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That slight leakage from the hubs is normal. Maybe a good cleaning so you can see new leaks? Do you know how to check and fill the portal reservoirs? There are 3 ports per portal. Upper two are fill/check, bottom one 'drain', of course. See the operators manual for locations. I would...

With several vehicles available to drive, including an FJ Cruiser and Ram 2500 pickup, my LMTV wins every time as the truck to take. I really like it! That includes a 4500 mile camping trip out West last summer. Sure it costs more in mileage but Diesel is cheap right now. Some repairs can...

Way to go! Is that a fan on the floor to the left of your left foot, under the dash grab handle? Nice truck.

Thanks for following up with the solution.

I sure don't want to be the nay-sayer on this group buy, however, having been involved in them before, someone is going to get screwed. If you compare the small number of interested parties on here to the required 50 units to get the build done, the numbers just do not add up. Many will be...

Many of the military packable HF sets have 10, 20, or 30 Watts output. Higher power would limit battery life. Those relatively low Wattages do remarkably well. This range of power is just right for the HF amplifiers made by RM Italy, like the HLA-300 that I use. With the attenuator in the...

All that work to keep from fixing a CTIS!

https://www.belmetric.com This company does great for metric hardware, and lots of other stuff. And! they know what a Unimog is. Need a left hand threaded metric bolt and nut, yeah they have it.

Your noticing the 'silicon dioxide's label was very observant! Your truck must have upgraded wires already. In fact, when zooming in on your picture of the distributor cap shield (which is not upgraded) it seems to show non-shielded wires and plugs! If that's correct, you are set to go! No...

Did you not read my post that the distributor already has the Pertronix? The red wire is the power. If you want to verify, loosen the three screws holding down the dissy cap and look. No points, and will have magnet ring around cam and the Pertronix unit attached to the red wire. While in...

Time to pull your doghouse cover for access to the carb. Check that choke is really off, not just the choke knob bottomed out. If you adjust the cable clamp at a length that has the knob a short distance from bottom, like 1/4 inch, you will know choke is off. Than set the throttle linkage for...

The thunk-thunk-thunk you hear is the air compressor. That sound is normal and you can ignore it. Since air is not needed for running the truck (not used for brakes or anything else) you could remove the belt if you do not want the noise. With a proper air filter that compressor input noise...

The 404 horn is isolated from ground so those two terminals are the inputs, not the frame. There is no polarization so either term can be hot, or ground. The wire going up to the steering wheel is the ground side but is only grounded if the horn button is pushed. The second horn terminal goes...

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Propane is wonderful if you anticipate driving slopes over about 45 degrees because the normal carb can't go much higher. In the case of off-road use, in lower gears the loss of power from propane is less of a concern. How do you plan to use the 404? The 404 can hit 60-65 on flat roads but...

Two things can stick out of the steering column, the tire direction pointer, and the independent brake control for the trailer. With air built up, pulling down on the lever will apply trailer brakes manually. This is handy for testing trailer braking independent of foot pedal. As the lever is...

The old 404 will do much better than that. That sweet little overhead cam engine will turn to 5500 rpm when tuned right. Rated speed is 96 kph and they will do better than that. That rated speed was tops for Unimogs until displaced by much later models, and only if those later models have...

Hi Crunchy,. Rory gave you good info. You probably don't need the upgrade. Your radio truck is a great choice! It should have the air system for trailer brakes (works perfectly with M105 trailers) and should have high capacity radiator with sloped top tank, not flat top. The only scenario...

The problem sounds like something on the truck draining the batteries between uses, right? The voltage regulators (VR) on these old generators has typically 3 sections or coils with contacts, one for voltage, one for over-current, and a third for field disconnect. The field contact is supposed...

Yes, at least Kirchhoff said so :-) Where you might run into trouble is if the identical devices draw different currents during their startup period, light spotlights, etc. You should be fine with low draw LED's. My 2c.