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If you look at my build you will see how much flex we had and it's not a mog!

I know that the older unimog so needed three point mountings as the chassis is very flexible. I guess if you are careful it would be ok but can you imagine having a mog and thinking oh no I can't go there?

Hi We have a 917af and this knob selects 4wd and the other diffs, defiantly not full time 4wd as on brake tester they do one axle a time. Good luck

Very very nice!!

Wow it's looking good!

We saw a large truck in Morroco who parked on four air bags and then went round with an airline!

I used some old rail sleepers which are 4x8 " cut at about 18" long with a long taper from 4" down to 1" over about 8". Works fine for us, our camper body is three point mounted with single pivot at the rear so we only block front wheels up.

We use 4 batteries on 24v system smart split charge relay with solar mains charger along with truck charging them, we then have a battery to battery charger to 1 12v house battery. We don't have a large drain on 12v but the charger from the 24v works well and even with low amps going into 24v...

Spud Boy yes same here but we do have suppliers of 8 stud rims but with no offset. local company are brilliant at doing what you want for wheels, they have all the gear for building one off agricultural rims. Farmers Tyre near Leamington Spa they are a professional bunch but I cant find a web...

tyres http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/73430-917af-pictures-so-far/page4 Details of what we did here, we used bridgestone tyres and had local company supply and adjust offset on 8 stud tyres for 917, bigger trucks have 10 stud so rims are easier to find.

Brilliant news enjoy:-)

Hi Looks like its going to be a great truck, if you get to the UK call in and see us I would love to see it in the flesh. Good luck with the build.

We managed to get double bed at rear above store area and then bathroom with dressing area and door on bed room area which closes on to side of bathroom. At the front we have a sofa in front of folding table the back rest then folds up to give single bed. Depends on age of child but at 15 our...

Hi Yes and from memory it was around 4500 kg but I cant find bridge ticket so I cant be sure!

Ian Are you switching the return from engine to the tank as well? I have a secondary tank which is used to top up the main tank, this means that you can leave all standard fittings and gauge with just a transfer pump to top up when needed. Simple but works!

Sounds a good plan to me I think buying an ex fire truck is the safest route. Our experience of our 1989 917 was it was in fantastic condition and had been very well maintained, I am a big fan of Mercedes tractors and trucks of the era as they seem to be the last of the old fashioned belt and...

In the uk we always park next to a caravan, they make for a soft landing :-)

We have 917 af with super single 22.5 rims, it sits at 65 mph fine. It will do 75mph but is running at 2400 rpm which is noisy and uses more fuel. I have a mb trac tractor which runs at 2400 for hours on end so I think it's just the noise and cost that are an issue. I know some of the ex army...

Neil don't be shy, show them more pics of your interior! We were lucky enough to see the truck last weekend and the quality of the finish inside is stunning. It's a credit to you both that you have achieved such a design to a very high standard.

Iain the good work continues, do you have to uprate oil pump for extra oil used? Cheers Ian