Our First Breakdown In Africa | Overlanding In Our Land Rover Defender 110 Camper

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[@stevestott1514]

What most people don’t realize is land rovers are great rigs BUT ARE MOSTLY DRIVEN IN VERY ROUGH AREAS SO THAT IS MOSTLY WHY THEY BREAK . HAVE HAD BOTH TROOPYS AND LAND ROVERS IF KEPT UP BOTH ARE VERY RELIABLE . ( Have had two troopys and three landys . Liked the landys more . ) Had almost the same thing happen with are first troopy . ( One of the joys of over landing 😂 In far off countrys on rough tracked country roads and paths . ) Thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures good and bad on this awesome adventure journey your on with us all your over landing friends tagging along for the very enjoyable ride. .. Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A. :) :) 🌍🍻👍🏼😁.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Cheers Steve! Thanks for that comment coming from someone who has driven both Landrover and cruisers. Most people that write sarcastic comments about “should have taken a land cruiser” haven’t driven both to experience problems with either. Fact is our Landy nearly 25 years old nearly 300,000 kilometres on the clock has taken us 15k kilometres through Africa with just a break pipe going wrong. I have 100% faith and trust in our Landrover and indeed any Landrover that as you say has been properly maintained and prepared for a trip like this. If the above is done then your Landy will take you anywhere (and back). always great to hear from you Steve! Thanks for your support on every video. Cheers Harry & Chloe

[@stevestott1514]

@@TheLandyExpedition 👊🏼💪🏻👍🏼🍻😁

[@stevestott1514]

@@TheLandyExpedition …👊🏼💪🏻👍🏼🍻😁

[@AlpeshPatel-jh5ti]

Sods law. I have found the tools and parts I have, I never need them. Then I drop them and boom! Next trip I need them

[@defendermodsandtravels]

A broken brake line on an old vehicle can happen to anyone. Some time ago I replaced the Cu rear brake tubing with a flexible supplied by Hel. That will never fatigue or work harden. I am currently overlanding near Pretoria in my 32 year old Def. I don't get involved in the battle of the marques however I have observed that there are no 32 yr old Japanese 4x4s overlanding here. I guess they got scrapped years ago.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

You’re absolutely right. Can’t beat a Landy!

[@markoneill9064]

Liquid Steel is a must in my tool kit.. there’s other options that are similar like the 2 part plasticine , the Metal variety. I’ve used these products on cracked crankcases, holes in radiators and punctured fuel tanks and it’s always got me through. Good luck to you guys 👍

[@TheLandyExpedition]

We do carry this too. Great addition to the kit! Thanks for your comment 😀

[@adamstrudwick]

The good, Bad and Ugly is what a true adventure is about. You are both doing a great job and letting us all share in each aspect, showing what it’s really like on the road. Keep having fun. Stay safe. 👍

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Thanks a lot! Love reading your comments every week. 😀👍🏻

[@williamprobert5124]

Always carry some bent over brake flares when you pop a line just undo the line at the abs pump put on the blank and drive on 3 brakes. Or bend the pipe over a couple of times

[@TheLandyExpedition]

This is a good solution too!

[@johndiaz7240]

We like your attitude, never give up.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

That’s the aim of the game 😀👍🏻

[@stuartrollings602]

Howdy again! Wonderful shots of that water hole! Looks like they need some rain to refill it a bit! And Harry can open a mechanic shop as well when y’all get home! Saddle up!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Yes they definitely do!

[@MikeLangfordGoogle]

Well, good going so far. Nature of the Landy is that you basically need to have a toolbox with a spare landy in it!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

You’re not wrong there! But the Landy has been amazing and a break pipe breaking is not a big problem 😀

[@AlanAnderson-p3f]

Hi Guys if it was easy everyone would be doing it . its not the problems that define you but how you overcome them . its the downs as well as the ups that make your channel so appealing thank you Alan & Lesley

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Awesome thanks guys good to hear from you! Luckily this time it wasn’t a huge problem and something we fixed pretty quickly afterwards. Thanks for your support! Harry

[@IM_AKEEM]

I've had that brake line break as well... it was rather harrowing because I was going down an incline just after Pandamatenga (Botswana) heading to Kasane doing about 120 km/h in my Defender (which feels like you're flying🤣). A game viewer with two tourists joined the road, and I figured I would just overtake them because they driving really slowly but then as we got close and i took the lane to overtake, the driver quickly turned on to the lane I was in at which point I slammed the brakes and NOTHING. I remember looking to my left and thinking "I'm going to point this car into the bush" and looking to my mate on the passenger seat thinking "He's got 2 sons and his wife is waiting for us in Kasane"....Luckily I didn't have to drive into the bush and managed to miss the game viewer vehicle by what felt like a hair. Immediately after that three guys sat silently in the car breathing deep sighs. The silence was broken by my mate's phone ringing. It was his wife checking how far we were because we were about to miss the boat ride on the Chobe. He calmly responded "we'll be there in 15 minutes" to which she said "Ok cool, please hurry", totally oblivious to the situation we had come out of. I drove from Kasane to Khwai, to Maun and back to Gaborone with no brakes and had a whole new pipe made. Those pesky brake lines!!🤣

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Blimey, what a story! Thanks for sharing with us ☺️

[@dylanfox.]

Sharing your ups and downs is what makes The Landrover Expedition enjoyable to watch. As frustrating and as difficult it may be for you sometimes, it shows the true adventure so thanks for sharing it with us!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Cheers! Of course we want to show every side of our adventure. Next week will reveal how we fixed it 😀

[@lionridds]

Arrrghhh!!!! I feel your pain Harry! But your perseverance has paid off and you guys are such a great team! Chloe definitely bringing calm to the situation as always😉😉 A good team mate on tour important for sure! Thanks for sharing, we look forward to following you guys🙌

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Thanks so much for watching! Yes we make a good team 😀

[@carltonr3417]

I couldn't help notice at 4:37min and 9:52min the rusted out brake pipe bracket on top of the diff. Might want to try and secure it somehow otherwise your other brake lines will crack if you don't. As for the brake pipe, I would've taped up the caliper side of the break to keep dirt out and blocked the broken end off by hammering the end flat and folding the flat part over on itself and hammering it flat again to seal it off and continued on until it could be repaired properly.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

You are absolutely right it’s that bracket that broke and then took the brake pipe with it. I ended up fixing in a similar way is playing the brake on that side. Cheers! H

[@Hugues.L]

Keep up the good spirit, you'll find a solution. They say it's not an adventure if nothing can go wrong 🙂. Easy for me to say when I'm watching this from the comfort of my home. I'm currently converting an Pinzgauer 710M to do the same trip one day, and surely i'll have to face my loads of problems and challenges too, it's part of the adventure.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Awesome! That’s going to be great I know someone with one of those in the UK recently been done up for overland travel! Cheers H

[@iantroup]

When things go wrong as they sometimes will... good luck with it all guy's, still loving the series!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Of course and that’s actually part of the adventure for us. It about solving problems as they come up it keeps it exciting and you gain so much experience from this too. Cheers! Harry

[@dirk140]

Harry and Chloe... Saw the video pop up late yesterday evening.... See you have been to more of my childhood backyards.... So download for now. As usual we'll watch over supper! One always wonders when that first breakdown would rear it's head hey!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Enjoy when you get round to it 😀 let us know how you liked it. Yes was always going to happen sooner or later. Not a bad break thought thankfully 😀

[@MorningNapalm]

I am so sorry to hear that you are having these troubles, I hope to see in the next video how you were able to successfully repair it in some way. Best of luck!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Stay tuned we will revel how we fixed it and a nice hack for others in similar situations. Cheers Harry

[@ruidleitao]

it was great to see you in Vilankulos!!! Such an amazing country (MOZ) to visit!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Awesome to meat you man! Hope you got home safe?

[@basildavidson4597]

It must be extremely frustrating for you. Hang in there, you seem to be in a nice place with helpful people and it will be sorted out. It’s what adventures are all about.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Absolutely! It’s one of my favourite parts of expeditions is fixing issues. I think this day was particularly hot and when my gas torch was left on and the gas had leaked I had enough 😂 Cheers! Harry

[@nedor64]

Thank you guys, very interesting.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Thanks for watching!

[@EXPEDITIONROVE]

Can’t wait to see how you figure this one out😮 if anyone can get you back on the road it’s Harry 👊

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Stay tuned for next week 😋

[@paulrobberts1527]

Solder wil never work on a brake line to bad i see this video now i could have helped

[@Peterbull1996]

Saw you at vilanculos, great adventure!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Thank you!☺️

[@andrevantonder6895]

Piece of rubber pipe would do with wire as clamps . Good luck

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Yes wire is a good idea! Much tougher clamp than hose-clamps if done right

[@spudboy1328]

A butt join is never going to work. You need to either sleeve it with pipe the next diameter up, so the break has some physical strength and the solder has more area to cover. Or crimp and solder that branch, so you just run on 3 brakes, and then replace the whole line when you get back to civilisation.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

You are right it was not going to work without brasing equipment!

[@overlandready]

Don't bother soldering it, it's not strong enough, your brake pressure is somewhere potentially very high PSI (Several sites claim 600psi (40.81 BAR) but I'm sure I've had up to 50 BAR on the brake pressure from the diagnostics reader) so a solder joint will literally blow apart. Solder is soft! You need to carry spare pipe and a proper brake flaring tool AND know how to use it. Just put a bleed nipple in the port and lose the rear brake(s) until you can fix the pipe with a new pipe! It's broken as the pipe is unsupported and costantly vibrating. which means you need to up the weekly checks. As you don't have ABS I'd be locking the rear pipe off at the master and driving carefully. you'll have even braking and no chance of slewing under reasonable braking. Then replace pipe when you find a decent garage facility.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

You are absolutely right. If anything it needed to be braised which wouldn’t held but I didn’t have braising rods… was killing time trying to fox it the wrong way. But there we go 😀

[@grahames9228]

You wouldn't think joining two pieces of pipe would be so stressful.

[@TheLandyExpedition]

I know I was trying to do it with solder which is the wrong way to do it. I actually spent far too much time trying to fix it rather than just isolating the problem and carrying on.. but every day is a school day! 😀👍🏻

[@staysharp4423]

Awwww maaan Clifford's executioner!!

[@staysharp4423]

.......cliff hanger!!

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Stay tuned for next week 😂

[@graham-martin5847]

puttting a set of mole grips on your rear flexy pipe would of got you out the poop u would then have front brakes

[@TheLandyExpedition]

We did end up iscolating that wheel and driving with 3 breaks

[@mitsi_overland_adventures2691]

Jeez bloody motors. Never straight forward. Will be something to look back though

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Absolutely! And luckily it’s not too difficult to fix this time 😂👍🏻

[@mitsi_overland_adventures2691]

@@TheLandyExpedition honest loving the vids. The adventure is amazing. Between you me and anyone else you want to tell. I watch whilst cleaning the kitchen and making my sons sandwiches for school because I want to and not because my wife makes me 🤣. You guys are making pure memories love it 👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Haha awesome, glad we make sandwich making and kitchen cleaning more interesting for you 😂😂 H

[@mitsi_overland_adventures2691]

@@TheLandyExpedition 100%. 🤣🤣.

[@MarekRzeszotek]

Guys, soldering brake lines is one of the worst idea and the worst example to the viewers ever. Flexible fuel hose with clapms even worse. I have never seen sth like this. There can be up to 200 bars in brake system during max effort. Such a soldered connection will always fail. Dont struggle so much, this brake line is useless. You could have flat hammered this line temporarly, bleed as much as possible and when you get to town please make new entire line, no connections, please guys... Im writing this becouse your are nice and very very adorable, brakes are critical, check your brake fluid level once a day, it takes 10 sec and can save lifes. Stay safe and give a sign that you have replaced entire line 🧑‍🏭

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Thanks for your comment and advice! We appreciate it ☺️

[@grahameroberts8109]

Pinch off the leak and you still have brakes to three wheels. 👍🏻🙏🦘

[@TheLandyExpedition]

Exactly how we fixed it in the end! I had time sat in camp so I wanted to try mend the pipe. But ultimately that just wasted my time 😂