WE BOUGHT A CRASH DAMAGED NON RUNNER TRANSIT BUT WILL IT RUN?

[@Stuart_Johnson_Solutions]

Sell the van whole, because what you need to be looking for, for the recovery truck, is a 4.5t or 5.5t chassis cab. Please dont try and do another 3.5t recovery truck that you cant get more than a fiesta on! I keep seeing you loading vehicles, and im seeing lots and lots of vans being pulled and over weight when carrying small cars. Im worried for you, and this seems to be a great opportunity to reduce that risk.

[@tuktukmike]

Got to keep it as a luton. It's so clean with tail lift .

[@terrythurston8572]

Chris how did you manage not to slam down the shutter with him in it. And then gone out for the day. 😂

[@paulm3965]

Good repair, excellent diagnostic. You guys certainly have your finger on the pulse. Good video. I am not sure if you want to convert the van to a break down recovery for your fleet, if so would a double rear axle be more suitable . If you want to travel into London the van will be ULEZ compliant. The van on its own with the electric tailgate and almost new body would give you a heathy profit for the time spent. All this in one video. Brilliant.

[@gruhwch4876]

Double rear wheels just shave off the legal payload.

[@knoxyish]

thats a really nice luton rob dont tear it down!! a good working tool that can earn money ! i khow ive driven loads of them for various companys! another good video from sr!!

[@jonathanthorpe1653]

I hired one when my mother moved house in January. I could not believe how easy it was to drive and comfortable. Well done guys for fixing this one so fast.

[@markf4720]

I like Chris' wrapping up. Short and simple 😄

[@deanwood2332]

There will be people out there wanting you to be unlucky and get your fingers burnt. But not me I love it when you drop on a winner. Great work lads

[@jensandersen1973]

You deserve this kinds of “easy” jobs. You are allways so positive to listen to😊 all the best from Denmark😊

[@michaelingoe5812]

Brilliant video Rob, and a cracking van nice easy fix.

[@darrenstevens3798]

Lovely cheap fix, that’s a keeper 👍🏻

[@timbaker7994]

Wow what a cracking van you boys make it look so easy to repair vehicles great job 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@eddyrourke5514]

I watch alot of utube and you guys get a really really high rate of likes per views in comparison to others and the reason is obvious! Genuine good guys.

[@adrianriley780]

Love the video guys simple straightforward repair. Think you need to get a twin rear wheel recovery truck instead so you can carry heavier vehicles. Should be a reasonable profit in a 21 plate luton van with that mileage.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Sell it on, keep using the recovery companies to collect vehicles, especially as so many now require a 7.5 ton wagon and spend your time repairing them which is where the most profit is, stop thinking that saving a few quid on collection is saving you money when its costing you time. Work smarter not longer and harder.

[@rob_lightbody]

Good job guys. But that should never have been written off, it's ridiculous. That's why our insurance premiums are all sky high!

[@martin54123]

Brilliant quick fix, you guys are so lucky! 👍👍👍

[@petrolhead28]

And that is why insurance is high. Fixed in hours yet written off.

[@cgln8760]

I think the best thing about this channel is the way you two work together. I could watch you two painting fences and it would be awesome 😂

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Absolutely brilliant. - All fixed up, well nearly!!!😊

[@nathanhacking1]

You definitely deserve a newer recovery truck

[@steveberwick4417]

Happened to me ages ago...transit van drove over a low no entry post that was unseen from the cab.Identical damage.

[@paulleeson8670]

Great work guys. If you do keep it I would suggest you replace the wet belt, and make sure to take the pick up pipe off to clean out. If you keep on top of the oil changes and belts they not to bad

[@mikejba]

Great point. Absolutely agree with this, and use the right Ford spec oil too and change it often!

[@FXHAW]

I reckon if you two guys fell into the river you would come out with a samon in your hands 🤣👍 excellent work🎉

[@rhiantaylor3446]

That would make one hell of a sleeper RV. Bed over the cab, room for 2kw of PV on the roof and enough space for a 2 bed flat. Sell the tail lift to lose a few pounds.

[@dturbo306]

UNINSULATED

[@JohnnyMotel99]

@@dturbo306 few sheets of celotex would sort that out

[@tigers586]

Absolute belter! Cracking work chaps 👍

[@jonathanlevoir4998]

Great video - take the profit, you rolled the dice and won !

[@markparrott6349]

I think you hit the nail on the head Rob when you mentioned bollard. Had one come up on an old A class. It slipped behind the bumper came up and pushed the radiator etc back just like the transit. Then cracked the front grill as it was taken down again after. Looked exactly like that damage!

[@naheemhaneef123]

26:57 i prolly would’ve given up long ago tryna start this; well done guys!

[@getinthevantim]

Nicely, nicely gentlemen ! You two at your best. Champagne mechanical skills on a Vimto budget. Good on you both.

[@davidstevens1547]

Brilliant buy. Yes you took a risk but it was worth it. Looks a great van. You need to find out what its worth. Then price up a similar flatbed truck to carry a car and see the cost of that. Wonder if you should sell in the open market as is not as a vehicle where you offer it to viewers of your channel. A good profit because it is such a clean vehicle with a Tail lift. Great work with the help of Reclamet yet again.

[@barry3726]

Time to invest in some decent batteries. Another great video.

[@andygj66]

Persistence pays off. Nice one guys. 👍

[@vanlifenomad]

This is what salvage is all about. Take the risks for the win

[@JarrodCheese]

Nice new recovery truck for you guys 👍

[@williamdonly7966]

Something different guys, but you two seem to have more jam than Hartleys lately 😅😅 what an absolute turn around!! Fantastic.

[@JohnJohn-ij5rj]

When them ecoblues sit for a while the lifters leak causing low compression just got to have a jump leads on with the car running and keep on cranking to build up oil pressure had loads do it

[@roypowell3450]

WOW! Boys you have done very well there. What cracking recovery truck...Thanks as always. 👍

[@stevieb4372]

I'm surprised you're not looking for a recovery truck that could take the weight of a Range Rover etc. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks a lot.

[@seangrant808]

I reckon it’s a hinged barrier swung round and gone through grill and pushed rad back 👍🏻

[@georgepaterson4825]

Well done guy's that's clean van. Nice new recovery truck Rob and now you will be able to pickup longer vehicles 👍

[@Nicknofish]

Great video, as always, boys. I like the longer versions. Cheers.

[@vernonmatthews181]

Lovely chassiscab, great potential for a recovery truck as a candidate 😀 👍

[@johndavey72]

You've struck gold ........again ! I think you should sell it . The profit will be enormous ! Congratulations guys !

[@sruk]

lol we didn’t say how much we paid for it

[@davidstocking1622]

Can't believe the small amount of damage on that and they've written it off. Country has gone mad. Assessor probably had a quick look underneath, seeing the oil filter bent and thought it's gone through the sump...😮 I reckon a small bin tipper arm or waste bin truck of some kind. Easy win there boys and how good of reclamet. Proper business relationship you have with them🤟 Got to be worth selling as is, surely?

[@loyalty786]

Hey rob What happend to crunch the Numbers? or is that will be announced in mext video?

[@garylee4141]

Move it on , profit into another build , great video content !!

[@cliveroulstone9366]

New channel salvage removals 👍

[@paulbeecham8313]

Big gamble when i first heard it spinning over thought it was a gonner 😮, but hey what a result nice one lads 👍

[@IloveMK]

There you go again, in fiddle about and it's a runner again nice turn around well done you two.

[@robiniapseudoacacia]

You guys make me smile especially when I see Chris's grin when he knows it's an easy fix. I'm not even that interested in vehicles but you make it so interesting and compulsive viewing. The microphones work brilliantly too.

[@Andyjenkins183]

Same here don’t even own a spanner, work in an office, but yet I’m addicted to SRUK

[@mthazy]

Sounded terrible initially and it was just low voltage, great work guys cracking van really enjoyed this one 👏

[@fyshfysh]

brilliant video, one hell of a turnaround. and a free shed on the back 😁

[@briseypops]

What a fantastic purchase!!! such localized damage. I'm sure you are right Rob - that looks like a retracting bollard has popped up under the hood. that must be one off the easiest fixes you've EVER done. great job lads.

[@georgedaville4662]

There was no damage to the undertray was there?

[@craigelmer8566]

On our work transits there's a yellow switch behind the glove box. It turns the van off if u hit a bump too quick as it thinks it's had a crash. Caught a few people out at work. It's not the issue here but just incase u have a issue in the future, thought they are the shape before this one

[@monturrahman878]

Been watching for a while around the time when Chris was very camera shy. The number of times its not turned over because of battery issue. Please just buy a large crank capacity AGM battery and leave on trickle charge for use for jumping these vehicles would save so much time and starter.

[@bigg4299]

Brilliant longer vid mate..

[@bernardcromarty485]

Yes, it looks a lot like someone was trying to tailgate through rising bollards... popped up between the bumper and rads.

[@UmarWaqasAli]

Classic low battery mayhem . Look forward to the next ep .

[@huggybear1639]

As the airbags didn't go off I'd say that has rolled into something. Would be an interesting story either way. Nice work guys love watching these.

[@PhilMcDonald-g2e]

That’s been left with the handbrake off and it’s rolled into a single fork carpet roll carrier, just enough force to bend rad and intercooler and reach the oil filter

[@chrisevans403]

I thought that was a great video, can I say I was tense until it started!

[@lpalmer2606]

great result guys but i would think the transit is a bit on the heavy side for a recovery truck, modern cars are very heavy and i'm guessing a transit lwb chassis cab tips the scale at about 2t then add a body you would be lucky to carry a ton! sell it as a luton

[@jamesbrett6518]

His Movano has to be overweight more often than not

[@michaelthompson6885]

A genious technician and a great orator, good combo lads, keep it up.

[@100mvua]

Very nice to have a longer video ... Thanks

[@richardcole9558]

Another quality buy ..another quality job ..👍👍

[@nigelrudd670]

The wet belt boys are back 🤓😉🚚👌

[@chriskemp5932]

Love a van build & a long vid, keep it up guys 👌

[@stevemanoftheland8537]

Chris' " it was running before the accident" 😂😂😂 cracked us up!! Top vid as always 👍👍

[@JimLuceDougBubba]

I've owned a T5.1 since new, no frills, just my kids taxi, so enjoy the van videos a lot. Take it easy.

[@Elvo7684]

I was just waiting for Rob to say "Swiss Watch", and he didnt let us down! Well done guys, great video.

[@dannyblair5556]

Really enjoyed that, live problem solving, ye canny beat it.

[@jazzhands7771]

Hard to beat, innit

[@Dalbayob69]

I would get in touch with companies that do the van conversions. You might be able to trade in that box for a recovery bed. Plenty of these get smashed under height restriction bars and I bet these are very sought after. Change the wet belts, do regular oil changes and will be a cracking recovery truck for you.

[@Wiltshire_watcher]

The wonderful and mysterious world of the CANbus system !. The low voltage when cranking it, probably skewed the feedback from the crank sensor, difficult to know. But I suppose sudden loss of oil pressure to the burst oil filter may have spooked the crash routine in the software. A nice afternoon’s repair ! And a highly useful vehicle.

[@tonywatson1412]

More shite than a work vehicle needs

[@KatieWhalley-bk7ek]

I love watching your videos. They've given me so much confidence in doing simple jobs on my own car, so thank you both.

[@kieron8162]

I instantly thought the body of the luton would be perfect for chris and extra storage on site, if you do make it a recovery truck

[@dwg1977]

Mine looked like that when I hit a deer, it went in from behind bumper. That rad is deer rear end shaped!

[@GrahamPatterson-w4j]

Great stuff, you guys work so well together.

[@valleystaff7031]

id say thats met a forklift

[@trevormegson7583]

or a fence

[@jimpackard8059]

Doubtful, forks plunge in and scrape paint off. They have sharp ends so cause more damage

[@garysmith6994]

Possibly a girder off the back of a truck 🛻

[@iainjackson5107]

Maybe hit Chris’s wallet…

[@AndyPat239]

i was thinking a tow bar

[@robinfuller747]

The girl box makes a great shed...exactly what I've been looking for...

[@wayne3790]

Brilliant video as always!! Thank you both very much 👌 Whatever the cause was, you’d never know now! Professionally done as always! 👏👏👏 All the best to you both 👍

[@y162xda]

you two dropped lucky again .love the one video on a van or car

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Throw in a mattress and a bucket and it’ll d me as a camper van😊. another great post guys

[@MobileClutchRepair]

If its the wet belt just sell it. not worth investing your time to keep it will blow up next week. another great video though.

[@williamriley497]

Another quality repair good job done well done guys

[@johnhooton8299]

What a nice-looking van, I think someone would love that, and again watching experts at work'👍👍

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Nice turn around. Would definitely make a nice recovery truck

[@ged3680]

Good evening Rob and Chris, what a great result. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged.

[@neilhadfield6370]

Great. Video Rob and Chris will be a great addition to the company

[@TheMG4hubcap]

Brilliant vids as always fellas

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Rob and Chris,nice work on this Transit van,all done in a day,didn't think it would start but with a jump it went,and it sounds great.

[@richm8620]

That is crazy that it would be a write off but all the luck to you guys. Really enjoy your vids 👍🏼

[@micksparks58]

What a result ! No wonder the car insurance is so much when they right off something like that ! 🎉

[@rachaelwyatt754]

I know I am probably wrong but I love that truck.

[@Drcox222]

Good find that, will make a good recovery truck . the luton box would get you a good return too.

[@danielsellers8538]

I am very much looking forward to seeing 👀 😀 the follow-up to this video and the final number crunch

[@MrButtonpresser]

Classic fault-finding example with a great result. Top marks chaps!

[@stevencorcoran5620]

Nothing against you guys, I love the channel, but I can't believe that vehicle was written off for that. No wonder insurance is going through the roof !

[@mikey_bb]

As others are saying, this is too nice (& too awkward due to weight restrictions) to be modified into a new 3.5t recovery truck for you guys. I reckon sell it & buy something with a higher weight rating 👍

[@andrewwilson1118]

Nice change cracking video, glad for easy one 👍👍👍👍