Mates are mates but they need to appreciate the money they save by having you do work. Asking for your mate to cop the amount for clocks maybe not so much but absolutely for fuel/time/labour pay out/use of your knowledge, unit etc. Not much to ask when you compare it to standard charges from another garage! I don't comment to much but I really enjoy your videos as it feels like I'm just hanging out watching you work and learning along the way. Thats exactly what its all about. You are a natural youtuber/presenter, very informative and engaging. Thanks for your time, effort and knowledge. It's greatly appreciated Nathan. Also to note. It's nice having a spotless garage/unit but rarely does it happen nor stay that way and as long as you're happy, so are we. Stay safe. AHH YEAHHHH

Another great raw video showing how the real guys do the job. Fantastic - thank you for being you 👍

I worked on campervans for a while , changing reinforced 16 inch tyres in the cold nearly unheated workshop was a ballache to put it politely 🤣 Lovin the content, keep ‘em coming chap 🙏

Thank you for the video Nathan. As always great content giving lots of useful tips and tricks. Totally understand how you wanted to get away from doing customer work, especially when the work makes you out of pocket.

Such a genuine guy! True friend buddy! 💪🏻💪🏻

Brilliant video again thanks. Love the way you explain it all. Keep them coming

Another great video, my vans very similar but in 1.9 flavour. Sorry about your son, thats heartbreaking. Your mates lucky to have you look after his van like that.

Another fantastic interesting video mate.Tonya Harding had me laughing-I had forgotten about her😂.

Watching you on the tyre changer, I have just had 2 new knees, can't risk the things we used to do. New knees are good though. Great video. Thanks

I do have the milwaukee angle impact. It's a great tool to have however I feel it is not strong enough for the tasks I needed it for. I guess it is what it is, the compact size limits the hammer weight hence it limits it's possibilities and power. 2,5s can give real headaches, so those are the engines to avoid. They have sh1tload of unique and new solutions (for it's era) that VW did not implement in later engines. Aluminum block with about 120 micron of sprayed on steel coating in the cylinders, gear driven timing with the aircon compressor, water pump, and generator if I recall correctly, unique PD elements which is different from any other PD engines. They can have issues with the cylinder lining wearing out and obviously there is no way to overbore them. They have sometimes the exhaust manifold cracking, camshaft wearing out, hydraulic lifters wearing out, numerous oil leaks from the timing, etc. They they are good they are fun to drive, but when they start to have issues it could be expensive to fix. Get it fixed asap and let it go :D

Just come across this video. Have to say great video. Well explained nice to see more in-depth explanations of what how you’re doing something. And showing all the issues and the things that go wrong.

Another great video Nathan

End of an era and hopefully less stress for ya!! 🤞🏻Ah yeah 🤙🏻

Don't blame you Nath for only working on your own vehicles. Always entertained by your videos🤟

DTE should have 100,000 subscribers brilliant content and presentation.

still loving your videos brother! please keep making the content

Great work man, the wheels on this t5 would look sick on your caddy

I’ve seen the fluffy ABS wire on a friend’s van a couple of years ago, that was a 2.5 as well, sounds like a tractor 😀

Great video ,mines a 2.5 caravelle. Nice too see another, replaced borg warner turbo as well .keep up content ,don't get bogged down with customers unless it's good for you fella 👍 👌

Ah yea, that 2.5 engine is hard work, sold mine earlier this year as had new turbo, new exhaust manifold (cracked on outlet 5), new turbo hoses, darkside injector clamps, got it as sorted as I could but never trusted it after all that work! Had two 2 litre t5’s and had none of them issues over 300k miles between them

Nathan,the well known phrase "no good deed goes unpunished' springs to mind.as far as the unreasonable added costs are concerned,if the T5's owner is a proper mate,he will be grateful you went way further than was initially agreed and will square you up for all costs 🤷🏼‍♀️

Amazing how much rust in occurs in the UK 🇬🇧 compared to Australia 🇦🇺 . Makes life hard and more expensive.

great to get them jobs wrapped up mate 👍👍

Epic video mate, hope u managed to get something back but can understand ur way dude maybe half but is a hard one ay dude hope something can be sorted, top dude

Top job Nathan , love the sound and power of the 2.5👍 I have a pair of rear shocks that I could post?

Another great video. I been watching your channel for a fair few now mate and each time you do a video I'm like, if I get a van I reckon I can do that and others I'm like I wouldn't be able to do that (well done on the clutch vid by the way) so yeah looks like I'm gettin my new van finally this week and while it's sad I can't come down get it looked at by ya when (not if) it breaks I think you are a star, you're living your best life goin solo as a youtube mechani-content specialist. good luck to ya and sorry I can't send you a Milwaukee angle impact - aahh Yeah!

Crakin vid again 👌

Another step forward Nathan. Big up mate

His van his fixed and mot the price is the price he should be happy 2 give u the 180 on top ov a tip he wouldn't have done it him self and some other garage would have charged him more for less a job ur a good mechanic he's a lucky guy plus u've advertised it on ur channel for him.

Another great video, Nathan 👍🏼👍🏼

Another quaulity video Nathan, look forward to the next one.

Quality keep it up 🤙

I've a "2 hour "rule for Pals jobs - if it can be done in 2 hours, ok. If it's longer than 2 hours, it ain't a Pals job, it's a customers job & you're getting a bill. No good deed goes unpunished.

Hey Nathan love your content ... im hooked on your channel now watching all the way from 🇯🇲 Jamaica... i have 3 t5.1 2 trucks and a bus amongst other vduds .... quick question... what size rims are those and which vehicle they were originally on?

Dag namit! I was going to get in touch about some work on my T5 as I'm relatively local and I like your work style! Any recommendations for other local good guys (engine replacement and 5.1 facelift)?

How can I get a DTE TV sticker for my van?

😂 you made that tyre harder work than it needed to be,,r yeah

You can’t fault anything he said. If you could use one word to describe that whole situation it would be - Tenacity 💪👍

Has he sold the van? I imagine so with all the work you have put in looks a tidy motor.

Tidy looking van 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

In my 20s, the garage I worked at had maybe 4 cars in the corner, which were jobs out of control.. bye bye profit....hello lost time and money. I'm a self-employed tradesman these days, I only take on easy work.. why lose time/money working and paying to build other peoples dreams..

Are you calling a hammer (or any other tool as an improvised hammer)…. a Tonya Harding? 😂 I had to give it a REEEWIND to check

get a tyre shredder and market it as recycled rubber for playgrounds or something

Nathan , did you manage to find out the situation with your mates wheels? Whether they are car wheels with load rated tyres or actually van wheels ? Cheers

Nathan I can't find the videos on your transit

Ah yeah

Great vid as per usual only thing that trim behind your head lol that would piss me off flappin lol nice van to be fair but prefer your van with two tone style

👍👌😎

Hi Nathan, is that a real sportline x ? If so which number it’s written on the tag on the seats !

Do 18k followers warrant being able to make enough to not have customers ?

Water runs down inside from the blanking plate for sliding door motor under the panel .

Hello, I follow the channel and lovin the vids👍 can you tell me if the t6 rear bumper can be put on a t5 without changing anything else please? I know you changed tailgate and bits on yours but see the silver t5 looks like it’s only had a bumper. Many thanks Chris

Nathan have you seen , DEAN Saving salvage He is raffleling off a 2017 Carravelle dsi dte obd , something like that its a mad super van .

Cheers buddy great vid ❤ ar yer 😂

What happened to the OM606 boat?

Good video Nathan what's the ideal t5 tyre size 18's ? Still think the 1.9 has a lot more tuner options and popularity but as always horses and courses,

Great video as usual. How much is your mate selling it for? I’m sure you could sell it on here lol.

Takk!

New trousers

Ah yeah 👍

Nathan thnx for the videos what do u think about the dsg transmission on the vw's

Ahh yeaah 👍

What was wrong with the air con? My T5 when I press the button it doesn’t even light up let alone pump kick in. Any suggestions? 👍🏼👍🏼

That looks like a t6 rear bumper on that t5.1 didn’t know they fit ? Is it a direct swap ? Cheers

Great video 👍. Charging you for a non-repair is not professional, he should have found the fault or just said give me a drink. You have great ethics.

anybody elese cringing as he cuts that handbrake nut off withoiut the guard on the grinder 🤣

They didn't make a 2.5 t5.1 a 59 plate is still a T5 bud

My friend bought an 07 1.9 day van. Spent £8k and absolute disgrace piece of junk. Vw no thanks

Disagree with you pal. So long as your customer/pal was updated along the way. Done this and that . Next is to have so and so done It will cost this amount It’s different spending days and days on something to then turn around around and say it’s fixed . But you owe me 2 days labour

Greeting! I have a question and a suggestion. Why don't you buy that van? And the suggestion is that you could buy that 2.5tdi.