Sainsbury's Delivery Van to Arctic Ready Adventure Camper: Building For the EXTREME Cold!

This build might be our biggest test yet! We have built a few campers now for our adventures but the pressure is really on to build this one just right....because if we don't it could be an icicle covered disaster! We are converting this ex-Sainsbury's supermarket delivery van in to the ultimate winterised camper to tackle the cuttingly cold temperatures of northern Europe and the arctic this winter. In this episode we prepare our electrics and plumbing for the polar weather, install a new suspension system, which Jon gets a little too much enjoyment out of, make an almost costly mistake with the drawers and doors, share our system for safe drinking water in your van and Jon makes up for the 'slim-line' tool chat of last week by bumbling on about tools for way too long. Lets do this!

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00:00 Intro
01:09 Electrics
02:51 Drawers
03:35 Wiring
05:02 Battery power
06:38 Doors and drawer fronts
08:31 Tool Talk Tuesday part 1
10:28 Tips for making doors
11:37 Upgrading the suspension
17:37 A nearly expensive mistake
18:04 Tip for painting doors
18:43 Painting
19:08 Plumbing
22:55 Tool Talk Tuesday part 2

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