My Defender Broke Down in a Wild Game Reserve...

[@mickellis8747]

Land Rover...... Turning drivers into mechanics for 75 years.

[@davidmuirhead1060]

And Mechanics into gibbering, hairless wrecks. Fun when they work - pains in the **** when they break.

[@davidmuirhead1060]

I have chased rust all around Landy's more times than I want to remember.

[@davidmuirhead1060]

But a well sorted Landy 100 ( yes, 100 ) is magic when out trialling. 100" wheelbase Trials Landy's are soooo much fun!

[@deutschchad1399]

I would’ve never guessed this channel would be doing something like this. Extremely entertaining.

[@christopherlenahan3906]

2 years ago, last year... Yeh, there was no indication that Rich would mount a global expedition!

[@kylew7930]

This series would’ve been boring if they bought Land Cruisers and just, you know, drove around the whole time.

[@eashan5022]

😂😂😂😂 that's boring Toyota realibility. I'm just surprised how unreliable these vehicles are and yet so popular!!! Also what poor engineering they got for the crank pulley!! No keyway, just pressfit!

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

It all works the way it's supposed to if it's put together properly

[@KDlGG]

Nah it wouldn’t have been, it would’ve made history. First Land Rover ever to have no issues 😂

[@sarahdell4042]

I agree. 95% of the work on these landys are really easy in comparison to other vehicles. Especially if you’ve owned one for a bit. The kicker here is shoddy repairs that were done beforehand. If someone who knows these, actually went through the whole truck and you use these as intended. Aka don’t let EGT get too high, and stay under 75MPH. They are rock solid.

[@gysbertvanderwesthuizen8011]

LOL, I so agree, but they would have more time to see the landscape, specially from a BOSS that thought snorkels on a 4x4 is to go diving with HaHaHa. And blaming the dealership, LOL try a new landy next time, you will spend just as much time on, lets say niggling little problems:)

[@Shortsunited2007]

Hey guys, Me and my family and friends were there at Moremi and wanted to say it was so lekker to meet u ouens and I can't wait to see more of your content. Cheers

[@onetireonfire2777]

You’ve reached another level in your KZbin career, this series was a network television level show, it didn’t feel like the internet at all. Bravo!

[@helixhippie]

Again, The camera, audio, drone, music, editing and continuity are so freakin good! You're dude is way talented.

[@rustynail2205]

Rich and crew, what an adventure. Can’t wait to see the trip from the east coast to Ontario.

[@JLK89]

Got to love that the career land-rover mechanic drives a Toyota instead.

[@rman126]

Smart move. Repairing them pays the bills, owning one is would make more bills lol.

[@NoWr2Run]

Who knew Rich knew so much about Land Rovers ? If you can fix a Land Rover on the fly, YOU CAN FIX ANYTHING.

[@Joe-hz1nw]

I think Rich has been in the “I can fix anything” camp for at least a decade at this point.

[@owain1996]

He is a mechanical mastermind! I learnt heaps in these videos

[@sarahdell4042]

I LOVE this series so much. While I’ve owned a ton of Rovers over the years, this motivated to purchase another Discovery. I already have it setup to camp as well! Can’t wait to see what else you have in store with these old gals!

[@mikenicholson2548]

Rich, I will say it again. This is the best video series you have done.

[@IM_AKEEM]

i think defenders are as reliable as the hands that work on them....people tend to take short cuts and then develop relialibility issues... I know because I've got one and have been shafted by mechanics doing shoddy work then hiding it and the result being breakdowns in the middle of nowhere.. nowadays if i can i supervise the service jobs or thoroughly check it..

[@Land_Raver]

I remember when ASPW bought his Land Cruiser from South Africa and tore it all the way down immediately and rebuilt it. Its amazing how many things were broken and shoddily repaired.

[@lexubiga]

That's the best thing to do. These vehicles are mostly repaired not to last but to be sold.

[@eagleowl1246]

Everyone here dunking on land-rovers, yet that entire camp is full of them...

[@idahodoug1618]

So, as a 34 year Toyota LandCruiser owner (565,000 miles driven on 3 80 series), I was all snickery about your Toyota comment and then the various and sundry issues you began having. But watching you guys continue to meet some REALLY impressive trail fix challenges, I quickly dropped that attitude in favor of bowing in your general direction repeatedly. That level of get 'er done, broad skills, and abilities across so many challenges transcends petty brand choice static and your entire group's great attitude during all of them made a friend out of me. Bravo from the great state of Idaho.

[@pinsandscrews6459]

This reminds me so much of my runs into Mexico. I had a '71 Datsun 521 Truck. On the US side of the border, she ran like a top! Could bonzai the desert and nothing would break. I could spend a day with the truck on a lift, go through everything, brakes, rear axle, transmission, motor, electrical, everything! Gauranteed, within an hour south of the Mexican/US Border, something would break. 50% of the weight in the truck was spares. Axles, Kingpin front suspension, distributors, coils, plugs, wires, carbs, alternators, water pumps...Gods I loved that truck and damn do I miss the adventures.

[@GunsAndRovers]

11:14 LR owners wrenching right next to a Toyota owner lounging--Would make a great Land Rover / Toyota meme

[@DangerousTrucking]

Great series, Aron’s cinematography was awesome! Beautiful shots!

[@1944chevytruck]

THAT WAS AWESOME!

[@REV-TORQE-MOTORSPORTS]

for the battery issues look to fastronix cable ends .they work well

[@TokyoCraftsman]

Wow, what an adventure! I know two things for sure after watching this; 1) I'd love to make a trip like this to Africa. 2) I'd buy a Toyota 😆

[@gudaniliam]

90% of these issues could have been sorted out with a full pre-inspection check.. loose bolts, items not properly installed, etc..

[@upscaleshack]

1) I live in Africa, and 2).I own a Land Rover and have never owned a Toyota and have no desire to ever own a Toyota.

[@outintheboondocks1466]

Absolutely epic! And I'm never going to buy a Land Rover.

[@CarswithNash]

Awesome! I can't wait for the Canadian portion of this trip. 🇨🇦

[@kennyspry5189]

What a Beautiful Country the land and the animals also the ocean is absolutely amazing beautiful.

[@shannoncrosby3173]

This is the best series I’ve seen in a very long time! This rivals anything being produced today for tv, Netflix, or anywhere else. Fantastic stuff!

[@stippett129]

Thank you so much for sharing this trip with all of us.

[@hahaha12345678993]

gotta give it to andy, he finds an animal, butchers and cleans and cooks it super fast. the dude is efficient

[@Notfilthy-ImAndy]

Field to fork efficiency is what it’s all about !!

[@Smennyboy]

Awesome series, hope to see more LR overlanding trips! The trucks look so good 🤩 I bought a spare axle nut to keep in the toolbox because of this video, haha.

[@stevenberg1903]

Excellent!! Editing,camera work,naration 👍👍👍👍

[@catchlive3994]

This video confirmed I’m getting a cruiser not a rover😂

[@duncananstess6602]

Absolute entertainment at its best. Well done guys, look forward to more Landrover adventures in Canada. Your sense of humour is infectious.

[@gillesd.2277]

Very inspiring and life changing! Thank you very much!

[@Rick-O-Shay60]

Beautiful scenery Rich. Thanks for taking us along. Other than the nuisance of the troublesome vehicles, looks like many good memories were made with friends that will last a lifetime. The dealers who sold you those vehicles seem quite shady. If they had sold those vehicles to someone whom did not possess your mechanical ability to keep those vehicles running, they would've spent their entire vacation at a place of automotive repair.

[@Boga217]

Those rovers would've been sold or abandoned at the shop.

[@gysbertvanderwesthuizen8011]

If they bought brand new Landys, they would have the same experience, just a lot more expensive. When in Africa, you drive Toyota. It gets you to the bush every time, and back home. just change Filters and Oil, every 10K KM's. That is it LOL

[@GTR-tq4ef]

I’ve been waiting so long. Finally ❤

[@canuckchris5733]

Bravo 👏 an incredible adventure to watch Thank you for taking us with you

[@emma.j.nation]

Love the roar from the little lion right at the end!

[@tony66au]

I've had series Landies.... 2a and a few SIII, Landcruisers, FJ and HJ, 60 and 80 series as well as 80's Rangie Classics which were as close to perfect as a Rover V8 Rangie can be :-) Still have the RR classics but my Daily is a 1997 Disco 300TDi R380 5 speed and it is just awesome, Bosch mech VU Pump TDi, Rangie classic underpinnings and simple as can be with reliability and comfort out the wazoo... and 500k plus on the clock. Everyone I know with a TD5 setup has higher maintenance and cost and with the 5 cyl oil burners they just dont do the miles the older ones do. Zero smog gear, EGR etc and if you tweak the pump you get great mileage and more throttle response too so watching you guys is entertaining as heck in Australia.

[@6060don]

Hello Rich. In 2023 beginning in March we shipped our 650 Suzuki V Strom to Heathrow in the UK. We rode to Vimy, France then made our way south stopping along the way eventually we ended up in beautiful Northern Greece. We then began our travels west eventually meeting friends from Calgary in Barcelona, Spain. Spain was amazing. We parted from our friends who returned to Canada after 12 days of riding and traveled back to the UK to visit Wales and Ireland before returning to Heathrow for the flight home. I enjoyed your adventure and agree its a big world out there! If you can do it go visit it.

[@willemp6432]

Loved this. Thanks you guys.

[@RobertKohut]

Too cool, looks courageous!.... 🙂

[@hanselgretel8563]

Please do this again in Australia. With the Best 4WD Channel in the entire World - Mighty Car Mods.

[@FreeFinca]

🤙🏻

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

This has been absolutely awesome to watch. Thanks Rich and Crew for doing all this and sharing it with us !

[@Jopie22a]

Awesome adventure! So skillful at the roadside repairs!

[@alisterevans4419]

Brilliant , loved it all

[@michaelevason6570]

Brilliant trip! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@richardguse3410]

Absolutely incredible trip and the effort put into recording is so appreciated! We will be watching to see you back in Canada.

[@DPaint-v5j]

If Elephants smell those oranges in the back of the landrover. They will tare up your wagon fast. In Zimbabwe. No oranges in parks.

[@barntech2291]

What an adventure! It’s amazing you were able to scrounge everything you needed to keep going.

[@xander8585]

The land rover mechanic driving a Toyota reminded me of this (30+ year) Harley mechanic I knew that only owned Yamahas and said “if you want to make money working on bikes; the only place to work is Harley. They always brake and the owners don’t fix them themselves” Land Rover = Harley Davidson

[@TheGalifrey]

Great Series!

[@cclcanadiancountrylife3628]

I swear I’ll never complain about my 2011 ford f250 6.7L diesel just turned over 500,000 km Brakes, oil changes, and just maintenance stuff is all I’ve ever done to it and a few rattle cans of paint for the chips. Watching these land rovers gave me anxiety and all their issues and I don’t normally get that.

[@MichaelSchneiderTexas]

Fun times , and mucho wrenching on Landys. I have been to South America several times and its a different adventure down there on mountain bikes in the Andes. Keep adventuring.

[@om617yota8]

Thanks Rich, this was fantastic. Even my girlfriend paid attention and watched. We both got a chuckle about the person in the Land Cruiser just chilling and relaxing while you were all fixing your stuff, I daily drive a RHD import Prado.

[@owendodman3037]

What an awesome way to own a piece in your collection; memories for years to come.

[@Mr7yhnmki8]

To me, this is the definition of the holiday from hell.

[@johnlombardi1021]

great series, fantastic channel i glad Derek turn me on to this

[@FORCE_PBC]

Lion roar on kitty at the end made my night…. Here we go!!

[@HerbieMarais]

Cross-thread is better than no thread

[@Skusty]

Great content Rich and the gang!

[@J4rn0]

If you ever want to do the same trip, just follow the landrover shaped stains on the floor =D Love this series!

[@gjkeller45]

Been waiting for this

[@CrustyRustysRestoration]

Was that a Honey Badger? 😮

[@DEBOSSGARAGE]

Yeah!

[@sarahdell4042]

The honey badger don’t care!

[@robtearle565]

Well done Rich and friends. Loved this, as good as Grand Tour, we all know that Clarkson, Hammond and May couldn't fix a child's toy in the field. Can't wait for the Canadian leg!

[@simonevans343]

Really enjoying all of this stuff. Very entertaining. THANKS

[@dalesephton5100]

You guys are brilliant! Excellent skills

[@ericreinoehl4350]

Amazing adventure, thank you for sharing all the views. You guys had an amazing experience. My adventure for over 35 years has been to Canada between Wawa and Chapleua fishing. Have been close to you on a trip to niagra falls 4 or 5 years ago. Thanks again for sharing

[@davidmuirhead1060]

Well, you are definitely not a Land Rover Virgin anymore! I liked the discussion about how the different engine/transmissions changed the character of the Landy 110. From that perspective, I would like to introduce the Santana PS 10. Made by Metalurgica de Santa Ans in Spain under licence, Santana had a habit of "improving" the Landy's idiosyncrasies. This wrankled with the bosses back in Britain and Land Rover eventually stopped the Licence Agreement, but not before Santana produced the PS 10. Powered by an Iveco Fiat 2.5l straight six and through an Iveco gearbox it was a more capable power unit and transmission than those offered by Land Rover at the time. Along with things like anatomical shaped seats and a host of other improvements that Land Rover UK didn't originally have, the Santana produced Landy's are well worth a look at. Some were exported to Mexico and South America. If you get a chance to drive a half decent Santana PS 10, grab it.

[@spencernoble7548]

Keep doing trips like this!

[@divadyrdnal]

That is an insane amount of “connections” to that battery…can’t imagine having any troubles with that! The constant worry of “LR failures” would have lessened the enjoyment of visiting such a beautiful destination for me. If I ever take on such an adventure, my “Yota” will be made by “Toyota”. You’re the man Rich!

[@kiiiisu]

hahah that lion voice at end was perfect

[@rosshannemann7772]

Rich have enjoyed you sharing, bit more spannering than you anticipated but been a blast thanks

[@garybloom7445]

When I was looking for a 110 a while ago I noticed that there were loads of cosmetic queens out there that the owners and shops just flip overseas because they know that they'll be long gone when the shit hits the fan..... Kudos to you geezers for doing this.

[@rolflundgren4999]

I love these videoes. You need to do it again and again. India,Australia.Kina. Just keep doing it. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Hello from Bergen,Norway.

[@troyadams1076]

That is got to be another top 1 God this was so good 👍 could watch over an over

[@ninja-gn3tm]

awesome

[@scottcarter90]

That's an old Landi for you. Sometimes they go forever with no problems and then other times they are breaking down at every turn. I hope you get them back to Canada without too many more problems.

[@sortofkindofhandy6944]

I don't understand how you don't have 2 or 3 million subs - awesome content - keep up the great work, and stay filthy, Calgary wishes you well

[@perryreasch1209]

ANOTHER GEAT VIDEO lots of good views to look at

[@klapaucius77]

Incredible journey.

[@barnhouseinc]

Man, I loved the whole series... Just awesome! I think that axle nut problem would make me throw in the towel😂

[@bobtucker8875]

Very interesting 🤔 content guys 😎. Truly enjoyed it.

[@denniskoehn8489]

I could watch this series every week even better than the old guys from Top Gear on Grand Tour since you guys actually fix your own stuff would be nice if you could do a price break down for this trip definitely a dream trip!

[@fonhollohan2908]

"All Land Rovers are like women - They leak when you don't want them to, moan on long journey's, embarrass you in front of friends and spend more money than you ever expected once you've commit yourself to one." btw, Rick, Definitely a trip of a Lifetime! thanks for taking us along Rich.

[@kennyspry5189]

Damn that's such a shame how those people who sold you that supposedly rebuilt gone through and replaced or rebuilt everything the Black Truck. You have had more problems than any of the other Truck's, l would be pretty upset with them you spent a lot of money to keep it going.

[@GunsAndRovers]

24:48 ATF fluid in the fuel tanks? For what purpose?

[@ItsJustMe-e7h]

In Africa there are sly people/crooked companies that will blend diesel with other solvents, adding a bit of ATF/2 Stroke gives a bit of added lubrication.

[@dennissanborn3159]

i loved this

[@DKTAz00]

This series is amazing. My one concern is, you're going to get these back to Canada, and they'll just dissolve into rust after a single winter xD with how sandblasted everything is

[@manitobaman5588]

Some trip. Great videos but losing the 3/8" ratchet? Unacceptable!😂

[@scottyscave]

Rule of thumb with a Land Rover….even 2024 models…..you need two….one to drive while the other one is in the shop and when it’s ready, the other one goes into the shop. It’s a wicked wheel of disaster with these machines…I speak from legitimate experience.

[@brighammmer]

Want to drive out into the wilderness? Take a land rover. Want to drive out and drive back? Find a land cruiser.

[@stealinghubcaps]

looking forward to the next instalment! Would also like to hear what king of a nightmare it is to import a vehicle!

[@BitterCynical]

Like a mashup of Top Gear and Discovery channel and I didn't even have to pay for cable TV to see it.

[@Christopherbever]

Parts of that drive look like New Mexico haha

[@GeneFever]

Those animals creeping around your campsite was wild, and Aaron para-gliding woohoo!

[@NorthernEXpeditions]

"Are the elephants upset about grinders" I'd be asking the same thing, haha

[@islandblacksmith]

..when they said that engine was rebuilt by hand, they meant it...nothing but the finest finger-tightened bolts..

[@Ben-in6qh]

Seems every issue has been caused by previous "maintenance" 😂

[@wobblysauce]

35:42 Talk about rats' nest... 36:06 Yes, things that run the car on their own post... Accessories on the other. 47:16 Goodentight.

[@kdenyer1]

It says more about the previous maintenance. But also shows how you can replace parts on the go.😊

[@JackCrack-p3s]

Rich, I've always admired your abilities. Who knew your greatest strength was the ability to work with total Barbarians?! The PB and jelly using the same spoon?! Unacceptable to me.

[@luffy858]

Great series, can't believe I was debating importing one of these from the UK lol.