The chemistry and comradery between you guys is amazing. I can now see why my late father enjoyed watching you so much Al...

All of this reminds me exactly of my car mechanic days working with the boys…. Good times

You know what's really funny.... Ford decided to show me an advert for the new transit before showing the video. 😂

I’m thinking that van needs some vinyls stickers on each front cab door. “Triggers Broom” 4 engines, 4 gearboxes but still all original.

"it's got a fair bit of clearance, there"

Well that was 40 minutes of top-quality educational entertainment . Well done gentlemen 👍🏼

Them ford engines are great compared to the new transit customs 😅 and the even older engine with the bigger turbo was a even better and the original transit di turbo was probably the strongest engine by far

Last one I did it had missed the oil pump recall. The oil pump was kaput. After contacting ford they picked it up ( still in bits) and fitted a new engine. Only thing they wouldn’t do was regas the fridge system the had disconnected. Result! Shocked and still amazed. Great video content and honesty as usual. Thanks for posting

"Jesus wept", that's what Richard Dimbleby got fired from the Beeb for.

A great duo, work doesn’t seem that hard when you are having fun. You make it look easy 👏👏👏

Family member, sadly now deceased always said ' Henry Ford, the man who made walking a pleasure' ....................................

Leaning the ford engines against a wall is, well, genius quite frankly. That is a good idea.

Biggest issue was the nut behind the steering wheel. After coming to Canada I worked on Ford F350s with a wrecker body on them. One customer, after the third clutch, went on a road test with the regular driver and they came up to a set of lights and he stopped and held slipping the clutch. He was immediately let go,

it is designed as a one piece carrier to keep the bean counters happy and they can have robots to build the crap

Nice to find a smile in a bleak week. Thanks folks 👍

My names Jamie and I’m a transit addict. I love the damn things!! Soon as you mentioned those rear wishbone bolts I cringed. Bloody Fords!!!

Well done lads. Another triumph….Sorry Transit. 😂

Hehe was waiting for fork lift to go through the fire wall into triggers cab 😂😊

Blimey Al, Precision Clutch Components... I remember in the mid 90's when John was based in Croydon and it was my job as junior mech to run down from Maidstone with a Mk3 escort van load every 3 weeks or so! Happier times 🙂

Mate only way forward put a bmw m57 content would be fantastic and a walk in the park for genius like yourself 👍

I’ve got to admire the motivation to remove engines just like that, with other mechanics there’s umming ahhing and sucking air through teeth

Started on the spanners and very quickly decided I'd rather be sat driving a truck, 30 years on I don't regret that decision lol 👍

Stick a Merc engine in the silver Transit 🤣

@gregshearer423

5 ай бұрын

Seen Someone retro fitting an m57 bmw engine into one 😂

Really enjoyed that. Trigger rides again. Cheers Al and Fudgie

Brilliant as usual makes my day .

alan bringing to us the nuts and bolts of mechanics, no frills, no fancy gimmicky thingys going on, making it understandable and fun to watch, compulsive viewing, always looking forward to up and coming videos, there variation is amazing. 🚘

you get the best jobs

Im with you on the if I have a spare it wont go wrong thought

Great video. Love watching you 2 work. Have a great week

Excellent stuff trigger rides again 👌👍🏻👏

Another hilarious vlog what a duo 👍

Another gem 💎 well done lads.

Brilliant video guys

Wicked Cant wait for the video

Absolutely love these guys

Fantastic video again , my Saturday night complete 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

Well done, fudge and Al.

What a team.!!!Nice one boys

fantastic did a grand job

You two make me laugh. Plus you make things look easy. Great content lads.

Top quality entertainment as always!

Yes guys great video again keep going 👏 👍

Great job 👏👍

WELL brilliant video again. Both of you make it very entertaining, roll on the next one

Already know its gonna be good ❤ and i wasnt wrong! You never disappoint guys 🤣🤣

Great vid al an fudge. Keep them coming

Hopefully the donor Transit can source its own engine and live again. In all seriousness that’s a very very solid Jumbo van.

Good job lads

Love them transit generation

Another good one gents 👍👍

😂you had me there for a minute 😂 i thought at the end there when you were both stood with sweeping brushes we were gonna be treated to a dance routine 😂😂 Brilliant as usual ❤it

Well done boys!!!!

Amazing thought process al is probably a brilliant mechanic and fudge smudge your so needed for this situation pair of ya are the best comedy on here absolutely epic lads

Love it Al and fudge ! Just makes me relax. Hope things are ok with your parents 🧢🤔👍

Loved it ...

Good one , Al , Fudge , my son cringes when your working on the transits , he’s got one you see , yes yes it’s had a new engine fitted ! 😒😒 and a gearbox , and a turbo and things

Great video as usual , loving the transit dilemmas , been there many times myself !! Bet you can't wait to tackle the 2.0 ecoblue wet belt engines , good luck getting the injectors out ! Can a mechanic bloke from salisbury buy a 6 d Diesels hoodie pls ?

Being the owner of trigger I can honestly say that truck is officially a 40k+ transit I gave 6k for! Owes me too much to much to get rid of! It’s a piece of shit that’s always been serviced every 10k religiously, taken no more abuse than my bomb proof smiley which it replaced coz it was rotten! A banana smiley turbo lump would have made them a good truck!

Another great video has always al and fudgie 👍

U should put a Merc 2.1/2.7 and 6 speed into the silver transit!!

@6DDIESELSDorset

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking possibly an m57

Brilliantage 👍

Another great video. Loved it. I was actually thinking about that Range Rover the other day funny enough I wounded if they ever changed that bearing or just left it. As it never came back on the channel again I don't think. I've done a few myself in the past expecially on the old vauxhalls think 1 is still driving around today. But fair play to them if it works then all good. Any update on your parents problems. Keep up the good work ❤

Trigger is your ford that is fix and repair daily lol

Hiya i have a swift caravan never knew you can get a campervan so well equipped. . Its lovely tbh the only down side is putting the bed down specially after a few beers lol .. but tbh i would leave the bed down because you have a sitting area at the front ..iv got a 2 birth so i have to put the bed down at night but the slates just pull out .. but all in all yea very nice van ..and its a swift ... the location looks beautiful iv only been to scotland for work purposes .. i plan to tour around Scotland in diana my caravan 😊

Good old new transits there just poo you can’t beat a smiley I think for nicknames for you two it’s gotta be Batman and robin lol keep the content coming 👍

You two are just quality, so entertaining and funny,I don't know what made me laugh more, "the bigger tool" the " window lickers " or fudgey going to w@#k it over ,the best 40 mins entertainment of Saturday, don't you two dare give up KZread!!

Great job boys thought you were going to do the full Monty at the end with the brooms lol 😂 My brother has a ford transit that a garage has told him they are unable to repair the rust as far as I know the engine is good think he is after another one maybe the silver one would be a good donor !!

Brilliant as ever. What a van??

God the transits have gone really crap how many engines and gearboxs I had a 2000 plate ran fantastic didn't miss a beat I abused it still ran when I scraped it just got fed up welding it up but extra half ton in plates when it went in and I was thinking about getting another van and was thinking transit again but alot of the engines in them after the one I had sounds a nightmare thing I will be looking Merc or VW just for a good engine as welding for me not a problem will this be the last engine you change it trigger 😂🤣 god it's must of cost alot for the owner poor bloke keep up the good work you two hope you parents are ok and that problem is getting sorted mate

What a disastrous drivetrain 😂 Even when neglected which I suspect here honestly they should survive a lot longer.

The cunning plan is almost as good as Baldricks invention of green😊

Brrilliant preamble...

Well done Al & Fudge nice job as always well done ford for taking a good product like the smiley transit & turning into a pile of crap & continually making them crapper year after year 😢

Thats got to be user error, ie hammering the f#ck out of it. Weve had several mk6/mk7 2.4's, all have got to around 200k before we got rid, last one a 10 plate was on its original clutch, turbo, gearbox.

@Ragnar8504

5 ай бұрын

I know a Transit of similar age that needs its third gearbox now, even though it's done less than a 100k km if I remember correctly. First one liked to jump out of reverse unless you held the gear lever constantly, current one jumps out of reverse unless you hold the gear lever until you're moving. The van also got a massive dent in the sliding door because someone sideswept a cigarette vending machine. And yes, it's driven by a whole bunch of crazies, including dozens of volunteers. It's almost rot-free because it goes off the road in October and back in late April but that's about it.

Pinto old school ❤

Hello from scunthorpe hope mum and dad are ok

Hopefully trigger will never be back AL 😂 👍 👍

@6DDIESELSDorset

5 ай бұрын

Do t think we’ll be that lucky !!! But we may get a few month absence 👍

well done fella"s from mr 1k like click,

Wicked ☕️🚬👌🏼

3:39 Yep been there with those dreaded bolts going through the lower arms through subframe and into the chassis whilst doing a clutch. Half removed box and managed to get the clutch out and back in through the narrow space. Not nice whilst doing the job on the floor. 🤦🤦🤦 11:16 Ain't the bloody truth wish I had listened to careers advisor as well!!!! Wouldn't be spannering either!!! 😂😂 16:54 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@gregshearer423

5 ай бұрын

At 3:39 he’s on about the big long bolts that hold the engine cradle not the bottom arm bolts

@richardhunt1384

5 ай бұрын

@@gregshearer423 ah was way off then!!! 🤦🤦🤣🤣

@gregshearer423

5 ай бұрын

@@richardhunt1384 can still be a complete bastard like them bottom arm bolts 😂😂😂

Fudge. When you are directing a fork lift … forward 4 inches… 2 inches 1 inch .. Not a bit, a bit , a bit ..😂

Fit a merc conversion to the silver transit please al

What about a merc transplant in the ford van your taking the lump out

Ah jeez. The first engine blowing up is an inconvenience. Having the second one go and having to fit a 3rd one is starting to take the piss😆😆

@6DDIESELSDorset

5 ай бұрын

Yep that’s no4 just gone In 👍

classic example of why FORD has the acronym fix or repair daily / found on rubbish dumps

Put a td5 in it

Silver Ford transit Merc engine???

Get that engine repaired and fitted in the silver transit. It's such a waste for the silver one to die because of a failed clutch. I had an old N plate Sprinter clutch do the same many gears ago.

@gregshearer423

5 ай бұрын

Thing is you put a clutch in that transit in 2 hours there a fairly easy clutch

Could you put a Merc engine in the Ford ???

Any chance you could fit a smiley 2.5di (maybe even the turbo variant) and mt75 gearbox in the silver one for shits and giggles. It would probably make it the most likely mk7 to ever survive.

@martynfilmer8177

5 ай бұрын

Or put a 2.4 York with an overdrive box would be an improvement on the crappy 1 that came out😅

You mate given you are a never ending font of knowledge about diseaseal engines and vans you should do a video ranking the vans and engines available from best to worst. Really seems like Transits are a disaster. I might need a van in the next year or two and my budget might not stretch to a Merc or Transporter.

@ivanfernyhough3851

5 ай бұрын

Transits really are not a disaster at all.great vans.

I always thought rust would kill a ford transit before the engine

I see why you’re clutch is failing. No duel Mass flywheel. Mind they don’t last either. My one did 58000

Obviously not looking after it.i took one to 180000 miles till engine failed,must admit the rebuilt replacement only did 50000,apparentley these engines dont like being rebuilt,but the 2nd vsn was still going strong after 2120000 miles and still going strong,original engine,gearbox and rear axle so dont no what the hell the owner of this van does.our vans used to be constantly overloaded to.

Another good job done, here’s a question.. what is fudgies real name and why’s he called fudge 🙂

@6DDIESELSDorset

5 ай бұрын

His real name is Steve and he’s just always been called fudge lol 👍

@chrisjackson4457

5 ай бұрын

Best of it is I specialise in repairing green ovals (ok someone has too ) years ago I ran a Land Rover with a Ford York in it and the mk2 head it ran forever and was great, but these new transit engines 🤮😩 keep up the good work Al & Steve

Hey, you wouldn't know anyone who has a pair of Mini 10 inch tyres roadworthy local? I've seen that truck about quite often, only live over Gill and known locally for driving the mental trottered Robin 3 wheeler van hence the need for a pair o' 10 inch tyres as the ones on are getting old...

@6DDIESELSDorset

5 ай бұрын

Can’t say I do fella 👍

m57 swap it

I was surprised that tobacco grew on the planet Endor, or that Ewoks engaged in nicotine addiction. Oh, my mistake, it's Fudgie in a hoodie.

It's a transit not built to last .my mate had brand new one 10,000 miles engine blew.i think best engine the smileys .I drove a g regd transit luton in 2003 with over 45000 Miles.

Haven’t you lot heard of heaters?