Driving the Most Dangerous Road in Mexico [Pan-America Mexico Ep.1]
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2023
- Join us on our first official episode of the Pan American Highway. Leaving Baja felt surreal, as if entering a new country. Our plans for the first few days in mainland Mexico would get our hearts racing in the most unexpected ways.
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The fuel pump should be as close to the fuel tank as possible, or you should install a low-pressure in tank to prevent cavitation. That's what you have, hence the noise the pump is trying to prime
Not to mention an inline pump is more likely to overheat versus an in-tank pump in that Mexico heat.
So exciting guys. I am sure I do not need to tell you that now is when the real experience begins. Just be careful, keep your positive energy, meet the locals and follow your instincts.
Got that right amigo! Good advice for all, and thank you.
Great footage keep going ❤
The 12 minute mark drone footage....
EPIC!!!
Alright...
Too much EPIC footage in this episode...
You guys are getting better at this every day!
Thanks for sharing your dream trip with us!
Happy to do it!! We’ll tone down the epic….
Or maybe not 😎
Es bello el viajar por el espinazo del diablo, por la autopista solo para conocer una o dos veces o por rapidez pero para disfrutar, solo por el espinazo ❤
These videos just keep getting better and better 🤠
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Playing chicken with parts is unimaginable, taking stock of your challenges, there is without thought your determination will take to you places only the rest can dream about. Don't forget to breath....OMG the scenery....Big Rock Chick and her Rig..🙂very nice! You Rock "Stacey Flinstone" :-)
Ha! Stacey Flintstone! Thanks for watching, we’re happy you enjoyed it!
What an amazing adventure. We live vicariously thru you 2 and we thank you for taking us along. Safe travels.
Glad we can be that for y’all, thanks for being here Jack.
Back to old school shedlife! Great bones on that old Surf, definitely gotta cut the bar work. Looks like a BC bush basher! Lotsa fun Boys!
Bravo kids! Wonderful!
Showers? You don't need no stinking showers, lmao! Said no one ever! Those scores are awesome! Always a great rig and attitude you two have. I got some swag from you two and hope one day to meet ya on the trail. Best of luck and we will be cheering you on!
Amazing drove that road with my uncle as a kid brought back memories. My parents are from Durango. Enjoy the beautiful people and senari that the state has to offer. Can't wait to see more videos.
The mountain villages are spectacular. Mexico is catching us by surprise in the best way.
Man I've got to tell you all,
Production value on this video is thru the roof. Very well put together. Great job with voiceover and awesome drone footage/sequence for scene changes.
Right amount of "drama" to keep you hooked and interested.
Keep it up and you all will be one of the biggest off-road travel channels out there.
Awesome stuff. Can't wait for the rest of the episodes.
Also the Toyota is awesome of course. Makes me want to chop the top of my 4runner and make the roof raise lol
Wow! Thank you for the kind words! We appreciate it so much.
What amazing scenery! Badass drone work! Keep your eyes out for signs that say "yonke" (junkyards). You might be able to find some Toyota spare parts really cheap, especially for older vehicles. ¡Buen viaje, y cuídense!
Lots of Yonkers around 😂 and thank you we will!
Enjoying the ride along. Thanks for sharing.
That intro….!! 🔥🔥
Great Adventure! Can't wait for the next one! 😉
Such a cool road. Great video once again!
Just started watching your videos and fun to relive some of the places I've been. Great video editing, but a bit too high on the drama IMO. I'll keep watching though as the videos are great. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and I love the truck! A great re-imagination of a little 2wd camper. Well done.
Great video and yes the puppy’s sure can grab our emotions Stay safe and we will keep following your adventure 😄🌴🌵
great job, your production skills are improving significantly! Awesome journey...
Love it as always, may have held my breath a few times and thank you for looking after puppy mama and giving her a full belly. Be safe, much love 💗
Another awesome video!
Classy new intro... Awesome 😎
Hi Friends, Nice trip, You have done most dangerous camping in the sierra madre occidental. I'm from concordia Sinaloa, Congrats You are save & healty !!
Thank you!
Thank you so much ! I’m travelling vicariously through you guys! Experience the world!
We will do it! Thanks for being here.
Tks for sharing the experience, and for the high quality edit. Keep going guys.
Thanks for being here!
You guys embody so much of what matters to me! May you be safe out there and have fun!
Glad to hear it, thank you!
That was an epic episode! Thanks for sharing your journey. Cheers from🇨🇦
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sitting here mesmerized by the scenery and storytelling and I accidently ate 3/4s of a family sized bag of popcorn.... 🙈😅🤦♀🤷
great episode as always you two! can't wait for the next one 😁
one thing I will recommend is that you buy a few spare fuel pumps and add a pre filter before the pump to stop junk from getting in and wrecking them. the further south you go, the more likely you'll encounter bad quality fuel.
Change both the pump when you change the frame (chassis)mounted filter.
- found out the hard way on my own Chinook concourse RV. New filter are less restricted and/or free flowing . This messes with a tired used fuel pump. Original used pump will fail in 100 to 200 miles when paird with a fresh fuel filter
Haha that’s awesome about the popcorn. Well we’ve got 2 spare ones now lol.
Fuel system is all custom, only original Chinook part of it a 4 foot piece of the return line.
Awesome video. Glad y’all are still safe and enjoying your incredible journey. Continued prayers for you both.
Thank you Bryan!
Enjoying the video series and can't wait to see what more your journey includes. Also congratulations... you've explored more of Mexico than 99.999% of any Americans ever will!
Thank you! And it is sooo worth exploring!
Wow 😮 🇲🇽🎉🎊🎉 16:06
Just love seeing the Chinook offroad, great driving home girl!
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Wow... Fabulous video... I loved all those movies, I own a couple of them. Wonderful, spectacular scenery... Loved it all❤ Stay safe❤❤❤❤
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Hi. We are new to your channel. So glad we found you. We’ve been looking for people that take the roads less traveled. We have a channel as well and mainland Mexico is our next big trip. We haven’t seen anyone else take overland routes so we are excited to watch this series. And more.
Thanks. Good stuff.
Hello and welcome! We’re glad you’re enjoying the videos. Mainland Mexico is AMAZING and we can’t wait to come back to visit again.
Another great video. Hope you both stay safe and Gets the fuel pump issue fixed.
Please replace that noisepump when you can😂 Thanks for another great video❤
The real connection moving on, the dog 🐕 is looking for you
Greetings from the south Okanagan where it's finally spring but a couple weeks behind normal. Thanks for taking us along once more. The drone footage continues to be amazing and your music choices are consistently wonderful as well. Good luck on the fuel pump issue - I prefer ones I can get at as well since they seem to die at the least convenient place. Safe travels you two.
Happy to hear Spring has finally arrived!
Epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Toyota Chinook is looking good ⚙️ ⚙️
Great episode! In 1991 my parents and I drove our 1961 International school bus across the espina del Diablo on our way to Guatemala. It was hair raising for sure, to say the least. Safe travels you guys are awesome. Watch where you're going
That is so cool!! I can't imagine driving that road in a bus, to kuddos, I bet it was a great trip!
Amazing journey thanks for sharing. 👍
Thanks for watching!!
We really enjoyed this first episode and we will be following along your adventures all the way from Australia! Chris & Ange
We’re so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!!
I spent two months driving around Mexico with the same hesitation problem in my 86 Ford Ranger. I eventually decided it was just the fuel that’s sold at the gas stations. Filling up with premium seemed to help, but it didn’t totally go away until I was back in the states. Love your trip! Wish I was doing the same thing! Cheers
Well good news is premium is cheaper here! Thanks for watching.
I love love your truck camper :) that is something I want badly for my little family for small adventures to make memories your video is inspiring man and i'm shocked that fuel pump is working so well lol boy is it loud ha
Hah us too! Thanks for watching!
Awesome 👌🏻 y'all be safe. I love the video's cheers 🍻 🌮🌮
We will, thanks for being here!
"How does this channel not have 100,000 subscribers?" Oh, it will. Definitely.
We’re waiting too…. 🥹🙏🏼
DAMN IT IM SO JELOUS. These videos are so awe-inspiring. MORE MORE!!!
MORE!!!
you may need a fuel filter before the pump. great video and your Toyota is great.
This was an epic episode!! That fuel pump tho!! That must have ben annoying to listen to the whole drive!
😅 the music was extra loud
@@ToyotaWorldRunners hahaha that’s one way!!
I have a feeling I'd be coming back with a lot of dogs 🐕 I love them more than people! And I had a hard time just watching that, my fiance is a bit of an animal activist and vegetarian for almost her entire 50 years, so hard to watch them out there all alone, that ripped my heart out! I don't think I can even show her, she'd probably start crying, and she really doesn't cry, I almost did, so sad , TY for feeding her, and you guys are just great people, keep up the great work
It’s a good thing we don’t have the space… or we would have a litter already. Thanks for being here Frank.
Cool adventure
The Dog 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Durango is such a beautiful state with so many different landscapes within one state.
We could hardly believe we were in Mexico.
@@ToyotaWorldRunners I would highly recommend visiting El Nayar, Mexiquillo, and El Puente de Ojuela.
Great episode guys! Some advice re the old fuel pump: I have experience with those pumps and they do not fail very often but if you look carefully inside the suction side of it you will see it has a very fine strainer/filter made from plastic. If you are careful you can pry it out with a very thin screwdriver blade or scriber. Be very careful not to perforate the fine mesh! I am willing to bet it is blocked up with crud from your fuel tank. Give it a good clean and push it back in. Hope this helps.
That fuel pump is SUPER SKETCH!!!
I hope you get that thing replaced soon...
Ya those $60 amazon fuel pumps are garbage haha
You are definitely the best editor on CZcams, better than TV quality 👍
Well that’s a huge compliment!!
@@ToyotaWorldRunners I’ve been trying to edit CZcams videos for over a decade, unfortunately I missed the bus when it comes to computers, I was born in 1975 and just never got into them, I’ve never even sent a email, I’d kill to get someone to help me, but I never seem to find anyone willing to help, and a lot of my friends are in the same boat, I just post raw videos, one day I’ll find someone in this major metropolis willing to help? I mean it’s freakin NYC/Long Island And we have the worst everything! Stores suck, 9 outta 10 people suck! Millions of people and no one has the time, meanwhile I help everyone! One day I’ll move off these dam islands and move to America! LOL
Breathtaking scenery! So different from Baja. Hope you can solve that pump issue soon to get rid of the noise.
It was unexpected on all fronts!
Definitely go see the pyramids at Teotihuacan and incredible museums in Mexico City and if you want to try the best ice cream on the planet check out tepoznieves in Tepoztlan a super cool small town with cobblestone streets and yummy restaurants 🤙🏽
Noted, thank you!
Awesome video, my experience with those in line fuel pumps is they aren't really designed to suck fuel from top of a tank. They last much longer being gravity fed
Your welcome for the fuel pump I’m glad it helped you out
Sure did bro! Thank you!
Safe travels.
Emergency fuel tip. If your pump stops working. Use propane to get you to a safe spot. You'll need a regulator and a hose long enough to reach the intake
Good tip!
This has become one of my favorite channels. Been following for almost two months. So are you doing Mexico to Argentina and then doing Mexico up to Alaska?
Glad you found us! We started in Vancouver and the plan is to go to Ushuaia first, and do the Northern leg afterward, yes.
@@ToyotaWorldRunners Awesome, ill be following along for the journey. Safe travels.
El espinazo del Diablo I love it
Didn’t knew Mexico had Elk and such beautiful mountainous terrain.
just a random thought, the charcoal canister might be clogged or partially blocked, causing the fuel pump to work harder than normal, which is what's putting the strain on the system. Might try a bypass and see how that works. I've had canister problems on my 80 after I added a 42 gallon aux tank. It created pressurization problems in the tank, which affected my secondary fuel pump.
The pump quaility, Amazon specials ? Have you tried a Delco or other name brand? Good luck guys, im enjoying your travels . Cheers from the Sunshine Coast.
I did Diablo solo on a motorcycle trip to PV it was EPIC!!
I bet it was incredible on a moto, so fun. The corners are banked like a race track.
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Nice nomadix towel, I have that same pattern
As someone who rides motorcycles out a California access roads, this devils backbone looks like a piece of cake.
Hello Toyota Chinook Team.
It’s been 5 days since you posted this video and we are curious if you have replaced your growler or squealer Amazon fuel pump yet?
Hopefully you have already sourced and installed a cure plus an extra or two.
Prayers continue for you both.
I hope yall don't run out of gas. My blood pressure would go up. Keep your shirt on. Know if Stacy had it off it be better lol. I pray for yall.
Still raining here in Nanaimo.😊
You've got your younger Gordon Lightfoot hairdo rocken.
I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans
She's a hard-loving woman, got me feeling mean 🎶
Que chioooo. I live in Mexico, what is the name of the off-road park you played in?
Another great one. Hope you guys have another fuel pump by now. I’d be a nervous wreck driving like that.
It made for a some stressful days indeed.
Just over 15 yrs ago a friend and I drove that winding highway in a Honda Civic. We got stuck behind a Toyota pickup but the guys driving kept driving faster and faster as we were tailgating them. Eventually Squealing tires in the hairpin turns the yota almost sideswiped a bus and some goats. Eventually they allowed us to pass but then they turned on us and attempted to drive us off the road. We thought we were having a good time but apparently that weren’t. Having heard stories or people getting stabbed while we were in Zacatecas I took off and drove like a madman all the way to mazatlan. We ended up finding they’re truck again while in the city a couple days later. I contemplated taking a dump on their hood but my friend talked me out of it.
Sounds like a hilariously epic journey, despite the scare.
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Great camera work! Tone down the "epic narration", every line does not need to be an inspirational cliche poem about life lol! Don't become Clay at Expedition Overland, who is great at filming and terrible at narration. This adventure will speak for itself. I'm glad I found your channel and am very much enjoying your journey, later!
Epic soundtrack starting at 12:00! What song is that, and where do you get your music?
We use a few online subscriptions for royalty free music. Try the Shazam app, I Don't remember the song!
Out of all the things to save money on (especially on a trip to South America) the fuel pump was a really poor decision. I'd have someone state side ship me a quality pump before heading any further south. "Aeromotive" makes darn good bullet proof inline pumps.
DAYUM.
Who needs guard rails motorists are always running to them?😂😂
what model Atoto head unit did you install? Do you like it?
I think it’s the f7 something, iirc
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Only trash beer in Mex is Corona
Apparently you've never had the Tecate shits and hangover
@@trashman1694 I think you meant to say coors light, Busch, bud light, natty ice shits. Tecate is literally a level above US over abundance of trash beer. Corona is the Fosters of Mexico, nobody actually drinks it in the country that it’s from.
I honestly had no idea that such a road existed in Mexico or that they had mountains of that magnitude. I had the thought that they probably have very few repeat offenders for drunk driving as that road looks like it would take them out of the game. Being in the land of John Wayne must be magical. (Random thought)
The stay dog was a heartbreaker, but you guys helped her out at least for a day and that was good of you. Oddly enough, no language barrier between man and beast, finally a Mexican you could communicate with easily.
Stay safe and enjoy yourselves and each other. By the way, I wore my Toyota World Runners T-shirt and it fit like a T. Ha, pardon the pun. As it would be, the T-shirt finds me without a Toyota as my current ride is a early model Isuzu Trooper that I just recently bought from the nephew of the guy I sold it to last year. A long story, but I tend to by and sell Japanese 4x4s as a way of funding my trips into the woods. You guys rock.
We've been so surprised in the best way by Mexico, Baja included. Like you we had no idea the road existed until we were browsing maps and noticed the obscure winding route and had to investigate. Troopers are awesome. They're square in the best way! Haha. Thanks for being here Phil 🤙🙏
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Phil Griswold
2:24 PM (2 minutes ago)
I read your reply yesterday and then I was coming home from the grocery the pun hit me. Square as in boxlike and square as in uncool, yet still cool. Phil G
Tea pot raging😂
Baja California is Mexico.
Baja is Mexico.
don't know why you keep making it an exception or something.
I do hope you have a gun for the more dangerous areas.
Just a note concerning your about section with all the links, "" in front of the link rather than "www" will result in making the link clickable rather than just text that has to be copied and pasted into the browser.