This Van Conversion Is Taking It's Toll On Me - VW T3 VAN BUILD (T25)

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[@paullemon6542]

WOW what a job

[@jayb429]

I love how you love your mum! Its probably the reason you love Danni so well x

[@DanniandJoe]

She’s lovely! But keeps baking delicious cakes and everything I lost on the bike trip as quickly came back…

[@jayb429]

@@DanniandJoe Haha... That's what mum's are for!

[@Carlos.G]

Use some potable water sealant on the joints

[@DanniandJoe]

Didn’t know it existed!

[@MB-PAT-Solutions]

Glad you solved the plumbing issue in the end. If you ever need to seal the ribbed hoses in the future try double wire hose clips rather than jubilee clips.

[@Chester1975]

Yep jubilee clips are no good on that type of pipe you need to use double wire pipe clips👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah funnily enough I remembered after as the waste hose was supplied with those twin wire hose clips!

[@thomascoyne157]

It’s nice to have your mum around and be able to give her a kiss happy days 👍👍👍👍👍great vlog Don’t let your mother hear all them quacks😂 and 😂😂😂😂

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah she’s the best! Thank you!

[@michaelorton6808]

what a great comedy show this time.

[@DanniandJoe]

😂😂

[@sandyprosser805]

Great video loads of patience!!! It’s getting there don’t abandon now your so close. Have great week 😊

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you!

[@madcapjourneys9014]

You will get there and have fun doing the conversion

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you! It’s getting there

[@MabrysDad]

I have two T2s, Can we get back to the narrowboat vids. I’ll start watching again.

[@DanniandJoe]

Unfortunately this is our real lives & in real life we need to fix this van up and sell it. This particular video has actually outperformed both previous narrowboat videos (I think people just like watching me struggle!)

[@valeriebaxter2354]

'Ooooh ........... at 3.35 - 3.49 - made me laugh, we girls have all been there with guys and their plans but fail to tell us - oh so funny, thanks for sharing x.🤣

[@DanniandJoe]

😂😫

[@LamboPhoto]

I feel your pain. I've done 3 T2s, a T4 and a T5. I hate plumbing! And have wasted so much time stepping up and stepping down pipe runs. I now just buy an 'all in one kit' from Autocraft Motor Caravans, that way it all just fits out of the box. I am in no way affiliated with them, but do rate them. Keep up the good work, you're making progress, and at the end of the day ... that's all that matters 👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah can’t go wrong with a kit (literally 😂). You must love a T2 to put yourself through that 3 x times 😂😂

[@LamboPhoto]

@@DanniandJoe Yeah, I love campervan builds, but never done a T25, so I'm loving your project 👍 I've just finished a 6x4' box trailer 'tiny home' too, that was fun. But since finding your channel, and binge watching your entire narrowboat build in a couple of weeks ... you've now got me thinking bigger! 😬 🤣

[@DanniandJoe]

@@LamboPhoto awesome! I made a little trailer sleeping pod out of a truck rear canopy once, I made it so watertight it was air tight and nearly killed Danni and I, woke up struggling to breathe! 😫😂 opened the hatch and had the biggest breath of air. We’d love to do a school bus in the future just need somewhere to bloody park it!

[@LamboPhoto]

@@DanniandJoe LMFAO 😆

[@DanniandJoe]

There’s really nothing you can do to make them safer, just don’t crash! 😫

[@penneynoss9552]

HiDanni and Joe, the work top looks beautiful! Sending positive vibes that everything else comes together.

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you very much!

[@senta2431]

Well done, your getting there. Great video. All the best Steve from Germany.

[@DanniandJoe]

Thanks Steve!

[@billywindsock9597]

Mums deserve hugs and kisses. Good lad. Shame the van is giving you a hard time though.

[@DanniandJoe]

She’s the best! We’re getting somewhere now 😂

[@Bicyclehub]

Improvising pipe joints is always hard. I had to do it a lot in my last job. The braided hose is very good though. Use a heat gun to warm it up and stretch it over tight fittings. That ribbed hose is generally used for pumping where you might draw a vacuum and suck it closed.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah the braided stuff is great to work with

[@davidday6838]

A lot of bird squawking going on there Joe!!! Just yesterday finished unblocking the bathroom sink waste pipe on our boat, the air was blue, nothing is simple on a boat the things I had to move Just to do the job. I'm glad I haven't got a swear box !!!

[@DanniandJoe]

😂😂 very awkward job that!

[@fp30e]

Hi Danni, Joe, Goodness Joe, you are always working so hard. I'm surprised you were having issues with your pluming, as you are so good at everything you do. Great Vlog and very interesting. Thank you (Spoolbox).

[@DanniandJoe]

Plumbing’s a step too far sometimes 😂😂 think we’re getting somewhere now though

[@benhaynes3411]

I can relate, in the middle of converting a lwb citreon relay with no previous experience. It's amazing just how overwhelming it can get at times.

[@DanniandJoe]

100%! So many things to fit into such a small space and nothings the right shape, running cables etc 😫 you’ll get there

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

If its a Helicoil like a thread water pipe it should have rubber inserts into pipe where any jubilee clips are. Or when dry silicone sealant should be used in the thread part of hose. As water follows up the thread etc. Cheers from old George

[@DanniandJoe]

Ahh okay!

[@md2320]

There are different types of jubilee clips for conduit type piping check them out, they look like two circular wires and are very similar to jubilee clips.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah funnily enough I remembered after as the waste hose was supplied with those twin wire hose clips!

[@DanTheManIOM]

ha, KZbin is spying on me....I'm putting the cabinets back in my 1985 vanagon....and yes it takes it toll on me too. engine # 4, total miles driven since purchase: 652 mile. It's only taken 6 years, maybe 8.... oy ! TF49 also...

[@VehiclesvsfordDEEP]

Your doing very well Joe. Love the video. It's looking good 👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you!

[@Bicyclehub]

It is looking good! Well worth putting work into.

[@peterclarkson7317]

I could see the overflow problem well beforehand. I woukd just take it straight out of the bottom of the van with a filter over the end to stop any bugs.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah not a bad shout that!

[@Falney]

It's been the wettest July I remember. Hottest June followed by a wet July. I bet August and September will be nice though.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah usually comes through for those couple of months!

[@annjarvis9300]

Well done keep going you will get there we have faith in you tc now theoldies😊😊

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you!

[@davidrowe5512]

Loving your true and honest van build and what is it with socket sets you can have 1mm to 100mm but never the one you blinkin need!

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah pretty much, wish they’d supply 5 x 10mm sockets too 😂

[@bettyourcampervan]

Really do enjoy your videos 👍👍👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid thanks lee

[@DanniandJoe]

Cheers Lee!

[@jackmason4374]

The water intake ,methinks your over thinking it

[@DanniandJoe]

I think the water intake itself was overthinking it

[@Camping_route]

Güzel video olmuş tebrikler 👏👏👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Thank you!

[@johnsutherland6322]

Time for the scrap merchant pouring money down drain

[@DanniandJoe]

Scrap’s great at the minute too…

[@santfekuss]

It’s like a comedy show 😂😂😂 … crack on 👍👍😎

[@DanniandJoe]

😂😂

[@Westexec]

I see there is a small sailing yacht in the garden Joe. Is that your next project?

[@Kingfisher-jr26]

Looks like a Cox21

[@DanniandJoe]

Unfortunately/fortunately not ours! Yeah we think it’s a Cox 21, it’ll be up for sale shortly!

[@DanniandJoe]

I’d love to learn to sail though

[@Westexec]

I used to race an Uffa Fox designed Swordfish built by Fairey Marine. It was a beautiful, fast little boat, built of Agra veneer laid in 3 alternating layers on a mould. Sadly it ceased production in 1957. You should try sailing. You would enjoy it. There are clubs which specialise in dingy sailing.

[@Westexec]

@@DanniandJoe Thankyou for taking us into Bristol last week. I was born in Southmead hospital. I left Bristol in 1947 when my parents moved to Yorkshire. I have only visited once in 1967 when I called in on route to Cornwall . I found it interesting to view the waterfront. I don’t remember Bristol much as I was only 3 when I left the area. You are both one of my favourite you tubers. I look forward to your weekly videos. Thanks once again

[@yobeaubaby]

🙌

[@Dore60]

👍

[@DanniandJoe]

Cheers!

[@user-tc1hj7oi3f]

Just picked up on something you said about doubling the cables on the narrowboat. Just had a look at the episode, it appears you "sistered" the supply to the inverter? Considered a no-no in electrical installation. Reason, if a fault or one of the terminals corrodes causing a resistance issue then only one of the cables will be taking the current causing a possible overload condition.

[@DanniandJoe]

I thought the same but it’s as per Victron’s instructions - there’s even twin terminals on the inverter for the twin cables. Seemed crazy but just following their recommendations

[@DanniandJoe]

"*** “2x” means two positive and two negative cables" - page 13 on the installation guide, looks like they've updated the newer models to single posts though, make of that what you will! www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/MultiPlus-II_230V/32424-MultiPlus-II___Quattro-II_120V-230V-pdf-en.pdf

[@user-tc1hj7oi3f]

@@DanniandJoe Yeah, as a matter of interest I searched the manual and noted the table. Why a company like Victron fly in the face of sound established electrical practice seems a bit worrying. The usual caveat with "sistering" cables is that each cable should be capable of handling the total load which rather adds cost for no real benefit.

[@robiniddon7582]

How much amperage do you need out of the lithium? 20A probably. Just fit a 20A fuse at the lithium and then use a 20A capable cable.

[@robiniddon7582]

Also I would run a negative cable from the lithium back to the DCDC charger. You ideally want the battery charge current to go out and back the same route as it were. The risk is that if you lose the chassis connection some other random earth path will become the return path for the charging current and melt.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah we’ll probably take 20a max, just thinking of future proofing incase someone installs an inverter at-least the cables are up to the max that the battery can put out Yeah it’s strange with these non isolated DC units but they recommend not doing it, I can see the sense to do it though!

[@robiniddon7582]

@@DanniandJoe I guess even a 1KW inverter requires more or less the full 100A. But with a 100A cable comes the need for 100A fuse at the battery! If you use the chassis as the earth path (So connect leisure bat neg to chassis and also charger neg to chassis) be sure to keep the positive cable run close to the chassis.

[@DanniandJoe]

@@robiniddon7582 good shout, cheers!

[@Orxenhorf]

30:37 - That upper connection is not good. You can't use a jubilee clamp to seal a hose to hose connection. The inner part (a hose) is flexible so the clamp has nothing solid to push the outer part against to make a good seal. (Your "about 19 mil" is probably 3/4 inch.)

[@bikepackingadventure7913]

Sadly looks like a money pit I would love a camper van but would need some serious skills to attempt what your attempting. I’m all for saving money if possible but that van would way way beyond me. I think I would be too fearful to use it for fear of it breaking down mechanically or structurally. Can you even get breakdown cover for it from a breakdown company? Are the possible costs of increased premiums of cover worth the cost savings of doing the van up yourself? 🤔 Enjoying the vlogs 👍🙂

[@Therealdeal5698]

Even the new ones are money pits! Keep cracking on Joe, I'm enjoying the build and wish you luck.

[@DanniandJoe]

Yeah I think you have to be a bit of an enthusiast to tackle anything like this or older. Since it’s been in the garage is starts, drives and runs great I’d trust it more than a fair share of modern vehicles to be fair, and when it breaks down (when not if!) then it’s usually relatively simple mechanics. We looked at breakdown cover for the Balkan trip and it wasn’t actually too bad, I don’t think very different than our much newer Sprinter. But yeah it’s needed a lot more work than we anticipated but I think every projects like that

[@Aussiedave54]

Organisation is not his strong point 😂

[@1dkappe]

How many times per trip will this van fail?

[@DanniandJoe]

The engine’s actually a reconditioned unit to be fair, runs sweet since getting it back from the garage

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

to much wakka-flakka. You reached a flock within the first minute of the video - must be migration season

[@DanniandJoe]

😂

[@johnrimmer5955]

Are you guys thinking of having work done on your engine as this is quite important for your journeys 🫢

[@DanniandJoe]

Engine’s actually a reconditioned unit not that many miles ago! Runs sweet since it’s been out of the garage! 🙂