll see how it goes but thanks for the heads up 👍
@@truebluetravellers I would recommend you use a bottle jack with chocks if you are going to ever change the wheel, The jacking points on these can be very dodgy with hi lift jacks, They are prone to slipping, a few lads have had a couple of close calls with the lift jacks, when changing the wheel. I binned mine off and went bottle jack, my dad finally did the same thing, just goes in the battery box, under the seat. If you are going to use it for getting you out trouble id buy the proper odds and sods for the hi lift.
Looks fantastic I haven’t been able to get a 4.5 gas bottle for about 10 months I had to get rid of mine and upgrade to a 7kg one because there easy to get hold of. Both work so hard on your builds ❤
Yeah we thought we were going to have to do the same as calor had stopped doing them but have now gone back on the decision, so should be available again now 😁👍
Love the video's and ideas that you have! But i have 2 questions: Have you moved the main battery? And what kind of batteries do you have in the back? Will follow you guys for the builds and the humor 🙂
Cheers mate, so I’ve left the main battery in the front under the passenger seat and the batteries in the back are agm batteries, we shouldn’t use that much power really so should be ok with agm 👍
Just found your channel in my home preview section. Congratulations on your build. Will have to watch a bit to catch up.😊🛠💪 Greetings from Florida 👍🌞🏕🏞🏄♂️👣🏖🏕🌎🌊
Very informative video. One question. The floor is made up of base layer of foam and insulation, then 12mm ply on top and finally vinyl floor. How did you secure the ply floor I assume either screws of rivets. Just looking for and tips. Thanks Chris
Cheers mate, We screwed the ply into the floor into the floor supports that run along, after doing the floor on the sprinter we are doing now tho I think from now on I will rivet the floor Down in my builds as it’s allot easier and I think will be allot better too 👍
Great video and banter. Keeping things down to earth 👍 Really need to buy a Landy now 😀 Do you have a link to the window tint film, what percentage it is, thanks
Just found you guys ! We are at nearly exactly the same point (though have cheated and had someone else do the alucab install. Should be home in a few days and then i can get onto some mechanical items and start our YT videos again! Will follow with interest.
Thanks allegro, if money wasn’t an object then I’d use birch ply first, then marine, and then normal hardwood ply, but the prices the boards are now are ridiculous, the best part about marine and birch is there is very little voids in the boards on a cut edge so you can stain the wood and it looks good, normal ply we have to fill the edges on some bits but as we always paint the wood it’s never to much of an issue 😁
Have you done a weight audit? You are adding quite a lot of weight to the landy, that front bumper and winch for a start, irrespective of whether you are bothered about staying legal any weight you add will affect performance and MPG which you will care about.
Yep weight is definitely a factor that I will be keeping an eye on but it’s a trade off between as little weight as possible to what I think I need on the vehicle , the plan is to take the defender to Africa and go to some off the beaten track places so for us the winch and bar are worth the weight
@@truebluetravellers I’ve decided not to put a bull bar on for our Africa trip, mostly due to the weight, but also they aren’t needed as much as for instance Australia, just seen Grizzlynbear have removed there’s in Africa, just going to run a winch bumper, I’m even tempted not to take a winch, again to save weight, same goes for high lift Jack, too heavy and bloody dangerous. I’m torn on the winch, really reluctant to lug around something really heavy I may never use, but on the other hand the one time you get stuck you will really wish you had one, we are going to travel down the west coast and are planning to stay ahead of all the bad weather and avoid the worst roads if possible, plus there’s always someone around to give you a tow or push if needed. You think you are in the middle of nowhere but the second you stop to go bushy bushy people appear out of nowhere.😁
@@Jabber-ig3iw yeah that’s exactly the same thoughts I have with do I don’t I, when we did the Australia trip I put some rubbish spot lights on as I never intended driving in the dark, turned out we needed some decent ones really as we drove in the dark a few times and nearly hit some kangaroos, so that’s why I’ve gone with some big spotties on the defender, will probably turn out that I never use them and didn’t need them 😂, same goes for the bull bar, hopefully I’ll never use it but at least if I ever hit a dear or anything like that it might save us from being stranded
Ok first things first Jon, you are putting me to shame 2days and you've done more on the build than I have on my van in months 😂 Second, everytime there's an advert I get Bunnings, yep you can run from Australia but Bunnings is right behind you.😂 As always, great work to you both 👏 and not to forget the 💪
This is the one i use 👍 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114882147495?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-0Ic_da4T4e&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Loving the vids ! Can I ask - can you remember what window tinting you used & what % transparency ? Is there much difference in quality etc that you are aware of ?
I can’t remember to be honest, It was meant to be limo tint but I don’t think it was, I think if I did it again I would get 3m tint off a reputable source 👍
@@truebluetravellers Ah - think that's what I was wondering - about the quality... Many thanks for posting so quick ! hope you're both doing ok - will keep watching !!!
love the video :) , please can i suggest when vehicle is on the axle stands using some thick wood stacked up under as back up to the stands . i lost a friend under a lander over many years ago it tipped off the stands .again luverly video i enjoyed it very much and have subscribed :)
Nice build madame/sir… One technical question for you. Did you cut the bulkhead in the back of the driver seat..? Don’t you loose your road worthy certification with that..? Unless I’m been to hasty and you strengthen the whole thing with a bar or something else… 🤔 Greetings from Germany everybody…👋 Owner of a Landy 110 HT
Thanks very much Edhardt, The bulkhead cut out was already done when I bought it and it does give you allot more leg room, I don’t think it affects the structural intergrity if anything it seems to strengthen everything up, all it is is a bit of angle iron welded into a u shape and then bolted to the bulkhead, there a link below that I’ve found where people sell something similar on eBay but to be honest it’s that simple, if you have a welder I’d say it would be really easy to make, with regards the the roadworthy certificate strangely the uk it very easy going with things like this, I know in Germany and Australia they are very strict with things like this but here we can pretty much do what we want in this regard, www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221907887675?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dMcgEXoMRUK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Yes mate, in the next video or so I show that I install some wire cable on carbines as like you say just gives u a bit of confidence if something goes wrong 👍
@@truebluetravellers That is what I thought, did you check them for water tightness ? Be a pity to go wading and drown the heater - Jess will kill you 🙂
Thanks Stephen, yes mate we got it from eBay, 1m x10 metres and that did the whole thing, I’ll drop the link in below of what I got 👍 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=653401879333&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
'Where's you(r) bin?...... I bin in Darwin.....nah....where's you(r) wheely bin? ahh! I wheelie-bin in jail' 1990's Aussie joke before wheelie-bins came to the UK!
Hi, i hope you see this message. My defender just had a conversion to a poptop. Not from Alu Cab because it is not allowd in the Netherlands. But i really like the support gasspring on the outside. I searched for them but can not find them. Do you have a link maybe? Would be really nice🙏🙏
Wow. - amazing progress in such a short time! Looking fantastic. Good luck and please let us know what materials you use (not that I'm blatantly making notes in order to copy some of your ideas!) Brill 👍
😂 thanks very much James, Ive started trying to mention in the next weeks video as much as possible including measurements Materials etc where I think it will be helpful to others too, cheers 👍
@@truebluetravellers just a quick question. The link you've provided for the diesel heater is for a 8 kW version. Reading around i'm told that 8 or 5 is too high and to go for a 2kW heater. Just wondered in your experience what you would recommend?
@@goexploremore hi James, I think it’s a tricky one as each has pros and cons, as it’s such a small space in a defender a 2 kw is good as it’s not got much space to heat, but then defenders are terrible for heat loss due to the little amount of insulation you can fit to begin with, in a van I would insulate with 20mm celotex where as a defender only has some 10mm foam for most vehicles, add that to the fact that most door seals don’t seal properly, all the single pane glass and the fabric of the tent from the roof and it’s not very good at keeping heat in. My reason for getting the biggest was I’ll get grief if Jess is cold as we like it warm and have it on most nights, and no matter what the temp outside the 8kw should keep us warm, also it shouldn’t be running flat out, hopefully it should just tick over where as a 2kw would be working hard, I suppose it depends how toasty you want it inside to be honest mate to what to get but I can always turn a 8kw down, hope this helps 👍
@@truebluetravellers thanks mate - i really appreciate the advice, especially as this is not exactly your first time building campers. There is so much conflicting advice out there but nothing beats practical experience. Cheers buddy!
@@goexploremore hi James, quick update for you on the night heater, not sure if u are aware but the cheaper ones don’t cut in and out by themselves like eberspachers do, the more expensive ones you set the temp and it cuts in and out when reached the desired temp, just like a combo boiler, where as the cheaper Chinese ones don’t, they just go into low heat mode when they hit the desired temp, so they are ok if you want to use like that but if you want to put on for overnight then it would just keep heating, also if u are intending to use on an alucab the top part of the roof is pretty sealed so if you put the bed panels down then not much hot air gets up into the top but the bottom half is toasty, just thought I’d let u know as we took it out on the weekend for a test run 👍
Thanks, the insulation I used was www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
No worries, I used 10m x1 m www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=653401879333&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Hi John, I'm in the market for a tyre changer and balancer and I was looking at the automotech ones. I'm not sure but is that the type you have? If so what's your thoughts on it?
Yes mate that’s what I’ve got, pretty decent for what I need to be honest, the ramps I have are automotech too so can’t complain with the quality, I had the balancer too but didn’t really have the space for it for the amount of wheels I actually do, the only thing I would say is mine hasn’t got a helper arm which again is ok for the tyres I run but if you are doing any low profile tyres then it’s hard without a helper arm to keep the tyre from sitting in the well when fitting them 👍
@@truebluetravellers Thanks for that, it'll mainly be for hobby use to be honest and for friends and family's tyres. I had enough of changing tyres when I was in a garage so don't want to do it commercially but hate paying someone for something I can do myself. And like you I may have a bit of a tool addiction...
So I watched your video the other day and it's made me come and watch the Playlist one thing I've seem to of noticed is its a Rig for off road and uptop is getting some weight to it but with no real strength to protect drivers from a roll over .... u could do with some sort of tube over the heads of the front seats so u don't bash ya noggins if the worst happens 🤷
Yeah that’s a good point but to be honest if say the roof is stronger now than it originally was, when we removed the old roof I could lift if on my own and I wouldn’t want to stand on it as it would just pop in with the flex, where as this one is allot stronger and you can actually walk and even strap things down directly to the roof if you didn’t want to run a roof rack 👍
@@truebluetravellers I could just imagine the cab squishing in a roll over a roll bar would help everything keep its shape and stop it from pancaking on ya heads
@@thomasdavies8350 no worries 👍👍 when u cut the holes just try to get them exact as the surface area where the sealant goes is quite small, u will see what I mean when u get them 👍👍
Guys, maybe you already have shared this bit of info, but what do you do for daytime jobs? And how much planning went into your first build in advance of actually building it? Thanks!
Hi, we are are actually unemployed at the moment 😂 we saved a pot of money and quit our jobs at Christmas to travel. We are have have quite a few questions about this and our old jobs so are going to do a Q&A video soon if that’s of any interest to you. In terms of planning for our first build, we just watched loads of TH-cam videos and looked at lots of different layouts to get an idea of what we wanted and didn’t. Motorhome and Campervan shows are really useful for this.
Yep i do worry that she is a bit heavy handed 😂 but the window should be good, it looks very close on camera but there’s actually quite a gap and luckily the wheel will hit the body before the door would hit the gas bottle 👍
@@kevmilburn17 yes mate, this is it www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123943090816?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=K7r3A80NSNS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
@@truebluetravellers thank you for the link. We are so inspired by your Sainsbury's van build we are in the process of buying our own sprinter fridge van to allow us to go skiing. We have previously built a normal sprinter (his name was Geoffrey, a 4x4 sprinter that took us to south Africa) but had to sell that a few years ago to fund an extension. Agree the square sides and pre-installed insulation should make this a breeze compared to the Pinzgauer or a panel van! youtube.com/@thisisgeoffrey9397?si=fJ2PsbEOWzYH-Tw8 Keep up the good work, keep buying tools! Kev & Heather
I’ll drop the link below mate www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404373112871?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Sm7PhKPoTpW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
👍 thanks, yeah I won’t run it on the vehicle all the time as I’ll probably just put it on for the big trips, I did think about maybe somehow making a cover for it too
Can tell this is gunna be one of my favourite defenders when its done. Love that gas bottle holder too
Thanks very much 👍
I'm so glad I've come across you guy's. I've never gone to past builds on any YT channel van builders. But you. Love the sense of humour you 2 have and dem guNs Jess. Respect from South Africa
Thanks very much that’s much appreciated 😁👍
I love it. I don't NEED it but I WANT it!!
😂😂😂 pmsl 👍
I haven't seen many of your videos, but from what I've seen, there's a clear distinction between how you approach things and the usual camper builders!
The problem solving, forward planning and dual usage ideas are typical of someone that's spent many years welding and engineering and such like.
I only wish I'd learnt to weld when I was younger!
Thanks Shane that’s so nice of you to say, I’m obsessed with trying to make things easy to use and dual usage, sometimes it’s my downfall tho as sometimes I should just get on with it and use what I’ve got as it is 😂😂
Our new fav landrover couple.
❤️thanks very much 😁
I owned a 1995, 300 tdi wagon 110 hardtop in Perth Western Australia where they are extremely rare.sold it and regretted selling it now ! Just recently I have come across another super rare beast 110 hardtop,this time a 2013 2.2 litre hardtop.
And the timing could not have been better as this is exactly what is going to go on top,an Alu cab camper conversion due to the massive space available in the 110 hardtops.
Nobody wanted HT 110s but this modification makes the hardtop 110 super desirable👍👍👍
Yeah it’s nice to see a defender in oz as it’s mostly just troopys hey, although I have to say I do love a cruiser too 👌
i like the way that the bulkhead has only been cut behind the drivers seat. i was going to take it out all the way along with a proper kit but its only me that needs the extra legroom so i'm going to do the same as you and take out just a small portion so i can fit extra length seat rails, then leave the middle and passenger section of the bulkhead for mounting electrics to etc. and maybe going to put my diesel heater in the middle seat position and then have a vent through the bulkhead into the rear section and a vent into the drivers area for defrosting in the winter. thanks for the great content and inspiration.
Hi Steve 😃 really glad it’s helpful. All the best with your build
😂 @5 mins 32 seconds end screen on the right is Jess surprise surprise on her phone 😂😂😂❤
😂😂😂😂 busted, she’s quick to slide it back in her pocket too and pretend nothings going on 😂😂😂😂 nothing to see here 😂
Braun, brains and the beauty
That’s me Howard 😉 👍🙋♂️
Top job. You make it look easy and from experience I know it's not.
Thanks very much, that’s the power of editing 😂😂 makes us look good 😂
Hi lift Jack, reduces departure angle, will go rusty really quickly from road grime from rear wheels, and get clogged with mud when off road. Speaking from personal experience, I had mine in the same place, and moved it behind front seats in the end as it wasn’t used an awful lot.
I’m gonna make or buy a boot cover to cover the actual workings of the jack so it will just be the long bar which is really open to the elements. I agree with you tho it’s not the best place but it’s the best place where I could think to put it as there’s not much space left really and I wanted to keep the weight low, I’ll see how it goes but thanks for the heads up 👍
@@truebluetravellers I would recommend you use a bottle jack with chocks if you are going to ever change the wheel, The jacking points on these can be very dodgy with hi lift jacks, They are prone to slipping, a few lads have had a couple of close calls with the lift jacks, when changing the wheel. I binned mine off and went bottle jack, my dad finally did the same thing, just goes in the battery box, under the seat. If you are going to use it for getting you out trouble id buy the proper odds and sods for the hi lift.
Looking great man, massive progress
Thanks 👍👍
Looks fantastic I haven’t been able to get a 4.5 gas bottle for about 10 months I had to get rid of mine and upgrade to a 7kg one because there easy to get hold of.
Both work so hard on your builds ❤
Yeah we thought we were going to have to do the same as calor had stopped doing them but have now gone back on the decision, so should be available again now 😁👍
@@truebluetravellers oh really that’s great 😃
Love the video's and ideas that you have! But i have 2 questions: Have you moved the main battery? And what kind of batteries do you have in the back?
Will follow you guys for the builds and the humor 🙂
Cheers mate, so I’ve left the main battery in the front under the passenger seat and the batteries in the back are agm batteries, we shouldn’t use that much power really so should be ok with agm 👍
Just found your channel in my home preview section. Congratulations on your build. Will have to watch a bit to catch up.😊🛠💪
Greetings from Florida 👍🌞🏕🏞🏄♂️👣🏖🏕🌎🌊
I've been binging your series. very entertaining
Thanks very much 😁
I would like to do this for my landy too . Nice one ☝️
Cheers mate 👍
Top notch work again as per usual, you both compliment each others work to make a dream building team.
Thanks Lewis that’s really kind of you to say 💙💙
Lovely job! 😊
Thanks very much 😁
Proper job, looking fantastic. Also love Jess’s GUNS. Great stuff you two. Cheers 🍻
Yes Paul!! Get in 💪😂😂😂 Thanks very much ❤️
Very informative video. One question.
The floor is made up of base layer of foam and insulation, then 12mm ply on top and finally vinyl floor.
How did you secure the ply floor I assume either screws of rivets. Just looking for and tips.
Thanks Chris
Cheers mate, We screwed the ply into the floor into the floor supports that run along, after doing the floor on the sprinter we are doing now tho I think from now on I will rivet the floor Down in my builds as it’s allot easier and I think will be allot better too 👍
Loving your channel, sharing with all my friends, thanks guys ☺️
Thanks very much, that’s much appreciated 😁
Great job. I’ve just shared this with my friends on FB.
Hi Kevin, that’s really kind of you thanks mate 👍❤️
Awesome fun, thanks for the motivation. Now I need to get to work.
Cheers Tom, glad it’s useful 🤞 the weather picks up, it’s much nicer building in the sun!
You'd better LOVE Jess's ideas Mate.❤❤❤😅😅
You know Wally, you know 😂😂
Great video and banter. Keeping things down to earth 👍 Really need to buy a Landy now 😀 Do you have a link to the window tint film, what percentage it is, thanks
Thanks mate, i wouldn’t really recommend the window tint we used mate as it said it was 5% i think but I don’t think it was 👍
Nicely done!
Thanks very much 😀
Just found you guys ! We are at nearly exactly the same point (though have cheated and had someone else do the alucab install.
Should be home in a few days and then i can get onto some mechanical items and start our YT videos again! Will follow with interest.
Brilliant, I’ll keep an eye out for your videos, bet you can’t wait to get going, what’s your plan with it ?
Very inventive and skilled work. A tight budget brings creativity 👍 question, what’s your opinion on using marine ply?
Thanks allegro, if money wasn’t an object then I’d use birch ply first, then marine, and then normal hardwood ply, but the prices the boards are now are ridiculous, the best part about marine and birch is there is very little voids in the boards on a cut edge so you can stain the wood and it looks good, normal ply we have to fill the edges on some bits but as we always paint the wood it’s never to much of an issue 😁
Have you done a weight audit? You are adding quite a lot of weight to the landy, that front bumper and winch for a start, irrespective of whether you are bothered about staying legal any weight you add will affect performance and MPG which you will care about.
Yep weight is definitely a factor that I will be keeping an eye on but it’s a trade off between as little weight as possible to what I think I need on the vehicle , the plan is to take the defender to Africa and go to some off the beaten track places so for us the winch and bar are worth the weight
@@truebluetravellers I’ve decided not to put a bull bar on for our Africa trip, mostly due to the weight, but also they aren’t needed as much as for instance Australia, just seen Grizzlynbear have removed there’s in Africa, just going to run a winch bumper, I’m even tempted not to take a winch, again to save weight, same goes for high lift Jack, too heavy and bloody dangerous. I’m torn on the winch, really reluctant to lug around something really heavy I may never use, but on the other hand the one time you get stuck you will really wish you had one, we are going to travel down the west coast and are planning to stay ahead of all the bad weather and avoid the worst roads if possible, plus there’s always someone around to give you a tow or push if needed. You think you are in the middle of nowhere but the second you stop to go bushy bushy people appear out of nowhere.😁
@@Jabber-ig3iw yeah that’s exactly the same thoughts I have with do I don’t I, when we did the Australia trip I put some rubbish spot lights on as I never intended driving in the dark, turned out we needed some decent ones really as we drove in the dark a few times and nearly hit some kangaroos, so that’s why I’ve gone with some big spotties on the defender, will probably turn out that I never use them and didn’t need them 😂, same goes for the bull bar, hopefully I’ll never use it but at least if I ever hit a dear or anything like that it might save us from being stranded
Great ideas I hope to steal one day! A bit unrelated but, is your workshop insulated and if not, how does it fare in the UK winter? Thanks!
Thanks, yep the cladding has got 50mm insulated bonded to it so with a heater on in winter it stays quite nice inside
Ok first things first Jon, you are putting me to shame 2days and you've done more on the build than I have on my van in months 😂 Second, everytime there's an advert I get Bunnings, yep you can run from Australia but Bunnings is right behind you.😂 As always, great work to you both 👏 and not to forget the 💪
😂😂😂 Gold! We bloody love Bunnings! UK hardware stores could learn a lot from a trip to Bunnings and lets not forget the sausage sizzle 💪
Hey! What's the waxoil product you are using again, could you send me a link, been trying to find it in your vids now for the past 30 min lol!
This is the one i use 👍
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114882147495?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-0Ic_da4T4e&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Loving the vids ! Can I ask - can you remember what window tinting you used & what % transparency ? Is there much difference in quality etc that you are aware of ?
I can’t remember to be honest, It was meant to be limo tint but I don’t think it was, I think if I did it again I would get 3m tint off a reputable source 👍
@@truebluetravellers Ah - think that's what I was wondering - about the quality... Many thanks for posting so quick ! hope you're both doing ok - will keep watching !!!
love the video :) , please can i suggest when vehicle is on the axle stands using some thick wood stacked up under as back up to the stands . i lost a friend under a lander over many years ago it tipped off the stands .again luverly video i enjoyed it very much and have subscribed :)
thanks mate much appreciated, yeah I do need to stick some blocks under, like u say just that second layer of protection 👍
Nice build madame/sir…
One technical question for you.
Did you cut the bulkhead in the back of the driver seat..?
Don’t you loose your road worthy certification with that..?
Unless I’m been to hasty and you strengthen the whole thing with a bar or something else… 🤔
Greetings from Germany everybody…👋
Owner of a Landy 110 HT
Thanks very much Edhardt,
The bulkhead cut out was already done when I bought it and it does give you allot more leg room, I don’t think it affects the structural intergrity if anything it seems to strengthen everything up, all it is is a bit of angle iron welded into a u shape and then bolted to the bulkhead, there a link below that I’ve found where people sell something similar on eBay but to be honest it’s that simple, if you have a welder I’d say it would be really easy to make, with regards the the roadworthy certificate strangely the uk it very easy going with things like this, I know in Germany and Australia they are very strict with things like this but here we can pretty much do what we want in this regard,
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221907887675?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dMcgEXoMRUK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
@@truebluetravellers
Thank you madame,
Thank you sir for the kind answer … and the link …👍
Did you chain and lock the gas bottle. Outside storage always scares me in case it comes loose nightmares of it bouncing down the road!
Yes mate, in the next video or so I show that I install some wire cable on carbines as like you say just gives u a bit of confidence if something goes wrong 👍
How did you seal the top of those underbody boxes to the van body ? I'm assuming that you didn't weld them in.
No as the floor base is aluminium I folded the edges over at the top and pop riveted them in and also used sikaflex to seal them
@@truebluetravellers That is what I thought, did you check them for water tightness ? Be a pity to go wading and drown the heater - Jess will kill you 🙂
@@Lee_Proffit 😂😂😂 not been through water that deep but have been in some torrential rain and still good so fingers crossed🤞👍
How did you make sure the holes for the unwin rails don’t let in water? Rubber seals? Sealant?
I just used sealant under, in and around the bolts been good as gold 👍
loving the build ideas, can i ask where you get the foam self adhesive insulation from please.
Thanks Stephen, yes mate we got it from eBay, 1m x10 metres and that did the whole thing, I’ll drop the link in below of what I got 👍
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=653401879333&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
@@truebluetravellers brilliant thank you👍👍
'Where's you(r) bin?...... I bin in Darwin.....nah....where's you(r) wheely bin? ahh! I wheelie-bin in jail' 1990's Aussie joke before wheelie-bins came to the UK!
😂😂😂😂 love it 👌
Hi, i hope you see this message. My defender just had a conversion to a poptop. Not from Alu Cab because it is not allowd in the Netherlands. But i really like the support gasspring on the outside. I searched for them but can not find them. Do you have a link maybe? Would be really nice🙏🙏
Drop me an email mate and I’ll send you some details
TrueBlueTravellers@aol.com 👍
Wow. - amazing progress in such a short time! Looking fantastic. Good luck and please let us know what materials you use (not that I'm blatantly making notes in order to copy some of your ideas!) Brill 👍
😂 thanks very much James, Ive started trying to mention in the next weeks video as much as possible including measurements
Materials etc where I think it will be helpful to others too, cheers 👍
@@truebluetravellers just a quick question. The link you've provided for the diesel heater is for a 8 kW version. Reading around i'm told that 8 or 5 is too high and to go for a 2kW heater. Just wondered in your experience what you would recommend?
@@goexploremore hi James, I think it’s a tricky one as each has pros and cons, as it’s such a small space in a defender a 2 kw is good as it’s not got much space to heat, but then defenders are terrible for heat loss due to the little amount of insulation you can fit to begin with, in a van I would insulate with 20mm celotex where as a defender only has some 10mm foam for most vehicles, add that to the fact that most door seals don’t seal properly, all the single pane glass and the fabric of the tent from the roof and it’s not very good at keeping heat in.
My reason for getting the biggest was I’ll get grief if Jess is cold as we like it warm and have it on most nights, and no matter what the temp outside the 8kw should keep us warm, also it shouldn’t be running flat out, hopefully it should just tick over where as a 2kw would be working hard,
I suppose it depends how toasty you want it inside to be honest mate to what to get but I can always turn a 8kw down, hope this helps 👍
@@truebluetravellers thanks mate - i really appreciate the advice, especially as this is not exactly your first time building campers. There is so much conflicting advice out there but nothing beats practical experience. Cheers buddy!
@@goexploremore hi James, quick update for you on the night heater, not sure if u are aware but the cheaper ones don’t cut in and out by themselves like eberspachers do, the more expensive ones you set the temp and it cuts in and out when reached the desired temp, just like a combo boiler, where as the cheaper Chinese ones don’t, they just go into low heat mode when they hit the desired temp, so they are ok if you want to use like that but if you want to put on for overnight then it would just keep heating, also if u are intending to use on an alucab the top part of the roof is pretty sealed so if you put the bed panels down then not much hot air gets up into the top but the bottom half is toasty, just thought I’d let u know as we took it out on the weekend for a test run 👍
❤❤❤. I could watch you bofe all day. Fank you. Love Wally. 😅😅😅
❤️ Oh thanks Wally, what a lovely thing to say ❤️
@@truebluetravellers That's OK John.
Aren’t Calor phasing out 4.5kg butane bottles? (discontinued in Feb this year).
Yep 🤦♂️ something I remembered as I’d finished the rack, flo gas do one the same size tho apparently so I’m going to give that a try
I’m sure you guys will figure it out. It looks great so far.
Hi great video by the way, which insulation have you used?
Thanks, the insulation I used was
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
how many rolls have you used?@@truebluetravellers
@dimitristsafogiannis5092 just the one mate 👍
@@dimitristsafogiannis5092 10m x 1m
@@truebluetravellers thank you
Can we have a link to the insulation you used please?
No worries, I used 10m x1 m
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385580168314?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2iwupkw6spg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=653401879333&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Hi John, I'm in the market for a tyre changer and balancer and I was looking at the automotech ones. I'm not sure but is that the type you have? If so what's your thoughts on it?
Yes mate that’s what I’ve got, pretty decent for what I need to be honest, the ramps I have are automotech too so can’t complain with the quality, I had the balancer too but didn’t really have the space for it for the amount of wheels I actually do, the only thing I would say is mine hasn’t got a helper arm which again is ok for the tyres I run but if you are doing any low profile tyres then it’s hard without a helper arm to keep the tyre from sitting in the well when fitting them 👍
@@truebluetravellers Thanks for that, it'll mainly be for hobby use to be honest and for friends and family's tyres. I had enough of changing tyres when I was in a garage so don't want to do it commercially but hate paying someone for something I can do myself. And like you I may have a bit of a tool addiction...
😂😂😂 nothing wrong with that my man 👌👍😂
So I watched your video the other day and it's made me come and watch the Playlist one thing I've seem to of noticed is its a Rig for off road and uptop is getting some weight to it but with no real strength to protect drivers from a roll over .... u could do with some sort of tube over the heads of the front seats so u don't bash ya noggins if the worst happens 🤷
Yeah that’s a good point but to be honest if say the roof is stronger now than it originally was, when we removed the old roof I could lift if on my own and I wouldn’t want to stand on it as it would just pop in with the flex, where as this one is allot stronger and you can actually walk and even strap things down directly to the roof if you didn’t want to run a roof rack 👍
@@truebluetravellers I could just imagine the cab squishing in a roll over a roll bar would help everything keep its shape and stop it from pancaking on ya heads
hi amazing build. What size windows did you use?
Thanks very much they are 700 x400 👍👍
@@truebluetravellers brilliant I got them this morning 🙏
@@thomasdavies8350 no worries 👍👍 when u cut the holes just try to get them exact as the surface area where the sealant goes is quite small, u will see what I mean when u get them 👍👍
@@truebluetravellers Thanks. currently waiting for the rain to stop 🙄.
Sailing Uma brought me here...I think.
Guys, maybe you already have shared this bit of info, but what do you do for daytime jobs? And how much planning went into your first build in advance of actually building it? Thanks!
Hi, we are are actually unemployed at the moment 😂 we saved a pot of money and quit our jobs at Christmas to travel. We are have have quite a few questions about this and our old jobs so are going to do a Q&A video soon if that’s of any interest to you. In terms of planning for our first build, we just watched loads of TH-cam videos and looked at lots of different layouts to get an idea of what we wanted and didn’t. Motorhome and Campervan shows are really useful for this.
@@truebluetravellers Looking forward to that Q&A!
8:17 Are you worried wind or the wife's guns swinging the back door to hard and the window hitting the tank holder and breaking?
Yep i do worry that she is a bit heavy handed 😂 but the window should be good, it looks very close on camera but there’s actually quite a gap and luckily the wheel will hit the body before the door would hit the gas bottle 👍
Any chance of a link to the windows you've used?
@@kevmilburn17 yes mate, this is it
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123943090816?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=K7r3A80NSNS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
@@truebluetravellers thank you for the link.
We are so inspired by your Sainsbury's van build we are in the process of buying our own sprinter fridge van to allow us to go skiing. We have previously built a normal sprinter (his name was Geoffrey, a 4x4 sprinter that took us to south Africa) but had to sell that a few years ago to fund an extension. Agree the square sides and pre-installed insulation should make this a breeze compared to the Pinzgauer or a panel van!
youtube.com/@thisisgeoffrey9397?si=fJ2PsbEOWzYH-Tw8
Keep up the good work, keep buying tools!
Kev & Heather
@@kevmilburn17 thanks guys, them old sprinters are brilliant 👌 looks like you got the most out of it too and properly used it 👍
Why can't they make square gas bottles as well as rownd mate?😮😮😮
Would definitely make fitting them easier!!
@truebluetravellers yeah mate, I agree. Why don't ya get Jess to design and make a couple. They'd be grate for campervans, don't change fink.
What windows are they?
I’ll drop the link below mate
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404373112871?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Sm7PhKPoTpW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=h77jMQulRBK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Please when all said and done, put a LS3 motor innit, with a super charger, you will be at every camp site faster or run out of petrol
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At this place you will easily bent your Hilift. And it's biggest enemy ist Rust which will create malfunction.
👍 thanks, yeah I won’t run it on the vehicle all the time as I’ll probably just put it on for the big trips, I did think about maybe somehow making a cover for it too
Where you Wheely bin
😂😂😂😂 love it 👌
Yeah but "where ya wheelie bin'"
😂😂😂😂😂😂 brilliant, I haven’t heard that one😂😂😂😂 absolute gold Martin
Your jack will rust and road crime will fill all the joints and make it useless. Just make a bracket for the bonnet.
I know your right but I won’t run it on the vehicle all the time, just when I do the big trips 👍
@@truebluetravellers
Tip… keep it simple.
Everything fails from Made in China.
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