On the piece that attaches on the end of the cable that goes through your spare tire has a threaded bolt on the piece on the top of the van is a cable it’s called a safety cable so in case the spare tire was to fall the tire would not go out on the highway. Some people use this and attach it before they crank it all the way up as a safety and some people don’t bother with it. I try to put things back the way it was. Just a fireman thing.🔥Thanks for taking the time to do this. You can actually tell who the boss is here lol she is 👍
You're such wonderful humans 🙂 How you have helped Will with his van is such a kind thing to do. Keep being you guys the world needs more of you. All the best from us wooly backs 😃
Thank you for the lovely comment, it’s means a lot to us, but we couldn’t not help Will as he is such a genuine and lovely person, he actually touched us with his kindness to others when he was travelling and he paid his good fortune forward to the people in Nepal, seeing someone from an younger generation be so giving was truly inspiring and we both believe that someone who pays it forward deserves the kindness they have shown others!
Thanks Howard, that’s a lovely thing to say, but we just do what we can when we can as it’s how we think it should be in the world, we love this vanfam community
Hello you lovely couple and poppy and dolly hope your all ok sorry I haven't commented for a bit and missed the lives been proper busy lol but hope your all ok and well just watched vid I missed shame about the wheel but at least you sorted it but great video you all take care all the best love from us all
Hi ya Jamie, we are all very well thank you and hope you guys are all so well!!! You need to have a break young man as you are definitely working too hard!!! Have a lovely day and hopefully catch up soon 😊
@@UrbanVanlife yeah we all good thank you and I know people keep telling me to take some time for me lol I will soon lol things should start calming down soon lol I hope all the best love from us all
Did you check the tyre pressure / condition while it was out...!?!? You'll be surprised at how many haven't / don't, then see then sitting on the roadside phone in hand head scratching...!!!! 🙈
Bloody hero! Been putting this job off for ages. Currently have a racket strap holding the wheel up because the mechanism is jammed half way. Can you post link where you got the wheel mechanism holder?
Hi ya Sean, I got the part off eBay but here’s a link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182668153957?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sXSsum4yT2e&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=eegHyD5AQ52&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY and also a gentleman left a good suggestion in the comments about greasing/oiling it prior to fitting to help slow damage from the elements etc, thanks Emma
Thanks guys!!! Will make sure I grease the cable. Got the same issue as you guys need to remove floor to access the mechanism. Bloody pain! If you every in Fife, Scotland I owe you a drink!
Mine also broke while we were almost home. We didn't lose a wheel and kill someone but dragged the tire home. There is supposedly another braided cable on my Transit van with a bolt that keeps the tires from killing someone on the highway. Those engineers at Ford need to get their act together and make these parts from stainless steel and heavier cable so it doesn't rust and cause so much money and aggravation. Engineers? Nahhh just someone with that paper degree without a brain and decided to cut cost and used bicycle brake cables to hold a 100lbs wheel under that truck!!!
We did look at rear door carriers for the wheel but as we are not keeping the van this was actually the most economical way for us to sort the problem and it is then up to the new owner if they want to change anything that will make the outside of the van look different
It’s the most stupid design ford have ever come out with …. Took forever to release the spare wheel this morning as there should be a tool to fit that nut … mine was corroded and couldnt shift it ..had to heat it up etc and get machanic out . Why ford couldn’t leave the tray like on the old transit and just undo a normal bolt let it drop and wheel comes off is beyond me …. How to make something simple complicated ! Anybody know of an impact socket that will fit inside the bolt to make it easier ????
My spare wheel was stolen about 8years ago (cut that cord). Your video has finally given me the motivation to fix it and not have the spare kicking around in the back of the van. Cheers
Spare wheel winches are shite. Pressed steel construction which rots out. The handle nut normally rounds out aswell Plenty of spray white grease or red grease pumped into it for preventative maintenance
Hi you mad pair Neil Emma ,so who forgot in the first place that you could not get your spear wheel out who’s a naughty boy then ,well spotted Emma that the floor would come out ,what a laugh just love it when you banter think I better get some incontinence boxes for next time lol 😂 then I can pee myself with out her knowing 😂,Greg blog bit short but I loved it it ,till next time take care keep yourself safe John 🐵🙈🙉🙊👨🏽🎓👤👀🤡👺😭🤣🥲🤣🥲😂
Well hello there sir, thanks for the lovely comment we hope you are looking after yourself? Yes we where very lucky that the flooring was easier than we thought it would be to remove as it could of been a whole different video with a few more bleeps along the way 😂😂😂
That’s how you take one of them out and then you slam it to the ground. Little dramatic, don’t you think? 😂. I think you should just stop with changes and repairs and ship the van over here to me. I’d happily fix anything else that needs done lol.
Probably cost more to ship the van over to you guys so why don’t you guys just sell up, buy and it and come over here and we can all just feed each other and work on vans and travel 😁😁
That’s a very vague question to answer, different vans and different interiors costs will range massively, some people can convert their vans on a great minimal budget others spend 20k upwards. There are ways of converting on all types of budget, but prices are still high in the van world at the moment
mate i see your pain, could you help me i have a trasit mk 8 high top and the conversion has come without him making a hole to get to the spare wheel winder. could you give me the distance from the like that bar locking latch to the centre of your hole (lengthways) and how far in from the ledge it is (widthways), if your trasit is similar van please.
Hi Guys, that's a similar design to the discovery 3 one, don't ever try and wind it up without weight on it, i suspect that sometime in its life thats what has happened, it knackers the flex and chews it up usually beyond repair as is yours, that's why they come already wound out, would it not have been better to rivnut the body then bolt it down to them in case it needs repair in the future, nice vid tho
Interesting piece of info and advise there young man thanks, and if we ever have to do this again we will probably do it as it would make the job a lot easier the next time!
Great ford brains designed it. Dumb as f..k idea. Can't loosen it to much cause it'll never go up again, can't have tire rim facing up or it will dangle and of course stuck forever. Good job ford engineering brains 😂. That's how you rip us off on parts
Thanks Robert! Such a lovely thing to say, we have enjoyed doing this conversion and it’s nice to hear that people can see we have put care into the build
someone stole the wire , winder and spare wheel sometime in my vans pre camper days before I bought it, not had a spare wheel for the last 2 years , I just hope the pressurised puncture repair can works if I ever need it , I have my doubts 😅
We’ll keep our fingers and toes crossed for you! And what is wrong with people stealing things, there used to be a time where you could leave your doors open
Same with most vans there's spare wheel carriers are once only jobs and expensive to replace iv left mine alone and fitted silicone in all 4 wheels did consider pulling the spare wheel to save on weight
Welcome Jacqueline thank you for coming over and saying hello, Will is an amazing young man and he’s now been adopted into our family as he’s just one of the nicest people we have had the pleasure of meeting 🥰
I have the same problem. My Hobby 650 has a Ford cab and frame . The spare is underneath like yours but has nowhere to put the winder I've looked everywhere but it just isn't there . Quite annoying 🙄
@@spaget9877 hi no not under either front seats I've literally looked everywhere. I have the bar to turn something just can't actually locate that something . Usually it's under backdoors when you open them but we don't have backdoors. Big mystery
Spare wheel carriers are an an expensive piece of kit, and some people don’t like the wheel on the back so we kept it as it is and we learned new skills in the process
Fab video guys. With the new carrier part,was it a genuine ford part? I have the same problem on my 18 transit.just wondering where’s best to purchase a new one? Cheers.
My door sill area where the tire hoist is was crushed form a previous owner so I have to remove the hoist to bang the thing back up. It was preventing the doors from closing well. I've been searching for a good alternative to the factory rivets. Guess I'll be going with rvinuts then lol
Great video guys... just wanted to add if you want belts and braces I would fully grease up the internals of the cable / cable tube and all moving parts and actually wind it in and out several times before installing it. That part once its got water and salt in it will be rusted again in a year... they always go that way so if you really want to help someone else say 2 years down the road then thats what I would do... I know this because I had to cut my cable in a snow blizzard in Scotland after a snowplough ran me off the road without stopping and blew my front left tyre out I was stranded for the night because of it and got a loan of the metal snips from a kind old lady... some colourful words were said that night...lol
On the piece that attaches on the end of the cable that goes through your spare tire has a threaded bolt on the piece on the top of the van is a cable it’s called a safety cable so in case the spare tire was to fall the tire would not go out on the highway. Some people use this and attach it before they crank it all the way up as a safety and some people don’t bother with it. I try to put things back the way it was. Just a fireman thing.🔥Thanks for taking the time to do this. You can actually tell who the boss is here lol she is 👍
You're such wonderful humans 🙂 How you have helped Will with his van is such a kind thing to do. Keep being you guys the world needs more of you. All the best from us wooly backs 😃
Thank you for the lovely comment, it’s means a lot to us, but we couldn’t not help Will as he is such a genuine and lovely person, he actually touched us with his kindness to others when he was travelling and he paid his good fortune forward to the people in Nepal, seeing someone from an younger generation be so giving was truly inspiring and we both believe that someone who pays it forward deserves the kindness they have shown others!
@@UrbanVanlife Oh wow, the world 🌎 needs more Wills too 👍
A bit of an hero for all the help you've given to others
Thanks Howard, that’s a lovely thing to say, but we just do what we can when we can as it’s how we think it should be in the world, we love this vanfam community
Love you! Have the best time this weekend 😍Sad we cannot be there, just need to do this final push and then then the world is ours again!
Love you guys more miss your faces ❤️❤️❤️
Just what i needed to see thanks guys.
Our pleasure 😊😊
Thanks much guys big help!
Crazy. By 1.45 I was thinking "Get shot of the remains of the carrier using an angle grinder and mount the wheel elsewhere..."
Hello you lovely couple and poppy and dolly hope your all ok sorry I haven't commented for a bit and missed the lives been proper busy lol but hope your all ok and well just watched vid I missed shame about the wheel but at least you sorted it but great video you all take care all the best love from us all
Hi ya Jamie, we are all very well thank you and hope you guys are all so well!!! You need to have a break young man as you are definitely working too hard!!! Have a lovely day and hopefully catch up soon 😊
@@UrbanVanlife yeah we all good thank you and I know people keep telling me to take some time for me lol I will soon lol things should start calming down soon lol I hope all the best love from us all
Hope youre all doing fine. Hope the lovely blue van sells soon xx
Done right and a great job guys!
Thank you Philip, there where a few interesting moments though 😂
FIX OR REPAIR DAILY.........FORD ...no more to say on the matter ........lol...
Good job guys ..lucky find with that floor Emma ....
We are definitely finding a few interesting things along the way with this van that’s for sure 😂😂
Hi guys 👋 just us 2saying hi and thanks again for sharing this video update and information 👋 den and sue 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
Hello guys, hope you are keeping well? Thanks for watching 😊😊😊
Nice job
You should have greased up the new part before fitting, help keep it tip top for years 👍🏼
Yes we thought of that after 🙃🙃
Did you check the tyre pressure / condition while it was out...!?!? You'll be surprised at how many haven't / don't, then see then sitting on the roadside phone in hand head scratching...!!!! 🙈
We sure did Chris pumped it up to spec pressure was very low as most peoples spare tyres are!
Bloody hero! Been putting this job off for ages. Currently have a racket strap holding the wheel up because the mechanism is jammed half way. Can you post link where you got the wheel mechanism holder?
Hi ya Sean, I got the part off eBay but here’s a link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182668153957?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sXSsum4yT2e&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=eegHyD5AQ52&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY and also a gentleman left a good suggestion in the comments about greasing/oiling it prior to fitting to help slow damage from the elements etc, thanks Emma
Thanks guys!!! Will make sure I grease the cable. Got the same issue as you guys need to remove floor to access the mechanism. Bloody pain! If you every in Fife, Scotland I owe you a drink!
So your floor isn’t insulated?
Plus nuts are the best. Well done.
Not on this van the floor isn’t insulated.
Great vlog guy's 👍
Thanks Stan! Happy Thursday and thanks for watching 😁
Easier than the actuators mate....LOL LOL
Everything is easier than those actuators 😂😂😂
Brilliant work mate.
Do you have any plans for travelling abroad with the van ?
Not in the transit but in ours yes yes yes and yes
Well done good job👍
Thank you Terry 😁
Mine also broke while we were almost home. We didn't lose a wheel and kill someone but dragged the tire home. There is supposedly another braided cable on my Transit van with a bolt that keeps the tires from killing someone on the highway. Those engineers at Ford need to get their act together and make these parts from stainless steel and heavier cable so it doesn't rust and cause so much money and aggravation. Engineers? Nahhh just someone with that paper degree without a brain and decided to cut cost and used bicycle brake cables to hold a 100lbs wheel under that truck!!!
It’s bloody daft isn’t it . I’m like why why why
Couldnt you have bolted it to a rear door?
We did look at rear door carriers for the wheel but as we are not keeping the van this was actually the most economical way for us to sort the problem and it is then up to the new owner if they want to change anything that will make the outside of the van look different
Not as good as the old style ones that were made in nottingham. Back then the company charged about £10 for them to Ford who sold them for about £69.
How times have changed!!! Most things aren’t made as good as they used to be!!
Trials and Tribulations of owning a Fraud Transit, great job guys.
Thanks Gareth, we have learned a fair bit about fords in the past few months 😂😂
It’s the most stupid design ford have ever come out with …. Took forever to release the spare wheel this morning as there should be a tool to fit that nut … mine was corroded and couldnt shift it ..had to heat it up etc and get machanic out . Why ford couldn’t leave the tray like on the old transit and just undo a normal bolt let it drop and wheel comes off is beyond me …. How to make something simple complicated ! Anybody know of an impact socket that will fit inside the bolt to make it easier ????
Aren't the Riv-Nuts supposed to be put in the body, not the crank mechanism? Then you use M4 screws to tighten them down.
My spare wheel was stolen about 8years ago (cut that cord). Your video has finally given me the motivation to fix it and not have the spare kicking around in the back of the van. Cheers
Awesome 🤩
Spare wheel winches are shite. Pressed steel construction which rots out. The handle nut normally rounds out aswell
Plenty of spray white grease or red grease pumped into it for preventative maintenance
Good tip there thank you, as we are sure others will find this information useful too!!
Hi you mad pair Neil Emma ,so who forgot in the first place that you could not get your spear wheel out who’s a naughty boy then ,well spotted Emma that the floor would come out ,what a laugh just love it when you banter think I better get some incontinence boxes for next time lol 😂 then I can pee myself with out her knowing 😂,Greg blog bit short but I loved it it ,till next time take care keep yourself safe John 🐵🙈🙉🙊👨🏽🎓👤👀🤡👺😭🤣🥲🤣🥲😂
Well hello there sir, thanks for the lovely comment we hope you are looking after yourself? Yes we where very lucky that the flooring was easier than we thought it would be to remove as it could of been a whole different video with a few more bleeps along the way 😂😂😂
That’s how you take one of them out and then you slam it to the ground. Little dramatic, don’t you think? 😂. I think you should just stop with changes and repairs and ship the van over here to me. I’d happily fix anything else that needs done lol.
Probably cost more to ship the van over to you guys so why don’t you guys just sell up, buy and it and come over here and we can all just feed each other and work on vans and travel 😁😁
@@UrbanVanlife 😂🤣
Good video, thank you
Hi I'm a newbie maybe you should of got Dan to help you it would get the job done quicker 🙂 lol xx
Hi Denise if you mean breaking it quickly then yes you could be correct 😂 and welcome 🙏
All credit to you guys for being decent folk. Hope the van gets good owners..
Thanks buddy, it’s just the right thing to make sure everything is in working order!
Are you gong to leave a packet of viagra, that will assist the new owner to get it up😀
Well the vans blue so I suppose you could call them a matching accessories 😏
How much does it cost to convert a van to a camper?
That’s a very vague question to answer, different vans and different interiors costs will range massively, some people can convert their vans on a great minimal budget others spend 20k upwards. There are ways of converting on all types of budget, but prices are still high in the van world at the moment
mate i see your pain, could you help me i have a trasit mk 8 high top and the conversion has come without him making a hole to get to the spare wheel winder. could you give me the distance from the like that bar locking latch to the centre of your hole (lengthways) and how far in from the ledge it is (widthways), if your trasit is similar van please.
Hi Guys, that's a similar design to the discovery 3 one, don't ever try and wind it up without weight on it, i suspect that sometime in its life thats what has happened, it knackers the flex and chews it up usually beyond repair as is yours, that's why they come already wound out, would it not have been better to rivnut the body then bolt it down to them in case it needs repair in the future, nice vid tho
Interesting piece of info and advise there young man thanks, and if we ever have to do this again we will probably do it as it would make the job a lot easier the next time!
Great ford brains designed it. Dumb as f..k idea. Can't loosen it to much cause it'll never go up again, can't have tire rim facing up or it will dangle and of course stuck forever. Good job ford engineering brains 😂. That's how you rip us off on parts
Brill work. Whoever buys the van . Should watch the videos and see how much care was put into the conversion . No corners cut anywhere. Well done.
Thanks Robert! Such a lovely thing to say, we have enjoyed doing this conversion and it’s nice to hear that people can see we have put care into the build
Hi nice video. Do you rate UV 5 radio. Is it's still worth getting. Looking at getting one.
Hi Charlie, thanks for the comment and yes we still rate the radios and use them often 😊😊
Thank you kindly for replying😉
Pleasure Charlie, have a lovely weekend 😊
Great job guys 👏👏👏👏 excellent solution to the problem 👍 ... 😘🤗❤️👵🏼🐾🐾🐾🤠 xxxx
Only one more sleep 😊😊😊
The jobs a gooden!
True words sir 😂😂
someone stole the wire , winder and spare wheel sometime in my vans pre camper days before I bought it, not had a spare wheel for the last 2 years , I just hope the pressurised puncture repair can works if I ever need it , I have my doubts 😅
We’ll keep our fingers and toes crossed for you! And what is wrong with people stealing things, there used to be a time where you could leave your doors open
Hope youre all enjoying youre lemon cake at the free food fest lol. Cmon liverpool .
It was amazing 🤩
@@UrbanVanlife brilliant
@@UrbanVanlife are you watching the parade on LFCTV on youtube
No we where partying 😂😂
Having worked in the city centre for many years we have experienced it many times
It is stupud, but they are doing the same thing in more than 50 years :D
just subbed
Steve
Isle of Wight
Welcome Steve, and thank you, we apologise in advance as we are slightly wacky here 😂😂😂
@@UrbanVanlife yeah i see you getting guided from dan and mazzy lol
You should listen to Emma more often…
Sorry what was that? ….
And Emma says she agrees and you are the best
@@UrbanVanlife Emma is awesome!!! It’s ok Neil, it happens more times than we like to admit.
Same with most vans there's spare wheel carriers are once only jobs and expensive to replace iv left mine alone and fitted silicone in all 4 wheels did consider pulling the spare wheel to save on weight
Yeah that’s a good idea Karl, however we aren’t keeping the van so we just wanted to make sure it was working for the next owner
Happy Days. I need to do mine as the wire snapped but it was still being dragged along upright behind my tow bar with the other cable 😅
Yeah we only noticed the other cable when we got under the van to be fair and that was an experience in itself 😂😂
Lesson learned here. Jobs a gooden When and where can a man buy this van when available please ? Just what the doc ordered for us 👍🏻
It’s already up for sale on gumtree as it’s finished
Oh haven't we been waiting for this one... 🤣🤣 And wheres the bit where someone gets their head stuck...? 😏
Ha ha we weren’t filming when that happened unfortunately
I’m new to your channel I found you on Wills channel building his van out. Nice work.
Welcome Jacqueline thank you for coming over and saying hello, Will is an amazing young man and he’s now been adopted into our family as he’s just one of the nicest people we have had the pleasure of meeting 🥰
Nice bit of work that floor been the way it was, ya must of known in the back of ya mind, to do that.🤣🤣
Exactly what I said when we spotted it 😂😂
Great video love how you pair bounce off each other makes me laugh
take care guys
John+Manda x
Aw thanks guys, much appreciated, we just be us and it’s nice to hear that it shows
"Literally, the worst remote controlled car, I've ever owned" comedy gold...
Thanks 🙏
I have the same problem. My Hobby 650 has a Ford cab and frame . The spare is underneath like yours but has nowhere to put the winder I've looked everywhere but it just isn't there . Quite annoying 🙄
Interesting 🧐
Let us know how you get on
@@spaget9877 hi no not under either front seats I've literally looked everywhere. I have the bar to turn something just can't actually locate that something . Usually it's under backdoors when you open them but we don't have backdoors. Big mystery
Great job, well done & massive thank you for helping Will on his van, Neil, your a top man 👍👍👍
Thanks man, Will just needed a little help and that’s what vanfam is about!
@@UrbanVanlife Your both lovely people
Well done on helping Will. You can’t beat a bit of Vanfam love.
Thanks 😊
It’s what life about though, sharing and helping when you can!
Spare wheel on the back door ? . Youll.know best. Thats a nitemare for you
Spare wheel carriers are an an expensive piece of kit, and some people don’t like the wheel on the back so we kept it as it is and we learned new skills in the process
@@UrbanVanlife every days a school day
2 hrs later 😂 ..bb
It won’t take us long …..
Brilliant job pal great channel 👍👍👍
Thanks John, appreciate it 😄
Fab video guys.
With the new carrier part,was it a genuine ford part? I have the same problem on my 18 transit.just wondering where’s best to purchase a new one?
Cheers.
My door sill area where the tire hoist is was crushed form a previous owner so I have to remove the hoist to bang the thing back up. It was preventing the doors from closing well. I've been searching for a good alternative to the factory rivets. Guess I'll be going with rvinuts then lol
Fantastic work guys always enjoy your videos
Bless ya, thank you 😊 enjoy your evening 😊
As always another great job thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks buddy, maybe one day we’ll find a job that does only take half an hour 😂😂
Great video , have the same job to do on mine 🤞🏻
Thank you there a bloody pain
Great vid guys 😊👍
Many thanks Mark, hope you are having a lovely evening!
Great teamwork
Thanks Richie, we got there in the end!
Great video guys... just wanted to add if you want belts and braces I would fully grease up the internals of the cable / cable tube and all moving parts and actually wind it in and out several times before installing it. That part once its got water and salt in it will be rusted again in a year... they always go that way so if you really want to help someone else say 2 years down the road then thats what I would do... I know this because I had to cut my cable in a snow blizzard in Scotland after a snowplough ran me off the road without stopping and blew my front left tyre out I was stranded for the night because of it and got a loan of the metal snips from a kind old lady... some colourful words were said that night...lol
We like the colourful words too 😂😂
Great tip and bit of advise there so thank you!
Hello guys ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hey there Phil, happy Thursday to you!
Love the videos think you 2 are awesome people keep the great content coming
Thank you young man!