I'm not crying, you're crying! The generosity you and your subscribers have with each other is refreshing...brought a little tear to my eye when hearing of your gifted inverter.
Loved this one! Full of trials and tribulations! I'm constantly amazed how you can diagnose these things and have the tools to fix it all! Onward and upward 👆😁
All I can say is Wow! Way to persevere through those battles. Imagine not having your skills, tools, friends in that situation. Most people would be forced to abandon "ship". Kudos
So to quote Nicholson, Jack, even if in a different context: “you make me want to be a better man”. I’ll never match your electronics hacking skills, but I find inspiration in all this storytelling. Also find a lot of inspiration in the kindness of those you met along the way.
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that just sorta space out for about 43 minutes...
@@Everlanders Nobody goes right to work. You might get there on time, but, screw the company, those first twenty minute belong to you, right? It's not an attitude in line with the American Spirit, but there it is: we all screw around first. "I just got here, man, you kiddin' me?" Really. You never see a memo that says 9:01. (GC)
Man, what a video. Brings me back to when my dad and I would drive from LA to Chihuahua MX. Broke down couple times and it isn't easy trying to get back up and going. Love the ingenuity and outside the box solutions to complex problems.
Always the best YT video without the fake drama from you guys. Know the on the road agro as we broke our Earthroamer frame on our way back from Mexico.
Wow. What a journey. I'm glad you had friends around who could help out and whom you could help out. Ain't that the point? Enjoyed every minute of the tale.
Really enjoyed this report from your physical achievement to overcoming road conditions and mechanical setbacks. Even the Trojan horse broke into your itinerary. Adventurous soles you have!!
DIY'ing and problem solving are the core of my existence. Ever since I came across y'all, some time back now. Your next level abilities to methodically work through challenges, especially electrical and mechanical ones, have been a huge inspiration for my own problem solving with challenges we face while we are adventure seeking. I'm grateful that you are able to capture these moments and allow so many to learn along with you.
That's a crazy amount of bad stuff happening at the same time. I wish I could have helped more with the Throttle pedal. That was a ingenious way of fixing it. The old 7.3 was really putting in some hard work.
You were my anchor in the storm! Sending wiring diagrams at the moment We needed them saved us tremendous headaches trying to find them ourselves with poor data...
Wow, quite the adventure. Hope things go smoother now and thank you for the update! Adventures of repair on the road are stressful to watch, let alone experience first hand. ...and perhaps a source of a new grey hair or two. Beware of horses parked along the road! Your resourcefulness is inspiring! PS. Your video/audio production skills have leveled way up!
Although it was frustrating for you, the video you ended up with was interesting for us to watch. The shots of the roads and scenery were as good as it gets.
Wow, I don't know what to say. That sure was a bad string of circumstances. Glad you overcame the issues and made it to Equador before your time ran out. And that hike! I'd have been huffing and puffing just starting out. Glad there wasn't any more damage than the drain valve after the gully incident. The diesel pedal fix...over the top!
@@Everlanders That brings up a good point: * usually, for a video longer than six minutes, I switch to 1.25x 'playback'. A video longer than ten minutes, I can switch to 1.5x or faster. How does this affect your numbers (the 'cliff' you showed in the stats shot)?
Holy moly. What an exciting video. I do enjoy the long format videos too, but what a way to make one. I need to catch up on all the videos I've missed lately. While all the problems makes for an interesting video, I certainly hope the road ahead is not as crazy. Safe travels.
So I live in Michigan and I have family in El Salvador but I've never been. The level of anxiety watching this video it's just tremendous. So many beautiful places.
Its amazing that you're in Colombia! I live in Suesca, Cundinamarca, one hour north of Bogotá. In 2018-19 I built our family overland rig in many ways based on your lead. Thanks!!! I'm a canadian chiropractor living here in Colombia since 2008. My wife is Katty Guzman, the first Colombian woman to have climbed Everest. We're all about adventure. We met Ulf and Berta in Machetá a couple weeks ago. Same as we told them: you have a base camp in Suesca. I'm sure we can recommend amazing people and places to discover in Colombia!!!
Love how you solved the over engineered Ford accelerator sensor. Let's make a delicate part to go in a commercial light truck chassis. The weakest component your solution is the Variable Resistor (on/off switch), when that one wears out and it will, because of the environmental conditions it wasn't designed to be in, replacements are available.
Liking the longer format. Well done on the glacier hike. I have added that to my list of places to visit. Such an unusual landscape. I was happy to see more of the rough road footage (compared to your earlier videos) and seeing how well the rig performs. It was interesting to see how much or little the box was moving relative to the frame flex off road (I am assuming you had the hold down pots released), especially compared to the typical springy swaying seen on the other truck. Your custom bumpers are the shizzle. Great video. Thank you!
Always a good watch watching you Mcgyver your way out of a pickle ! There must be a pickle factory following you around I think. 😜 Well not I'd ever be able to afford a ford truck that big but yeah I wouldn't buy one , I'd stick to a Mitzy Fuso or Isuzu truck 👍. Central and South America is just stunning , looking forward to when you hit the Andes .🤗
Heads held high you two. 99% of the population would have been laid up for weeks trying to deal with that throttle pedal issue. Also, great reminder to carry fuel treatment and spare filters just in case you wind up with regular #2 instead of a winter blend in colder temperatures.
Just discovered your channel, thanx for taking us along for the ride. We travel around and through Australia now that i have retired but nothing like that. Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing the 'real' life of traveling around the world in a vehicle + living unit. Your engineering level and thinking out of the box are way beyond mine. I also like that people can and will help each other when in need. Again, thanks for sharing!
Hey I found the inverter video...and a whole lotta other stuff you guys had to solve...Nice job, I don't feel I could have been as composed as you all were...Great video, I like the long ones...Tanks for sharing !!
Really enjoy your videos. You've inspired me to do some more diy 12v work. Particularly around my starlink. I haven't bought a 3d printer yet, but I'm going to have to to print out the starlink flatbed. Thank you!
Awesome video! Thanks for the FloodX mention for the ss wire which I totally forgot about😄 You two look great and healthy. 15,000Ft holy cow. I have never been above 14,000 ft in CO. Welcome to the dark side (Big Blue).
Yeah, the elevation was not kind to this wide load, I can sit still without issues, but after a ½ hour of strenuous activity I have a hard time suckin' wind... Team blue was a reluctant choice because they are 2x the cost, and because of all the burnt blue parts I've been dealing with lately. Made worse because they've offloaded warranty concerns to the dealer you originally dealt with... We've been helping some other travelers and the cost of shipping the dead unit back and then arguing with dealers to ship to Colombia has been a nightmare, not to mention the cost of the shipping rivaling the value of the product in the first place. Their dealer map is a bit of a joke too... Of the dozen or so I tired to work with, none of them have useful stock and they just middleman a purchase and order it once you prepay in full...
Awesome update! While there'll always be struggles, it would appear y'all take it in stride as best your can. Great solutions to the problems and plowing through. Your style, take on things, and how you present it is so refreshing. Thank you so much for taking us along!
I'm looking at getting one of those Victron units too. About 1400.00 bucks but you get a very good charger inverter unit. Getting some great high altitude hiking in. Doubt I could come close to doing that these days. Carry on...
Valiant efforts with the repair sir. This is quality EE/mechanic adventure! I am glad you guys are doing OK and braving the spirit of perserverance light heartedly. ❤
Wow...good to see an update from your guys. So many challenges to over come in this one mega video, plus the hikes too! Not to mention some awesome editing too. No doubt you wont forget these events ever. Can't wait for the next video guys.
Hello. I got some air suspension for the rear axle of my mobile home. They are great and support the leaf spring much better. You can sett up pressure also seperatley to even the level.
@@Everlanders For sharts-n-giggles, we read RecreateVehicle forums such as IRV2. The failure-rate on factory RecreateVehicles is magnificent, truly 'special'.
It's an oldie, the banana plugs for the probes have broken away from the PCB and are intermittent and the battery contacts don't stay connected, so I've soldered the batteries in, but I still love it.
@@Everlanders @Everlanders yes mines prety old too.. more than 16 years.. good thing is there are spare parts available on ebay including the banana jack assy.. get the red one that is more recent version, battery contacts also available for pretty cheap, tilt stand etc.. great video mate 👍💪
Time has taught me that whatever you carry as a spare, isn't the thing that fails, you could carry one of every single part, and nothing would fail, but where's the fun in that?
I just saw this,WOW, I Love what you guys are doing. I"ll look around the SF Bay for that throttle controller, I"m a component level Electronic guy, so not a problem. Respond if you still need one, I'll need make and model of the truck. Best of Luck on your Trek, always. Dale
@Everlanders , I'm so glad you had it solved. I just wanted you guys to know this about my EV project. I took Soloar installation and design classes and EV car design at College of Marin... as a owner I have a 1982 VW 4 door Rabbit, with new solar panels going on top, I'm using 8, 12, VDC Deep cycle Gell MK series brand for my 96~125 volt 120 Hp series wound Presstolight motor. I own and have the original George Wasaleno 96~125 vdc to 15 volt utility batter charger, I own the inverter rights, it came along with schematic and master circutboard with the car I got from a fellow with a EE degree who built it in 1994, Street leagle. When it was easier to get them through DMV. Ha, an EV 1, It is the Felton CA EV1 kit from the 70s. I'm already passing Gas station's. I'm also buliding an H2 generator for a small gas generator to run off of it. That would be for emergency batter charging. My dream is to be able to go off grid and drive all over California without using gasoline. I love the free charge stations, and I'm using ChatGBT to design my electronic power Inverter units. I love your video about lo cost buck inverters and the other stuff. Check out Daves Garage, RU-vid. former MS programmer from the dos and Microsoft Windows days. I hope this thread finds you guys well and safe and having fun. I'll be putting up my own RU-vid series pretty soon about things I've been working on. I just haven't got around to it as an old 70 year old grandpa. I'm doing the best I can. Love you guys, be safe.
I had a similar problem. Upon installation, my Multiplus 24/2000 defaulted to zero charging current. Turns out it has two settings; a power limit AND a charge current limit. Took some digging to find that. And they're not all that accurate. The Multiplus 2000 does have a lower standby current than a Multiplus 3000, so it's easier on my battery. But even though it can operate down to 18.xx volts, the minimum low voltage restart voltage is 20.6V. So I added another inverter (Victron Phoenix 24/375 ) for my critical loads. That covers the entire range of a Tesla 6S LiIon battery stack, and has even less standby current, and restarts at 18.xx Volts.
last (much more detailed) comment got swallowed by my browser or youtube, but i just wanted to say how impressive all this was. a mcgyver's mcgyver. my jaw was on the floor when you flashed on the screen the CAD model for _making your own gas pedal_. LOL, it'll make it much easier to convince my better half to bring a 3d printer along with us. how has starlink service been in the southern hemisphere?
Thanks Bernie! I'm still leery about trusting the pedal for very long, I just can't bring myself to the many hundreds of dollars of shipping and importing a new pedal. Starlink has been amazing all throughout Colombia 🇨🇴. Cellular and Wi-Fi is often saturated and we were lucky to get one or two megabits per second. So having 250 MB reliable service has been quite the treat. Unfortunately the second we crossed into Ecuador the terminal changed its country code, and now receives no service until the regulatory agencies have given approval in Ecuador, targeted for Q4 2022. 🤞 www.starlink.com/map?source=rv
I have one of those Victron 12V (you might have 24V) multiplus ii that I have not installed yet. Great manual ... but I had to get it PDF no hard copy... which I would recommend to keep if electronics are out.
the shocks being dead are defiantly not helping your suspension, would see how replacing them and the bushes go before firing the fully loaded parts cannon at the problem.
@@Everlanderswhen they are cooking they are probably suffering from cavitation and not damping much at all when really needed, bounce after a speedhump not a good indicator of overall function. some primemover shocks with large oil capacity or ideally for someone handy with tools such as yourself rebuild-able remote reservoir shocks with nitrogen accumulators if you want something that will last many years, just make sure what ever you fit you cant bottom out or over extend and you should be good.
Awesome video from start to finish thanks. I've often wondered why you didn't use the big blue gear. but now I know from comments and reply's. are you planning on integrating the multi with your raspi gear?
Wow quite the series of events guys! Did I miss an update on the air system? We're you able to get the parts needed to plug/cap the air system to hold the panels in place again?
It got cut from the edit, it was an easy enough fix once I had some time... The tank inlet was capped off, and I ran the system straight from the compressor with no tank for a couple of days until I could get the broken brass fittings out and a new drain valve put in...
Hello, I would like to know the measurements of the truck, length, width, height and weight. Could inform me? And if you know the measurements of your friend's truck, thank you.
