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I swapped out one of my tires for a much better spare. Getting the spare off was fairly easy as I had already greased up the holding screw previously (FYI unless you have greased it, its most likely rusted in place from years of sitting and a PITA to unscrew). Getting the tire back was more of a...

While driving my SEE from one location to another awhile ago, I noticed I had lost a few hundred RPM. The pedal would go all the way to the floor and I got 2000 RPM at best. Reading through the manual it looked like I needed to shorten up the throttle linkage on the injector side of the engine...

SEE - Retracting the Boom I had my SEE out last weekend for a work day which was digging in the bony rock filled soil of NH with some rotten ledge to scratch at with the ripper bucket. It preformed admirably but I have come to some conclusions on getting the boom locked at the end of the day...

Since the OM352 (and 366s) hit the street, diesel fuel has changed, it previously had sulfur that acted as a lubricant in the injection pumps. In order to clean up the air, recent diesel is ultra low sulfur meaning injection pumps are having a rough time. Some folks are adding a bit of two...

FYI, While roaming other Unimog websites a known crops up about the front portal axles losing fluid. Its reportedly an issue with Military Mogs of the 406 vintage and going on into the later SBUs, including the SEE. There is a possibility that the front portal boxes will slowly pump their fluid...

The person I bought my 1300L has been out and about for awhile (and still on the road) I caught him in between trips to buy mine and while I was there I was impressed with his inventory but held off posting any pictures. His website was down for a bit due to technical issues but a new version is...

SEE wiring Diagram Now that General Hood is out of diagrams there will be demand for the electrical diagram. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?168054-Unimog-FLU-419-SEE-Wiring-Diagram As noted, it does not cover the diagnostic harness or the electrical systems associated with the...

Thanks to a Unimog Forum member, General Hood, who located a stash of previously unobtainable wiring diagrams, another forum member had one scanned and made available to all. Notes, The military diagnostic harness is not shown and to date no one has found any details on the harness. The...

I have mentioned this before but found an official Mercedes reference from a 1300 owners manual. "Once a year spray 1 CC of anti corrosion oil into the pipe connection on axle drive housing of front and rear axles". Along with the quote there is photo showing the drain plug on the axle used to...

While researching for a new addition to the fleet I noticed in the Unimog 1300 operating manual that they recommend that if the unit is used predominately on road that the front tires be swapped so that the tread pattern is reverse of the rear wheels to "provide smoother running while...

FYI http://www.foxkits.com/ sells seal kits for SEE Case M35 cylinders. He sells individual kits for each cylinder but also has a complete kit for the all the cylinders. I bought the set. It will be awhile before I get to try them out but I have at least one cylinder with a "diaper" (oil...

I have been spending some time locating all the grease points. There is reminder in the PS articles about the two grease points that tend to be forgotten under the center of the truck. They put grease to the sealed front ad rear prop shaft joints. One is fairly obvious but the other one took...

This file is not a official document, it is collection of extracted maintenance and operation tips from the PS Magazine indexed.

Hi all, the SEE thread is getting huge and difficult to search through. I expect many new folks don't realize that their bug has been discussed multiple times. The alternative is to create separate threads that hopefully would be limited to one specific bug. I could definitely see one thread for...

After spending most of last summer chasing electrical, hydraulic cooling fans, air leaks in fuel system and a couple of other items, I actually can use my SEE for what it was intended for which is as a crawler loader. Having never owned a crawler loader I cant compare it to a conventional Cat or...

I got around to changing the oil on my SEE yesterday. For those who haven't done it, some comments. You need a 14 mm hex head socket to remove the oil drain. I picked one up at Amazon. I would suggest using a drywall bucket for draining the oil as when the drain plug is removed a large funnel...

I remember discussing insurance awhile back for a SEE but can not find the thread. My SEE is registered as construction equipment in NH, I could have gotten applied for a title and normal plates but decided to go construction equipment as there is no yearly state inspection required for...

While moving a slash pile around today with my SEE, I managed to stall the engine and the engine restarted in reverse. I had read that it was possible but experiencing it is another story. The front loader hydraulics stopped running and exhaust started blowing out the air intake and it was...

Just in case you need to replace a tube fitting on the SEE air lines , they appear to be 10 MM metric bite type fittings. The tricky part is that these fittings are made in different pressure ratings. The pressure rating you want is a "S" rating rather than a "L" rating. The L rating fittings...

While diagnosing why my SEE started running out of fuel when running, I discovered that the fuel tank vent on mine is equipped with a bronze screen which was nicely painted over rendering the bronze screen useless. This vent is screwed into the top of the tank and has a hose barb sticking out...