I MADE IT SO MUCH WORSE! | ARCTIC VANLIFE BREAKDOWN
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Not everything goes to plan on my winter arctic vanlife adventures , my self built Ford transit campervan has broken down with an issue. I ended up making it so much worse and I’m stuck in northern Sweden waiting for parts and tools. All there is to do is stick the Chinese diesel heater on find some power and wait. After I removed the alternator numerous times and damaged the van even more.
I feel it But is an important video. I do my best to make my videos honest even when they include mistakes of my own. hopefully so others can learn from them but also show the need to be adaptable and good at problem solving. it would’ve been very easy for me to edit in a way where you didn’t see the mistakes I made, but that wouldn’t of been honest.
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This was painful watching back 🙊 a mistake neither of us will NEVER make again, grateful we got to hang out for a little while, next time with better circumstances!
You both are absolute stars!
Even looking at it now, given the orientation of the alternator and it being a reverse thread and which one of those parts of the tool was referred to as the alternator tool I’ve still got no clue which way we were meant to be turning it 😂
And sorry to miss in my comment above, but two were tremendous as well. I hope Alex paid for those beers 😂 I've subscribed to your channel so expect sarcasm there too 😇
@@MispronouncedAdventures this looks to be of a similar van, it was turned to the right, so reverse threads. ua-cam.com/video/4gKFu_GMiwM/v-deo.html
I was wondering earlier why you started out with the big ratchet but it made more sense later when Meca had said that they are usually well stuck on there. Those torx bits like to snap since it is so much harder to strip.
The second broken bit falling out made a lot of sense. You did the work in the heated van and installed it back out into the frozen lapplands. Cold and vibration and it just fell out.
Yes I enjoyed the content but also found it hard to watch as I would have struggled to do that job on my own driveway. Cheers.
The lesson with alternator pulleys is take it to a garage and let them change it.
Also if you can get a reasonably priced alternator that's also an option.
As you are charging your house battery the alternator has a hard life.
Problem in the Kiruna is no garage could get you in for weeks, I wondered around to ask a few. so doing myself was really the only timely option. But once I had the alternator to take it out of the vehicle myself and gave it to them, they were happy to do it quickly.
Being a different country with different normalities on pricing and alternator was double or triple the UK cost
@@MispronouncedAdventures Late tangent on this, used cars are also generaly alot more expensive as compared to the uk
@Zacharias_Andersson not surprised, most things i found where “more expensive”, but then again they’ve got a completely different economy, country and social structure so seems “expensive” to me is only relative to my own viewpoint
That was a period of bad luck and glad that is over.
Me too!
I really enjoyed watching your failures presented in such an authentic and amusing way. Nicely done. So glad you’re saving money. On the bright side your carbon footprint is probably lower too.
Best way to be, honest when making videos and might as well still be amusing about it, being down about the situation isn’t going to help it
Nice to see some transparency on youtube
Live, learn and share - a good motto for life 🙂
I agree, too many channels would remove mistakes and personal failings I’d rather someone learn from them
@@MispronouncedAdventures Good attitude, for life and youtube 🙂
We are always wise after the event. If you did them every day you would know but you don’t. Don’t worry it it’s all gone ok eventually and you learnt from it. More coffee. M.
@@markeh1971 I do wonder if some people do actually learn from their experiences 😞
As terrible of a situation this was, when somebody has a positive attitude they will always come out on top 👏
Very true negative attitude usually don’t helps situations
this content are very valuable, you can see both sides of this adventures
Thank you very much. I think it’s definitely important to show the ups and downs of adventures.
We’ve all done stupid stuff. I’m staggered you even attempted the repairs in those temperatures.
Definitely, whilst it’s definitely a stupid mistake, it’s one which is most certainly relatable.
Kind of have to do your own repairs in those temperatures really as garages usually can’t get you in for weeks
@@MispronouncedAdventures I’m worried about that now, as we are in Senja with a fuelling issue and need a garage to help…. 🤞🏻
I found a lot of the garages whilst they might not have been able to physically help where fine to talk to for advice. Hopefully you get yours sorted.
extreme cold certainly is hard on the equipment, surprised more bearings havent failed
I think in this case it’s probably more just worn out part. The van is 147k miles
To be fair, you don't know, what you don't know. BALMY!
Thank you very much! That’s very true, I definitely know now and so does everyone else watching this video!
Enjoying what you do, sharing you’re knowledge and giving me great advice when I went to Norway with my Jeep XJ last march, I’m glad to support you. 😊
Thank you very much! Hope your trip to Norway went well.
It’s definitely important to show the ups and downs of adventures with vehicles
We stayed on that same campsite the night we met TrueBlue for dinner! It was painful to watch all this going on as we were heading south in Sweden! Glad you got it sorted though mate!
It’s a lovely campsite for sure!
Might be a good idea to replace the tensioner and any idler pulleys too, in case they got beaten up.
We are a couple months later now in reality. Everything seems fine.
Oh no! On that exact second when the torx bit broke, I guessed it had left hand threads. Long time ago when I was a young guy, I was working in a tyre shop and one of my workmates, even younger than me, broke two wheel bolts from an old American car until he realized that the bolts had left hand threads on the driver's side.
Okay, yeah, pretty much my mental thoughts as it snapped. “Oh no”
To be fair, given the reverse threads and the angle of which we were standing in correlation to the alternator I’m still not sure which was the correct direction 😂
Mistakes happen and things can get fixed
@@MispronouncedAdventures you're absolutely right! Mistakes happen and luckily they can be fixed in most cases.
I very nearly made the same sort of mistake on the stopcock for the water main on our house.
Glad you managed to stop before you broke that!
I've done the same but with high end pc equipment. When it hurts your pockets, you learn damn fast. Fairplay for including the nightmare and not deleting. Lot of these van channels it seems to be all sunshine and roses.
Definitely being honest is the best policy since I have an audience who watch what I make. I think it’s best to show my mistakes even if they are embarrassing so others might learn from them.
That was stressful just to watch and for someone like you who seems to be prepared for every situation, awful bad luck. Hope I'm not speaking too soon by saying, well done for sorting things out in the end.
It will all get sorted in the end
Thanks this is for transparency and honesty a rare attribute in media
Thank you very much and I think honesty is an important part of video making. I like to show adventures but I know my videos having inspired a number of people in the past to come up to the Nordic so I’d rather that they did it safely and with a realistic expectation of what to do when things can go wrong
Great video. Just shows how things can escalate
I mean anything here which escalated was breaking the auxiliary water pump, the inability of mine to remove the pulley didn’t really escalate things just delayed things
Good one, Alex. Hope it helps someone in similar circumstances.
Hopefully so or at least they can understand that there are part shops and if you give a busy garage just the individual alternator and not an entire vehicle they might be able to see you quickly
This should help ease some of the costs. I love your videos. Can’t wait to see the next build 😊
Thank you so much, and I can’t wait to build it!
Your positivity & humour are great. I also love that the lady at the parts store gave you a free mug fiiled with sweets...hopefully her attempt to make you feel l better about your misfortunes helped a little & brightened things up.
Cheerfulness in the face of adversity it’s a good way to deal with things. Moaning never helped.
And yes, it was very nice of the lady in the shop to give me the little gift bag, I found most of the shops after getting chatting to them they were interested in what I was up to and offered advice and help even if they couldn’t do it themselves
You will be the best mecanic now to change transit mk8 alternators.
I can get an alternator in and out of a transit now in minutes 😂
Hey Alex. We all learn together now. Thanks for the honesty 👍🏻 Rewatching your build series again atm. I, m in process with my transit at last . On this theme Would be great to have a revision of Van build in future Vid. Anything you would change. What has worked brilliantly. Anything you would do differently. Any tips you wish you knew or have learned etc. You certainly put the van through it's paces. More importantly just keep making awesome content. We appreciate you dude. Glad you got sorted 👍🏻 Thanks
One of the reasons why I like making content, including most mistakes as others could learn from it.
Couple months time there was going to be a whole new van build series. As I am sorting out acquiring an AWD transit. And I would be doing an episode looking at the current van and comparing it to some of the ideas for new ones.
Sweet. Perfect timing. 😎 Just watching one of your vids here where you mentioned AWD would have helped doing a Ue. Awesome mate. Will look forward to that.. Cheers. 👍🏻
Nightmare Alex 😳😳😳 glad you got it sorted 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Fair play to Ford Sweden 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Misadventures happen! The staff in Ford Sweden were definitely very helpful
Thank you for being honest and sharing your journey. This would be stressful enough in temperate conditions, but you kept your sense of humour!
Being stressed and upset about a situation rarely is an help, might as well have a laugh about it
My alternator failed the other week whilst driving home across town. By the time I got the few miles home I’d lost power steering and had a Christmas tree on the dashboard. Got me home though. Try the no power steering for a few miles Alex, soon have those noodle arms pumped up. Great vid mate.
Definitely not fun. On my previous van i had two alternators fail in the hundred thousand miles and I’ve had it and on this van I had the auxiliary drive belt snap last summer so I lost all power steering that wasn’t fun.
Glad all worked out in the end, I do like your vids
Thank you very much. It gets all sorted in the end.
I had an alternator pulley fail in January 2010 and then again in December of the same year. That was the year we had continuous sub zero temperatures both months, plus snow plus salt on the roads. I concluded alternator pulleys don't like cold weather.
Odd to hear you’ve had multiple fails this is the third Arctic winter for mine. I never really had issues until now
Mechanic here again. Of course RTFM is just step one. But it seemed you had a torque wrench to loosen your bolt/generator axle. One trick is to use that torque wrench and consider how much force you would willingly use, e.g a bolt torque spec chart or similar. A mechanic has kind of a torque wrench in muscle memory and will feel the metal giving way, most of the time.
It’s a very good point. Especially the considering how much force you’re willing to use. I think that principle was undermined in our heads by the garage saying it might be really difficult and potentially stuck on there.
Definitely a learning Experience. Although the first break when the alternator was still in the engine bay, I didn’t feel was particularly a hard attempt.
@@MispronouncedAdventures I will give you that the first bit must have "sucked". Also being able to drill into a bit makes it a pretty poor bit, sorry for the cost. But bit two was good since it was undrillable.
You did fine. Even the best make mistakes. Even twice.
Ogh, and impact wrenches and acetylen torches rules the industry.
That is one bit I definitely did notice. I didn’t think the bit should’ve been drillable
Showing that mistakes happen probably helps others wanting to do van-life to see that it's still possible even when things don’t go perfectly, & give people the vonfidence to get out there despite having worries about issues occuring.
That’s the main reason I want to share it particularly for the Arctic trips is things can break and it’s a bit more of a complicated environment if you do breakdown. European summer if you breakdown you can probably stay still as a plenty of solar, not so much in the Nordic winter.
but definitely having a basic skill set to repair things is great. It did require a special tool and I did make a stupid mistake but the grand scheme of things it was a pretty easy repair
We use the thermal camera to check pulleys at work, sometimes the bearings are dry but don't make a sound so we point the thermal cam at the pulleys and you can normally tell if ones hotter than the others its probably going to fail soon
That’s a good idea. I actually had two thermal cameras with me ( although I do use it in the previous video to see the alternator temperature the pulley itself wasn’t particularly warm )
Although earlier on in the video I think the pulley was fully stuck, so no movement creating heat and then later on would of been hot as it was falling apart where it would’ve gotten hot when it was spinning inside itself
@@MispronouncedAdventures If you don't have a thermal camera, you can use an infrared thermometer if you can get it close enough. With that in mind, when choosing an infrared thermometer, choose one that is gun-shaped and nice and compact.
They are quite useful in the arctic for various things. But mainly for measuring the temperature of things without losing skin. Also good for scanning across your van walls looking for cold spots where the insulation is poor or bridged (then you tape a piece of insulation on the inside)
The only people who never make any mistakes, never do anything at all - which ironically is a big mistake in itself.
Some people are fortunate enough to learn from the mistakes of others, so thank you for “taking one for the team” here.
My “workshop” lecturer in college (UK College doing one of the first ever BTEC courses back in 1984) always said “lefty loosey, righty tighty… unless it isn’t, and that’s also a good reason not to date left handed women” - different times!
I definitely, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I think the left or right of a bolt is such a relatable mistake which most people have committed at some point
Cool vid dude.. I just spent 15 hours changing my oil cooler seal on an a6 v6 tdi.. never done it before had to buy all tools ect.. ended up removing top of engine 3 times.. replaced all seals and then realised it was a split water pipe in V leaking not the seals.. being a 'mechanic' is difficult lol. Today i'm tuning a 280 se s-class 1980 for the first time after converting the fuel system to an efi..no idea what i'm doing
Definitely nothing is that easy anymore on modern vehicles! Although I am glad I didn’t have to remove the top of the engine 3 times!
you are using your van in bad visibility situations. you can get a reflective "chevron" on the back, luckily the UK is the place where its the most common on vans, and the second best thing is to get pre cut conspicuity tape (for curtainsider trailers) they come in little squares, you can put on the inside of your door on the metal parts, one where the door latch is, and one on the other "side". so one on the latch side which faces back = traffic when the door is open just a little bit, and one on the inside parallel to the door panel which faces back = traffic when the door is completely open. that way people wont possibly take your door.
Transit actually have reflectors on the inside of the doors already for that particular scenario.
I do what you know about chevrons on the back, but if I did that in the UK, I would look like a highway maintenance van
Respect your honesty, nearly all of us have done things like that and the one's that haven't eventually will it's how we learn 🤔🙂
Thank you I think being honest is the best policy I’d rather others learn from my mistakes. And in this case, it’s one of them type of mistakes which is reasonably relatable.
Oh dear, I admire your persistence... glad that you managed to get a positive learning out of it...
Thank you would’ve been reasonably easy if I just gone in the right direction
I feel your pain. I've just replaced the alternator clutch pulley on my 2018 Sprinter but luckily I wasn't in a rush. After seeing the extortionate amount Mercedes wanted I found a Febi/Bilstein pulley from Parts In Motion, Exeter and they delivered it to me inside 24hours. Definitely wouldn't fancy doing that job in the Arctic.
I guess OEM parts are always going to be more expensive but to see the non-OEM part in the UK cost £35 and a non-OEM part in Sweden was still north of £200. Or the Ford OEM part being £450! was a bit much!
Glad you managed to find a decent priced one.
Mistakes happen and at least I learnt from it
@@MispronouncedAdventures wow, that's a hefty price, Scandinavellous. 😉
Keep the supplier I mentioned in mind for when you're back in the UK, they have choices of most parts for immediate dispatch and they're my go to now. The part I used is exactly what Mercedes sell so a no brainier to go with the internet seller.
@@AMGMANIAC will do. I’ll definitely be looking at upgrading a few parts next
Older and wiser😂 Your honesty is commendable!
That’s definitely true, painful to edit 😂
Alex, your resilience is inspiring, I would have sunk to my knees whilst banging my head on the floor... probably crying, at the first problem !! 🤦🏻🤷🏻♂️
Chapeau Sir 👍🏻
It’s all just problem-solving most things can be fixed just time and or money. At least for this one it was mostly just lost time.
An easy mistake to make and well done for showing it 👍 hopefully help someone not do the same
To be fair, I’m still not even sure which way would it be the correct given it being a reverse thread and the alternator was in the opposite direction to me
Good or bad, you've learned something. Experience isnt always cheap. I've made similar mistakes which have ended up as entire engine rebuilds. Thanks for posting a warts an all account.
I think it’s good to post the mistakes as well as the successes and I also think twisting something the wrong way is a very relatable mishap
Thank you for being honest great video, life is always an adventure just sometimes a bigger adventure than at other times. Great to see others helping you in the way that you have always helped other. Safe travels I'm looking forward to next week's vid.
I like being honest, and I think it’s important. Especially in the social media world. And just be realistic. Too many UA-cam channels paint a rose tinted perfect view with no personal mistakes image
That's the reason I follow you as you show the highs and lows and I think that also says a lot about you as a person.
Learned a lot!
I certainly did! I can now install and remove an alternator in about five minutes
Thanks for sharing your troubles, always interesting to see people’s approach to adversity. I appreciate your efforts to repair things yourself, being rather older I appreciate the joys of paying someone else to do the work. Working on cars/vans always seems to be full of traps for the unwary.
Good luck for your future travels 🫶
In the Nordic no garage could get you in for weeks to do the job so it just made sense to do it myself I think later on able to just present my alternator in person removed from the vehicle they were happy to do it quickly then
Need more Lego action! Honestly, I don’t know how you do that mechanical stuff at sub-zero temperatures and no frostbite! 🥶
I do love Lego! I’m glad it was a milder day. But on some of the other mechanical videos, I’ve definitely had some very cold fingers.
@@MispronouncedAdventures Go go Noodle!
I’m watching this in Helsinki, I’m here for holiday and the Metallica concert
Sounds like a great holiday enjoy!
you are well enough tenacious and then in this cold woow. But good that Ford could help you, and the prices are high in the Nordic countries. This is because the Nordic countries have a strong union which provides the workers with a good salary, pension and other benefits. And then the Nordic countries are highly taxed, since all school education, hospital and doctor are free, paid for through taxes.
At the same time, the importer of various brands, Bla Ford, decides what the store should look like, and then the dealer just has to pay, and that affects the prices unfortunately 😣
I look forward every time to a new video from you, and I really like your content, although you speak very fast so it's hard to hear what you say. I say this because I follow from Denmark and we learn English from the age of 7, but when I learned your language I was 12 and we don't learn to understand fast speaking English 😁 Glad you got the car done, I look forward to the next one
Oh yes, I’m definitely not negative about things being expensive in the Nordic and as a very good reason for it as you’ve quite rightly pointed out!
Just for me when I relate my own circumstances and the prices are usually see too Nordic ones it is a bit more difficult to swallow!
Glad you like the videos I will try and slow down a Bit with talking
Love your honesty mate. We’ve all been there making a stupid mistake that we learn from. That aside at lest you saved some money and are now the alternator king 😉😁
Thank you very much Tony. Definitely a stupid mistake but it’s a relatable one everyone’s twisted something the wrong way at some point
Great to see you at the show on Saturday. Thanks for all the advice you gave us 👍
My pleasure, hope you enjoyed yourself
Alex after watching I thought you should have done a livestream asking for suggestions and advice Yes you would have got the WD40 / gaffer tape suggestions but someone would have been able to put you straight with leftie tighty righty loosy😂😂
UA-cam live stream to be fair, although I do often post things live on the Instagram stories for suggestions
Your honesty means more to me than anything 👌
Mistakes are lifes way of giving you the opportunity to learn, painfully, and TBH as a 40 year time served mechanic, I've made plenty, learnt a lot and lost a lot (cash wise) , modern vehicles are a minefield mate, kudos to you 👍
Honesty is the best way to be. Especially in UA-cam videos there’s a lack of it for sure.
Mistakes happen and lessons get learned
Really liked this content, honest and useful. Glad you are OK.
Glad you liked the video I think honestly it is an important part of making videos like this. The adventures are not always going to plan and when things go wrong, need to be adaptable to fix it.
Proper arctic adventure for sure!
Much like my failed diesel heater in -35°C...
Yes, I’m rather glad it was a milder period of time when I had this issue
That was a story, but it was honest. I like it.
Honesty is the best policy! I’m only human and I make mistakes. If someone can learn from my mistakes that’s a win for me
Great video! Thanks for sharing the highs and lows, not only the vanlife paradise. It's very tough that you are changing things the van during the coldest part of winter. I see how important it is to be able to quickly fix and do repairs on the road with the Van to be self-sufficient.
Glad you enjoyed the video and definitely being self-sufficient is important. Definitely also important to show reality of adventures filled with ups and downs
I drive older E Series in America, I ALWAYS carry tools, starter, alternator, spare battery, extra belt. I have had to swap out roadside.
Oh dear, what a struggle. All the best!
It’s okay things go wrong from time to time and I am sure I can get them fixed
Great content Alex, proper real life ups and downs...keep up the good work...👍
Thank you I think it’s important to show the good and the bad!
Well done sorting it in the end .
Thank you. It only cost me time and money which is not the end of the world
Well done on showing your mishaps, warts an all and as you say, a frustrating lesson…..however you’re safe, fixed and have learnt and shared it all with us. Thanks for a great video. One last question, what was the coffee like ☕ 👍🏻😇😁
I definitely think Miss Ops lessons are a good thing to show on UA-cam. Too much of it is hidden away plus I’d rather people could potentially learn something from it.
Coffee was okay and free, but I didn’t really mind a taste too much as I was patiently waiting to find out if the alternator was going to be fixed or not
Well, 3rd time is the charm... :)
😂 thats one way of looking at it
Oh Well. Live and learn I guess.
Indeed, end of the day, not too serious just a bit of wasted time waiting for parts. Money would be more or less the same as I still had to wait for a new part.
Well I am glad you seem to have fixed it and I don't like saying a had a good laugh because I was shouting at the screen "NO don't undo the bolt in that direction or it will break " when it broke. My wife thought I was shouting at her. She reminded me about the van window and said has he made another mistake ? I must say you are cool at mastering disasters. Well done !
The orientation was definitely difficult to figure out with reverse thread and the alternator pointing in the opposite direction from us.
Not sure what the other mistake was? Regarding a van window?
@@MispronouncedAdventures Gadget John ?
Ahh, I mean to be fair the gadget John one we were asked to measure the hole to make sure it was square. All three of us measured it and decided it was perfectly square and the exact same size does, none mention what the original size should be. 😂
@@MispronouncedAdventures Ahhh ses it all. I'll blame Gadget then !
Brilliant vid and man enough not to edit out all the bad bits. I'm surprised alternator has lasted so long, but I suppose it never get hot enough to cause any damage in the places you like to visit.
Yes I agreed it’s important to show a realistic view on vehicles and travel and just honesty in UA-cam video making. Alternator wise this one had 149,000 miles on it so I’m not particularly bothered that it eventually failed. My previous vans saw two entire alternators in less mileage.
That was very funny - I know it may not have felt especially funny at the time!
To be fair, it wasn’t too bad. A minor annoyance, I had backup plans for most things if I couldn’t get the pulley off but I just had to buy a new alternator and I’ve actually replaced alternators before that’s quite easy to do so the solution could be fixed easily with money
I had an idler pulley failure on a Mk6 Transit, lost brakes and steering at 60mph, not fun!! Repaired it with a new bearing so all was good... until the pulley started to walk itself off the bearing in Germany!! Caught it just in time and the band tour could continue. At least it wasn't freezing for me. Hope there were no more issues 👍
That’s not fun at all!, glad you were able to sort it yourself. for the majority of my failure the pulley wasn’t going anywhere, my big concern on the way to the campsite though when it was deteriorating was it was going to fall off and wreck some other components.
@MispronouncedAdventures Yep, failing component can easily take out more. At least you're very resourceful and seem to be able to master a challenge. I have the same van as now as you except a medium roof. Already had to change 2 injectors, had to get the special tool to do it... which you can't use on the rear 2 injectors if it's a rear wheel drive!! Remember that nugget of info should you get stranded with an injector issue!!
That would make sense on the injector issue being rear wheel drive the engine as longitudinal. Hopefully, I don’t run into that issue
Thanks for being so honest about your issues which you hopefully sorted with the new water pump?
I think it’s the best way to be on UA-cam people like honesty, the water pump on the other hand was easy to solve when the part arrived.
High insight is a marvelous thing - it may have been better for you to get them to service it and save buying the tool - I'd have still gone for the new Alternator option as the bearings grease won't be much different from the pully
The problem was no garage would see you for weeks if you had the van itself. But since I presented Ford with the alternator literally in my hands, they were fine too quickly whip it off for me.
@@MispronouncedAdventures I think I'd look out for a cheap new/refurb alternator with Pully as a backup - you are in too cold a climate to risk a power outage
The pulley is not doing you any favours just replace it with a standard pulley. The inertia of the alternator on a low RPM diesel is insignificant. Also use a 24Volt Alternator and a split battery system, this give you more capacity and your starter will always have a charged battery .
Anyone who says they have never done the lefty righty mistake - is someone that has never actually done spanner work or fibbing! Honesty is what makes this internet platform educational! Well done it's a bit of a mission working on stuff in the best of conditions nevermind there.
*also side note to people that have digs at people.. that noodle arm guy sounds like a right no mates internet dikhead 🤣
I mean, I think it’s a pretty reasonable mistake to make, left and right. normally quite easy but then again if you’ve got something with a reverse thread and on the opposite side of the unit that can get muddled quite quick.
They do, don’t they. Slabs of gym muscle were never an interest to me. I spent years rockclimbing and mountaineering all about having effective muscle.
@@MispronouncedAdventures I think most people would have this problem, i'd imagine I would have done the same as you guys too if i'm honest.. anyway point is.. a good if a little expensive lesson but a good one for future spannering! *Yeah the gym and tattoo and instagram poser thing - never got down with that either my friend - bit weird if you ask me 👌🏻 Great episode again! Take care 👍🏻
@@WiLLiAMOnline could’ve been worse anyway I’m sure plenty of people have twisted the wrong way and broken a bolt which is in a far worse problem if it’s stuck in a thread, I only broke with the tool
wow what a shit day that was ...just kept getting worse and worse.. you certainly fucked up there ..but we all have days like that ..thanks for sharing ..i love your channel
Definitely a mess up, but it’s a mess up which is relatable. Almost everyone has turned a bolt the wrong way from time to time when it’s presented at a weird angle.
@@MispronouncedAdventures i had a squeaky front wheel a few weeks back ..i needed to get to work so did nothing about it for a few weeks ..it cost me £400.. new discs and pads .. a lesson learnt for me to ..i really cant afford that money atm ..just before MOT is due lol..at least you managed to fix it
One thing to say. Doh! 🤦🏻♀️
That’s probably one of the more polite words I could’ve chosen
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Alex, did you have issued with your power steering going all juddery when this pulley went??
My tensioner has started flapping about and the sounds coming from the engine is starting to sound like yours.
No issues with the power steering. Maybe a louder noise if at full Lock .
Is it possible those (2) Victron dc-to-dc chargers overworked the alternator? Excess heat cooking the bearing? Honest question - its just an idea that hit me.
I extensively tested that, in the UK when I installed them both, even half an hour of idling which is the worst case cooling scenario only produced core temperatures of 79° with the thermal camera
The part of the alternator which gets hot is the core / coils itself whilst some heat will be transferred along the shaft into the bearing it won’t be much.
Just a worn part really 149,000 miles on it. My previous van which had no electrics went through two alternators in less miles.
@@MispronouncedAdventures Ahhh....yeah, 150K miles will create lovely surprises like this.
I live in that part of norway did you visit a city called leknes or svolvær?
Those are places I am yet to visit. I take it they’re worthwhile visiting?
@@MispronouncedAdventures yes beautiful nature and many mountains to hike on and not crowded with people in the city
There's no such thing as a failure, you just found a way of doing it that doesn't work. Twice.
That’s definitely true. Although the twisting at the wrong way the second time was the didn’t know it was the wrong way at that point and just thought it was really stuck like the garage said it could be.
'Objectivityisthekey', seems like their subjective comment contradicts their moniker... to be fair. 😅
I would agree!
When are you going back to the uk?
Mid March 2024 I was back. two month filming trip turns into about six months of content with one week video.
The description mentions when each video is filmed
Ahh that makes sense haha, my bad.
Do you know when you are heading back up north?
Love the vids! You are the inspiration for me and my partner to now own an buscamper!
Mechanics charge too much .. they are just greedy … NOT. WHAT IS THE ROUND INDUCTION COOK TOP BRAND MODEL ETC.?
Different countries have different prices OEM and dealership price i’ll always going to be more expensive adjust in the Nordic countries they were considerably more than I’m used to in the UK.
“Stirling power” is the brands
Being transparent means I cannot see it .... what are you hiding :-) ... I like to be opaque ... 🙂
Interesting look at the wording 😂. I guess “I’m” being transparent, so you can see my mistakes
@@MispronouncedAdventures I understand the cultural terms .. I am Irish and play with words a lot. I texted asking what your round induction cooktop band and name.. It looks like size and space what I could use. Many are so huge I’d have to buy a new ?RV and use a lift gate to bring it in and use it. 🙂 thanks for the flicks … they are nice.. pat
Painful to watch :/ I feel for you.
Painful to do and painful to edit. Mistakes happen
Noodle arms... omg too funny. What loser wrote that haha
It was definitely one of the stranger comments I’ve received
@@MispronouncedAdventures must be some kind of Andrew tate bot. still very funny.
I love your video’s, but why are you still posting winter episodes, while it is 20’C in Rovaniemi?
It says filmed in February in the description. Two months of travel filming ( when I get back to the uk in Mid march ) with a one week release schedule ends up being around June the final episodes come out.
Short term people who are watching as the episodes come out it can be a bit confusing but long term for the channel it makes so difference for the playlist
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