Exploring the last fronier - ALASKA VANLIFE 

Good to be back!

A 65 would be 10 times more fun and 20 times less reliable! Haha

Thank you! Unfortunately I have touched every nut and bolt on this engine over the winter. The sad part is the starter has less than 9,000 miles on it same with the injection pump. Fixing old stuff is one thing. Fixing new stuff just irritates me😂

Thank you! More coming soon hopefully

Yes! I’ve seen those. For so long I’ve just been focusing on how reliable the vehicle was and haven’t had the time to look into luxury items like that until now haha I will say, if you put the coffee pot on the wobbly stove with it full then it will fall over and spill everywhere

So much to see and so little time!

Thank you! Alaska is incredible

Managing my time between work and play is a nightmare but so worth it!

I bet but we like seeing you put all the hard work into the channel

Awesome thank you!

Yeah these are the vancafe swing away carriers. So you don’t need a bumper setup. Just drill 40 holes into the body.

@@Sebastianstonum roger that. Thanks. I’m going back and forth between steel bumper and a swing away or one save on the bumper and get a couple like yours. Not keen about drilling into the body. Who knew life would be so hard.

So hard! Haha yeah the bumpers are cool but all I wanted were the swing aways so just buying bumpers for that didn’t fit my nonexistent budget. I think the vancafe ones are stronger too since they are mounted to the body. 2 spares is definitely overkill though. It’s mostly for looks. I did the cassiar, alcan, and Dalton highways with no flats so far.

@@Sebastianstonum I think you made the right call tho. I driven lot up north on caribou hunts and into northern Quebec and NWT as a guide and I’d never go into that country without 2 spares. Two is one and one so none when you’re travelling those roads.

It’s a TDI out of a 2002 Jetta. I built the motor last winter. I’ll try and do an in depth breakdown of the van soon

Engine numero 4 or 5. I lost count😂

Oh thanks that would be an awesome video! I personally think the TDI is one of the best options for an overlanding Vanagon/T3. I'm in Australia and doing a diesel conversion as well and from what I understand the actual Diesel Vanagons are pretty rare in North America just like it is rare/non-existent here so it'll be interesting to learn how you tackled the conversion. Also interested in what OBD monitor you're using on your dash, I'm using a Scangauge but yours looks like it has lots of info on screen (Ultragauge?). @@Sebastianstonum

It’s a “Scangauge” that plugs into the on board diagnostic port for the engine that’s in it. Tells me everything I need to know about the health of the engine

@@Sebastianstonum neat!, is it all model compatible? and which brand and model is it?