International 4700 Ambo build

Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
Big job today! Drive shaft support bearing time! The rubber was dry rotted and deformed from the weight of the driveshafts.

The old

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The disassembly

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Bearing removed

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All back together

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Time for a beer!



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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
Interesting divorced setup. That bearing definitely had Bells Palsy.

The truck was originally 3 five foot driveshafts. When I moved the axle and shortened the frame I went to 1 five foot axle and an 18” stubby axle with slip joint and support bearing. I wasn’t too sure about it when I did it, but 90k miles later with no vibration or driveline issues, I am good with it.


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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
Performed a few services to the Ambo after a nice weekend of Camping out of it.

New filters

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Dang that is a big fuel filter!

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All the old oil ready to turn in

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Using the search light as an under hood light

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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
Some Ambo updates,

Replaced the hood!

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New over the axle exhaust

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Tight fit on the lift

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Best way to dry some bibs when camping

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Franz123

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I'm a Photographer in an online company that offers hedgehog habitat which is very perfect for them to play and the materials will let them exercise asmuch as they want. By the way, looks amazing. :)
 
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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
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What’s new you may be thinking? The fiberglass visor over the top of the windshield! I have wanted one of these since I bought the truck back in 2009. They are really hard to come by, and stupid expensive when they do come up. Sadly it is not the cool Lund brand with built in lights. Heck it is not even one for my truck. It was too wide and needs some fiberglass work to make it fit correctly. I had to cut a few inches out of the middle. It is duct taped on right now for measuring purposes, but I couldn’t resist taking a pic of the coolest mod you can do to an Ambo! Time for some sanding, fiberglass and paint...


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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
Time to remove the old ceiling material and lights

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Removed the old light mounts and added some support around the hatch

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Replaced all the old white styrofoam insulation

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Added a new ceiling

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Installed new light fixtures

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Time to install the led light strips and wire em up. Then paint the ceiling panels white.


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motorman

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progress progress, looks great
hole for the handlebar does wonders for the bike footprint in the box
did you do anything with respect to sound proofing?
i guess it would only matter if people rode in the back while you were under-weigh
 

Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
New lighting installed!

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And replaced the sink

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Not really a big deal, but I got a new tea pot as well

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Baloo

"The Bear Necessities"
It has been a while, so here I go

New tires time!
 

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