Ford Transit Campervan Off Grid Budget Conversion
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- A fairly detailed look at how we converted our Camper to a true off grid van. Special guest appearance from Sincliar, bumped into one another on the Isle of Skye, great seeing him in his element teaching tourists about Bonny Scotland.
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Brilliant video. The detail, the photography, the passion and the knowledge. Loved every moment of it.
Good one you two. So glad at last we met up.. great van my friend enjoy! I'll be in touch love ya both..
Hello Sir how utterly splendid to have had our paths cross! speak soon buddy
Bought my van just before lockdown. Never driven it. It just passed its MOT today. ☺️ ONWARDS!
Fantastic work mate! I’m 6ft 5 and I’ve put a lot of thought into solving this problem. We’ve got our van being built now with a pull out L shaped sofa bed so I can dangle my feet over the end lol. Great video and loving the new van! Happy adventures to u and your Mrs! Peace, Leon.
Sounds like a plan to me Leon, have some great adventures buddy :) Tim/Mandy
Hi Tim & Mandy I love the new van it look good. The changes you have made are great too and make it a practical van for wot you do
Take Care
Gillian
Hi Gill thanks for all your sound advice and practical tips, speak to you soon Tim/Mandy
Fantastic Tim and Mandy cracking van . Thanks for showing us 👍
Thanks Kenny, its working out pretty good this one, hope your keeping well mate Tim/Mandy
@@savedpurplecat Hi Tim / Mandy yes im well just been out with the Phantom 4 to film a cargo ship in the river Forth its a cracking sunny morning here in Fife . Take care guys all the best Kenny
Will check out Kenny when you upload, your flying skills are epic mate@@Valhalla764
Brilliant Tim! I love your uploads regarding van conversions etc. It always amazes me at how much you can put into a wee bit of space with a bit of imagination and some help from a wise Dad( Got one too) :) Would love to maybe get one for myself one day. Thanks for sharing this Tim & Mandy, And look at Jess now!!!!
Thanks Peter, yes mate I can imagine you bagging a couple of Munros and having a shower/sleep and then doing a couple more the next day! Jess is an absolute gem mate, both our kids are grown up now and the last one Jo is about to go off to UNI so Jess is all we have left lol We do enjoy planning and doing these vans together its all part of the hobby I think, take care buddy Tim/Mandy/Jess
Amazing van, I love transits 👍👌
Glad you are so happy with your new van. You have made it yours and we're glad that good has come after your shocking loss. Enjoyed your photos and drone footage from Skye at the end... makes us want to go back and climb to the Table again!! Thanks for sharing and your inspiration.
Thanks guys very kind words, couldn't you just retire up on Skye lol
@@savedpurplecat Oh yes, amazing any time!
Oh Tim behave will ya everybody that see`s this vid will want one now including me lol, I think it`s a cracking looking van personally, we have a tourer caravan and to get a shower after a good walk of an evening with the dogs is truly refreshing mate we tend to go on quiet sites with minimal facilities, so I know where your coming from there, Tim it`s a credit to you and Mandy and an absolute bargain at that money, keep on keeping on man, x to Mandy & Jess, ATB George, ps. who was that ugly guy with the gigs on lol.
Eh up George, yes Im warming to the white brick on wheels now lol, the spec is great mate for sure. Its funny I knew Sinclair drove busses but to bump into him like that was fantastic, I went to look at his bus and the tourists, he had them eating out of his hand haha, he's made for it. Hope your well buddy Tim/Mandy
Me ya bastard!
Great videos, Great van, what a bargain!!!
Looks like you have a nice van for yourself and Mandy to explore the great outdoors
As epic as the mountains - well pretty impressive Tim. You're going to have a lot of fun. Mark
Thanks Mark, we do enjoy tinkering with the vans, I think the panel vans are a realistic way of seeing some beautiful places without having to go back home the same day. Hope you keeping well buddy. Tim/Mandy
@@savedpurplecat A pleasure Tim - I can see your joy mate. It would be great to have one and do the same. One day maybe...Me? I'm getting there.
@@WyeExplorer time is a great healer Mark (Psalm 103)
Really enjoyed this, thank you.
What a vast improvement you've (all) made to the van. Having a rear lounge and being able to open the back doors is a super idea.
Thanks Chris yes its made it very liveable now, I could do six months in it lol Thanks for watching buddy Tim/Mandy
Very nice Tim this is the gateway to some further adventures. Hopefully brings you many happy nights out following those stars. ATB Steve
Thanks Steve, yes mate really looking forward to using it, got mot now, so no trips this week, thanks for watching buddy Tim/Mandy
Tim, Mandy and dad - well done on a great job :-) It looks a fantastic van (including from the outside) which you have made even more fitting to your needs. Brilliant that it is such an important part of your everyday life in accessing the outdoors - for a day or 2 weeks :-)
Thanks Gerry, yes its a good team effort, Mandy really got stuck in on this one, she was out there in February doing all the carpet and stuff bless her, me old man always helps, so it works out a bit of a bonding time too lol. We use it almost every week mate, even if we only go ten miles away. Take care my mate Tim/Mandy
Epic mate love your vids 👍✅
Thanks Tony Tim/Mandy
Fantastic Tim. You have done a cracking job on the van mate happy day you two . Happy camping 👍
Thanks Alan its great to get out in the van and breath in that fresh air and beautiful scenery, take care buddy Tim/Mandy
Wow that shower looks so good! I love these vids. I've just bought a t25 and I can't wait to go on adventures with my partner and little one! X
Love the T25s oozing character! hope you make some fantastic memories
Bit of a step up from when I started following you in your Bongo. This is a very useable, practical van, well done. Regards AJ
Cheers Alan yes it makes a lot of sense this one Tim/Mandy
Nice rig. Practical but with some homespun character. Looking forward to seeing your adventures.
Cheers buddy just needs to get through its mot now lol
The van is looking good, some well thought out modifications. I agree with you on the layout, I built my Transit to have side to rear walk through. You're right about the transverse bed layout too, I've gone that route as my van is short wheelbase, I'm 5 10 so hope I can manage. I didn't go for swivel seats, instead I fitted a L/H drivers seat and base and fitted 2 x 110ah batteries under the passenger seat, losing living space but saving storage space at the back. When you build or decide on a particular layout there's always compromise, where you compromise is down to what works for you I guess. As for the actual appearance of the Transit, I actually like it, mines a mk7 but basically the same as yours apart from the front grill and slightly different dash layout. I like the fact you have an oven, sadly I don't, again mainly down to having a SWB van. Ideally I'll fit a diesel heater and call it done but maybe a self build is never really finished :-)
Keep enjoying your van, safe travels.
Great comments thanks for watching, the great thing about having the Transit for me is the low cost for parts, must admit the looks are growing on me lol. The Chinese diesel heaters are cheap as chips and run really well, plug and play to install. How is your engine? is it reliable?
@@savedpurplecat I'd certainly go for a Chinese diesel heater myself, is your plumbed (diesel) into the vans diesel tank?
I've only had my van since end of July last year and then started converting it, everything from fitting windows to building the units so haven't put ,many miles on yet. I did have one fault though, the engine management light came on (amber not red) and the van went into limp mode, basically wouldn't go above 50mph. I used a cheap Bluetooth OBD2 code reader and loaded the app 'torque lite' onto my phone (Android) which gave me the fault code and that basically pointed me in the right direction, turned out to be a £16 temperature sensor fitted to the hose that comes out of the intercooler. Highly recommend you get one of the bluetooth readers and install 'Torque' the free version will work, if you accidently cause an engine fault code (MOT fail) which is easily done by dislodging a sensor lead in the engine bay you can reset it yourself, saves paying a garage to do it. Also suggest keeping an eye or even registering on the Transit Forum, some useful information but be aware of fools with a little knowledge and drama queens if you know what I mean. Out of curiosity, what body is your van? Medium Wheelbase or long, mid roof or high and front wheel drive or RWD? mine is SWB Mid Roof FWD.
@@Flexaret High top LWB rear wheel drive, thanks for info on blue tooth reader, will look into that. The engine on mine is a proper good engine but I get the feeling it will take me a while to get into running perfectly. I used a plastic petrol container for diesel (needs hole drilling in the cap though) works really well and very simple to install, plug and play apart from drilling the main hole through the floor for exhaust. If you need any advice on that give me a shout.
@@savedpurplecat I thought it looked like a RWD engine layout in the video so you have a lot more space (length) than I have although not much difference in headroom as yours is RWD, surprisingly a mid roof FWD and High roof RWD are about the same internally.
Your engine is as far as I know an earlier one than mine but that's actually a bonus, probably less electronics and no DPF. The advice I had from a guy who has had quite a few Transits as work vans was regular oil changes, at about the half the recommended intervals using quality oil and a genuine Ford filter.
I'll definitely give you a shout once I get a diesel heater, could be after the summer though. The plan is Skye then the Outer Hebrides to begin with. When you were camped up at the Causeway you were about 25 miles from where I am :-)
@@Flexaret Wow its a small world heh! You will love Skye in a camper, the beaches on Harris on a good day are absolutely stunning. I have a mechanic in Stoke that is as cheap as chips, he has a whole spare engine that he can get bits off for the van, so that works out well, but I have had to do four or five niggling things to the engine to get it running right, still needs a bit of work on brakes and maybe clutch.
You were so informative and make brilliant videos. The last part showing your journeys was a fantastic touch. What was the track by the way.
Thanks the song was by Gungor "Beautiful things" very gifted band :) Tim/Mandy
what a great video o wow thats my dream
Thanks buddy hope you get to live it
Nice!
Cheers buddy Tim/Mandy
Getting twin swivel seats in a Transit is quite an achievement but I shudder to think how much that cost. Have you seen how much just a secondhand single passenger seat for for on eBay these days!
No idea are they expensive?
@@savedpurplecat £200 for a single seat seems common on eBay plus the cost of the seat swivel!
Wow that's crazy! @@edenbreckhouse
Let My People Go!
Amen lol well spotted!
bed size, know that problem......
haha you been squashed too?
@@savedpurplecat yeah everytime, but I designed badly to minimum dvla bed size, it worked last year but if I can redesign while it's currently in bits then I will. Sub along I tend to do things a little different..... Reminds me I need a new channel trailer since I don't have a 806 anymore
@@WereReallyRelayCamping Subbed looks a good channel will catch up, got to take mine in for its mot this week 😌