Hii guys, welcome back to Raptor's Garage
Now this episode should have been
recorded in Spain, but with all the
illness it never actually got recorded
So this is my truck walk around
So we're at the front of the truck. Right,
where should I start with this engine
It's a 300tdi, which if you've watched
the videos, I've done a lot of
work to... and there's going to be a lot
more work done to it soon. Hang on...
Got to have your brew man. So, what are the modifications to it? It's a 300tdi with a
hybrid turbo and a straight-through
exhaust. That's basically the biggest
changes to it. The actual internals of
the engine are the same. It's got a full
sized intercooler here you see here, so
it's as big as the radiator. Silicon
hoses, twin batteries, not yet twin
alternators. It will have twin
alternators, I think I'm going to put
another alternator on, but it's a fairly
straightforward engine. So let's have a
closer look in the engine bay and I'll
show you some of the other bits. Right,
we've got twin batteries so we've got
one this side so we had to push this
airbox back a bit further so when we
designed all this the airbox went back
about two inches just to accommodate
this laser battery on this side we've
got the standard battery and I'll cast a
shadow on everything there you go so
we've got the standard battery in there
and we've got silicon hoses all the way
through the engine I think every hose on
the engine bar that top hose which needs
replacing two silicon
we've got a full breather kit as well
axles gearbox transfer case everything's
on extended breathers which run up there
and go up into the snorkel now off in
this cone here by the brake servo and
there's a little ARB compressor now all
that compressor Donal does is run the
relocker
does nothing else it's just the air
supply for the locker and I've just
remembered sitting right there is a
catch camp so from the breather from the
from the rocker ghost of a catch can and
then goes to the turbo it just saves
sending the dirty air from the head
straight to your turbo so we've got a
catch can and nothing now it's fairly
straightforward this engine it's just a
basic 300tdi for now just well we round
the front of the truck people often ask
me about hi-lift jack on the bonnet now
that hi-lift jack was on the truck when
I bought it so basically I never moved
it it's never caused me any issues it's
always gone through the MOT s it's
perfectly secure and it's probably the
best place in this vehicle for it
because if you've got it in the back of
the truck you have an accident
it probably gonna take your head off and
there's no weight coming off the front
of the truck in an accident you'd have
to rip through the bonnet the checker
plate the spreader plates on the back
and it's on steel mount so even if it
was on the roof rack it would be no more
secure than it is on the bonnet and
we've got the shovel that is the toilet
sure will burn away all the digging the
truck out shovel so and there is a video
on fitting that I think it was actually
possibly one of the first videos we ever
did was putting that shovel on the
bonnet so check that one out right
before we move away from the front of
the truck well do the bar work now this
bump has been through several
reincarnations in its life it's been cut
chopped I've done all sorts of things
too because when the truck had a body
lift I actually moved the corners to
match the line of the body and then we
took body lift off so I had to cut and
reweld the bumper so it's been through
several reincarnation
I don't know what make it was originally
because it was on the truck but now it's
just a Raptors garage Frankenstein
bumper but we've got the the Rhino winch
in there which we love that's never let
me down and I don't think Chrissy's is
ever let him down father the electrics
but we're sorting there and but yeah so
we've just got yeah from winch bumper
steering guard and there's some bits on
the axles but we'll come to them but the
so that's the front of the truck just a
you know heavy-duty front end on a disco
so let's move on to axles wheels and
tires wheels and tires now y'all know
what tires we run we run these big Toros
and these are fantastic
this set the tires he's done two trips
to the Pyrenees countless green laning
trips and they're still looking you know
pretty good there's very little wear on
them yet I think I'll get at least
probably another year now to have them
before I have to change them bar ripping
out the sidewall or really badly
damaging them cracking good tires you
can go and find out about the suspension
there's plenty of videos on that I've
done more videos than enough on
suspension axles axles are pretty much
standard no they're not I'm liking there
they're actually heavy-duty cases were
are built
there's armored pans on the on the on
the pumpking front they had all
reinforced heavy-duty flanges now I need
to do the real one because the the
locker in the rear I need to put the
heavy-duty drive shafts in and put these
heavy-duty drive flanges on but it's all
money so I've got two more pennies to do
that but that's another video so that's
it for axles tires suspension go check
the videos out for that right guys we're
in the cab of the truck now it's a
fairly fairly standard discovery I've
got me some song pad that lives on a
magnetic floor mount here which we'll
discuss them in a future video because
Chris has got a different one love that
that mount is awesome it just puts me
screen where I can see it all the time I
can just look down and I can see there
I've used got me foam mounted up on the
screen here just because I've only got a
screen rank for that I really need to
move that there's a camera that lives
next to eat when we're just waffling to
camera while we're driving my Garmin map
lives there me me me satellite map I've
got two pads up on the dashboard
once we boost gauge ones me GTS the GT
is the one I probably watch the most on
the speedo they've came to fuel all them
I've got me radio mounted up in the roof
here because it's just convenient that I
can just reach it and talk to Chris or
ever will with there's a couple of
handheld radios over the other side one
of these off which a robbed off Chris I
must give him give him back to him I
keep on a free me never takes them but
they're quite useful sometimes one else
I've got a multi-point charger just
stuck to the side after the centre
console work charge use everything while
we're driving and that's pretty much it
um most important thing I've got me
stereo so that's something to listen to
because that's why the phones there so
it plugs in so I've got some music then
I can drown Chris out I don't have to
listen to more all the time but bar the
oh I've got me real Locker buttons and
buttons here
magic buttons
there we go magic buttons I'll just show
you them and that's it in the cab um we
don't have any floor mats don't have any
car feet just for when it gets wet it's
easier to dry out there's just a couple
of rubber mats that live in here
and I can't really say much about that
so we're let's go to the back and have a
look at the changes in the rear at the
back of the truck and as you've seen
from previous videos he's just ripped
out for storage and we've got their
handy cage here that mounts first aid
kits torches light everything we need to
hang got basically just goes on their
lives out the way I've got me this was
one of my favorites
where I shoulda put on the live video
was me 240 volt inverter this has been
invaluable during this last trip with
Chrissy's main leisure battery going
down I've been able to keep all the
cameras charged what I've been doing is
running I've run the laptop are feet
I've run the cameras the mains charge is
everything all the cameras so what I've
done is just dropped all me charging
units into this wolf box which just
slides in and out so all my charges have
sat in there and then I've just powered
and straight up the 11 brilliant that's
been a lifesaver because it's got four
USBs on each and three main sockets we
did have a smaller one we swapped it out
for this bigger one because though you
know you can't have too big what we'll
do a lot we'll do a little so that that
was me number four there I couldn't
think about that was alcohol though
right let's have a look inside so
there's the inverter and there's all the
stuff on the rack pretty hard to film
today the lights a bit weird
and under here back
I've just got a storage bin that I keep
spare leads tools all the big stuff out
of the way just lives in that storage
bin and then get in there see that and
I've just got storage along under there
there's a table me compressor and that's
Mighty Max compressor in the bag there
so you know loads of storage there
so that's like the midsection of the
truck let's go around the back and
another bread so back of the truck you
saw the video for building the swing out
wheel carrier which hasn't all gone out
there's still a bit that I filmed of
that which she's got no audio so we're
gonna have to voice that last bit up for
you but yeah swing that way all carrier
you've all seen the video for the
modification for the rear of the truck
with the rear winch bumper that's that's
great we've now got the what's it called
NATO hitch that's what I'm looking for
that's the words I've got the NATO hitch
that goes on the rear of this because I
think I am going to get a trailer I'm
just looking for one that's going to be
the right size at the moment so that's
another job with two should have a quick
look in the back
so in the back of the truck at the
moment I've got a couple of empty wolf
boxes that varies the amounts of wolf
boxes depending on where we're going
there can be two four six and it just
depends the telescopic ladder for the
roof tent and we draw system there's so
useful having a set of drawers it just
keeps everything tidy now there is a
locker down this side and the locker
down this side that one's got all my
spare parts in theirs I'll gather some
sort of stuff in there wheel bearings
grease or your all sorts of things lives
down that side and this size just got me
camping stuff in at the moment get the
chairs in there the fire extinguisher up
on the back door because I am gonna put
a fold down little table yourself can
cook on the back door so everyone knows
my cooking I think we should have a fire
extinguisher to hand and that's pretty
much it in the back so I've got the
fridge on the slider built this slider
years ago it's been in about three
different setups in a couple of
different trucks now I really need to
alter that so that it's not on there but
yeah let me slider falls all the way out
and just locks away out the way that's
just made from a couple of draw runners
and a bit of angle from being killed
this was originally in an expedition
trailer and I had that's why we
originally built it for
you just the bolt just wines in and
locks it into place really I need to
bake some sort of whole pin for that but
it works so I'm not going to alter it
and there we go back in the truck
well that's my vehicle walk around hope
that's inspired you to build some bits
for your own truck but as usual leave us
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