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When power is dropping out as you describe, start at the battery with a voltmeter and work your way toward the starter, and toward the Polarity Protection box and Power Distribution panel, looking for the point beyond which there is no DC voltage (applies to 12v and 24v circuits). Even though...

Here is the spring suspension sliding block. There's probably a proper name for it. L Lots of grease required on these trailers.

The center pivot is mounted on a heavy block that moves up and down within the limits of the frame around it. That provides the spring suspension for the trailer. The ends of the beam are retained by heavy guides, lots of grease required! Now I know what the holes in the sides of the bed...

The more I learn about this trailer the more interesting it gets. Like the suspension, a walking beam, but with no axle crossing from left to right so the bed can be very low and there is nothing to 'hit' underneath. A wheel was taken off today and some cleaning done. It's obvious why the...

Waafast, your trailer looks a lot like mine, Yours has some decking added to cover 3/4 of the bed but mine doesn't. But look at the right rear quarter of your bed and the 'torch cut' along the gap, mine is exactly the same. The humps that run the length of the beds on the M1, may have been to...

Ppillard, you need to chat with Simp5782!

One of the first chores was to move the lunette assembly up to the top holes so it would fit the LMTV. However, those 1" bolts were completely rusted in. One came loose with impact. But no amount of heating beating or twisting (1' impact!) would free the worst one, actually twisting off the...

Some of the notable shortcomings are: The upper structure around the top of the side fenders has been torched off. The front wall of the trailer is cut out. The winch assembly is missing. 3 of the 4 stabilizer feet are torched out leaving one on the left front, but the screw assembly was cut...

As noted in another thread, https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/neat-use-for-a-directors-trailer-m17.14871/, I have an M1 Searchlight trailer to restore to a usable condition. I don't plan to do a complete restoration to original though, too many parts and pieces missing off this trailer...

One consideration is that this is a work truck and will be around all sorts of stuff dangerous to tires. I ran Michelins here on the farm but blew out the sidewalls on 3 in a couple of years. Can't repair a sidewall. I went to an industrial Goodyear with something like 12 ply sidewall...

Yes, that's the one. I did not know exactly what it was either until I drove over there to look at it. It will take some work but it's quite restorable to a usable and interesting-looking trailer. I especially like the low loading height for everyday chores. Sure beats the 5 ft high LMTV...

Saved one! Fruehauf M1 Searchlight trailer, has the tag. Haven't picked it up yet. There's no date on the tag, just a 4 digit serial(?) number. Weird brakes! Looks like no service brakes but a "train-car-type" wheel to screw down the brakes. Serious hardware! Hope this is a good place to...

The Wife and I have traveled a good bit in either a Unimog U1300 or an LMTV (with Alaskan camper). We pick our campground carefully. The new RV "campgrounds" (yeah, right, "camping") with their $200k to $1million buck RV's parked shoulder to shoulder are snobs about the worth of their rigs...

I think the drop box provides power to the front axle by activating clutches by hydraulic pressure. Not talking about 1st gear which is gears, of course. Has anyone found any reference material on the dropbox 4wd clutches specifically? If 4wd works sometimes and not other times (with the...

Noticing your callsign/name, will you be building this shelter into a mobile ham shack? You have a fun project ahead of you. We would enjoy some pictures as you progress. Welcome! WB4ETT Bob

Keep in mind that the volume of the pump, as in 8 gpm versus 25 gpm, whatever, does not indicate how hard the winch will pull. The pulling strength is dependent on the pressure of the system. The front system of the typical 406 based Unimog has plenty of pressure to run a good winch. I do it...

What is confusing is wrong information posted as fact by those who have no information. Sorry, but too much of that is going on.

Managing each battery separately should be best, using two 12 volt units. Batteries are never exactly the same. Each battery needs handled according to its state of charge and physican condition, age, etc. If maintained in series (24v unit) each battery will not get what it needs. This is...

You owe it to yourself to test drive an LMTV. After 20 years of Unimog dedication, I have switched to an LMTV (first M-1078 model retroactively called the "A0") for a daily driver. The LMTV has even replaced my Ram pickup as my preferred daily truck. My quick list: Pro-FMTV family: Very...

Great update! The picture from the older thread, and from this thread, are of the same truck, same winch so could still be one of a kind. The new photo does show a much more robust lower mount for the winch assembly than I thought. There are two heavier bolts on each side, in shear (not...