we heard ever heard of the expression 90% done 90% ago I can't feel that's
where we are now because we're us we're almost finished but there are lots of
little things that see still need to be done in to celebrate our achievement
we're actually having a meet-and-greet here in Cape Town we've invited the
general public not only patreon but everybody that loves the channel in Cape
Town to come and spend some time with us tonight so by the time you see that
never would have long gone but we'll have a camera out and we'll film a few
things but it's running well everything's perfect no issues we're
changing the back springs because they weren't right and a few other little
minor things that still need to be done including the rear wheel carrier that
has to go up the road to company called Gobi X and they are supplying one of
their products I've mentioned them before I've used them in very rental
vehicles in Namibia I've had them on my own vehicles I have them on my my
current troop carrier has one of those real carriers and that's what lucky
enough to be in Cape Town because they're here and they're fitting onto
the vehicle and that'll happen a little later today
I'm Andrew st. Pierre Whitejoin me as I share my passion for four-wheel
drive trucks and traveling to the remotest parts
looking good Enders we actually fitting a bigger fuse for the alternator because
we've upgraded the alternator the original fuse was just a bit too you
could see it starting to melt it just wasn't taking the big amperage much big
old Snyder so that's good the guys are finishing up the terms on the windscreen
we're gonna do the antifreeze now that we've run it and tested the cooling
system there's no leaks and I'll go through and check all the clamps to fit
the rear bumper fender we've got a bumper that's we put into your car it's
it's a Gobi X product and it has to be for me the most reliable rear-wheel
bumper to carry to spare wheels on expedition that I have used personally
experienced all hai companies use them and
it's proven where you put the tall our clients vehicles I'm really pleased you
taking one of these this is the second one I've owned third one I've used the
first one was you and I in Libya and 2016 it's simply it's it's so easy to
use I love the idea of a gas strut and I'm sold
but I'm sold I mean it holds the wheel very very well I like the way it's
designed and we'll show you that now when it's fitted but there's another
reason why I think this is the nicest bar on the bar that I want on my
vehicles we've got really good recovery points here at the end of the circular
and you use a Hydra jack adapter in South Africa we can use this to pull out
and remove the tow hitch I also use this for recovery strong you get a solid
steel equipment which goes in with a nice bow shackle on the end that you can
put in here that makes her really nice now say
pulling points I like to recover with me nothing race but yeah but yeah really
good solid good life it's it's really it's quality and I must say you know all
the ones we've put it to my client vehicles yeah go BX does their own
powder coating and it works like this okay this is your phosphate thing that
gives you your anti rust resection often comes to the cleaning process with the
P&L for phosphorus digit anti-rust addiction and then your last thing is
basically just attention Co and bind everything and then wearing it on the
directly to get a try and then it goes to the particle thing oven 4x4 aluminum
how long is the typical process from start to finish
ready to pitch it takes about an hour and 20 minutes for the cleaning process
the longest process is the scaling process that to get all the the scale
and to get the mastodon lighting team to prepare it for the engine are toasting
that's your prospecting with a great finish
now finishes and really finishes and really nice very very yes you need to
bake for 20 minutes and your bumpers and your orchitis be breaking about for 17
minutes back assignments waiting for the people to arrive doing bits in the
vehicle but I wanted to show you why I like this we all carry so much let's
pretend I'm carrying something heavy I tell you what hey yeah I want to put my
filter set in the back of the car what do I do
never want to take something out of the back of the car you show me another
single-handed wheel carrier on the market and I'll be interested the other
part about this is that the actual wheel in itself the way it is braced it is
actually braced here and this entire thing is pulled down onto here there is
no movement with these wheel carriers and when you hit really bad corrugations
there's hardly any vibration from the back of the vehicle that's why I like
them so much one of the last items to arrive and significative is the air
conditioning condenser the original one as you can see was absolutely rotten
that's largely because I remains anything else
it's 4:00 p.m. and people are starting to arrive
well I knew that from eastern China gave me a big poster yeah straight back my
wildest dreams never ever in my wallet
we start on Tuesday and we have every day Saturday and we finished about
potential dream
a lot of equipment you what a food that you want to use I idolize Andrew and
historic surveillance I don't think he's expecting that I see yellow so now I'm
glad you've brought me out to see us because it's the cameraman I have to
tell you I have to tell you why I married my white one and at the time it
was Green as I painted green same one but I think green and with the Kruger
Park and we were camping and we heard a rumble of a rover v8 and I said 110 and
Gwynn said Range Rover no see you're wrong
we can Range Rover I am marrying that girl the guy does all mine but they're
connecting with the people one on the wire another emoji is so we're here and
I can't believe it we've built this amazing truck and for me it really is
about taking a dream really because that's what I do I take dreams I take
old vehicles I take someone's dream and we turn it into a reality we've taken an
old vehicle here and Andrews gonna drive this vehicle up into Africa much like
many of my clients and my clients come to me with a dream and the idea that I
work with them is taking a dream and I want them to go and drive their vehicle
on expedition in Africa and being able to take their truck I really metate the
whole process I allow them to work with me as a team we build a relationship we
work out what vehicle they need we design the interior what we're gonna do
in the vehicle how are we gonna how are they going to live out this vehicle are
they actually going to spend their time in the bush and absolutely enjoy every
minute of it the process really goes through on to training them I need
people to be trained confidence in their skills understanding what's under the
bonnet of this car are they going to look after the vehicle how they're going
to get themselves to those remote places and really just go and explore of course
at the end of the phone I can always be support and that that's a lot of what
works for me is to take my experience I learned from my clients I want them to
literally share these values share these experiences share their passion with me
and we can take this vehicle and here we've taken an old vehicle I mean this
vehicles 20 odd years old and we've given it another lease of life you're
gonna take it to some incredible places over roads that you can't imagine this
vehicle can actually do and you're gonna just find these tracks that you can
explore you're gonna meet people that you're going to become lifelong friends
and that's what we take that's what that's what / landing is really about
and I want to share my knowledge and passion with people and build those
dreams into realities from the start from concept to completion we'll make it
happen together meeting great was great success and now it's time for me to
leave Cape Town and head up to Pretoria it is a two-day drive but during testing
we've discovered a small problem and we believe is due to a wiring issue and in
fact not a fault but so much again we've seen quite a bit of it with this build
mistakes made by previous people that have worked on the code it appears as if
they have wired up the alternator via the battery fuse and a
doesn't that's not the way it should be done should be done directly to the
battery so we think we have sold the problem and apart from that getting the
aircon I should be ready to go within the hour it's early on Friday morning
and there are a lot of important last-minute things to do I am hoping
that if all goes well I can leave today which means that I will not have to rush
my long drive up north and given all of the work we've done on the vehicle I
really don't want this test trip to be a rush I've been waiting to do this for
many years this is the Zed a sticker allows South African registered vehicles
to travel through Africa got a sticker in your car but I had these yellow ones
made as part of my mapping business you can see at the top that says info map I
sold my mapping business in 2008 and I kept a few of these or just such an
occasion alright three hours must fall later we
have sort of the problem it was a glow plug issue and we've sorted now
I can go I think just stop me now we're done but we have everyday think
without
this is going to be fine
Electrical niggles I need to sort out stuff so I lived down there in the
valley join me next time for the test run 1600 kilometers across country and
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