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Here's a good USA built converter company. http://www.wilmoreelectronics.com/ Wilmore Electronics products are used in many commercial, railroad, and emergency services vehicles to provide 12 v (typically 13.6v) from 24 v system. You can order directly from them. I personally use their model...

Colorado Unimogs had one last time I was through La Junta, CO. Call Rob at 719-241-5419. Bob

There might not be total starter and ring meltdown here. Suggest you remove the starter, inspect the starter ring on the flex plate, and see what damage was done. Look at the Bendix gear on the starter and see if it's worn off. Those symptoms can simply be poor engagement of the Bendix due to...

How 'bout that. All these years I thought that stuff in the sockets was blinker fluid that leaked out. Bob

That's a huge truck with only a CAT 3408 engine! Top speed is probably about 15 mph.

I agree wholeheartedly with OPCOM, it's better to use the MS and/or AB-series whips with a simple base like the AB-652 or AB-15, to put on CB. Just aim for a 102" length, including the whippy/spring section of the base. I use this configuration in my 1965 Unimog 404 radio comm truck and it...

What is the possibility that the engine and transmission were built into a subsystem, on it's own wheels, that could be removed from the main chassis and replaced easily? A modular engine/tranny assembly.....

That description sounds like a U2450L38 currently belonging to Richard Russell out in San Diego area. Does the picture look familiar? It's a huge Unimog with maybe a 14 ft bed, 24,000 GVW, I think, with single rear wheels. It has a Twin Disc Corp auto-shifted transmission (one of two built...

I'm going to stick my neck out here. I do know Mike, and what I have just read is not typical. IMHO, for someone who likes to buy and sell military stuff, there can be a fine line between jest and an attempt by a tire-kicker to wear down the seller. Could it be the former could have been...

The 34 part is the cubic inches per cylinder, 6 cylinder, DI probably direct injection. I could be wrong so still better to call CAT. That would make it a little over 200 ci, not a very big engine displacement.

Great job! I came across this fun thread too late. I'd have done it too, with the boards as bed extenders, no problem. See attachment for proof. A big generator went into the M-105. Bob

I need one of those M-105A2 covers too. Picked up a decent M105 a few weekends ago, and got a top with it. There were a few holes in it that I thought could be patched, but it felt sort of 'crinkly'. When I started to put it on it ripped about 6 ft across the top. I can stick my finger...

Does it look like this? If so, I have one called an LST-178 (lubrication service trailer) and it's really handy. This trailer with it's reservoirs for grease (with two hoses), motor oil, and lube oil (I put in tranny lube) sure makes service on a truck easy. Those hard jobs of injecting lube...

I really like it too!!! The colors are great...no more burned out eyeballs! Must have been a ton of work...THANKS!

Nathan, I really like your shelter conversion project and have been following along. I contemplated an S-280 shelter for my U-1300 but then the 'perfect' Alaskan camper came along. It's hard to find the Alaskan's in 10 ft with no overhang up front, and to find one in good condition is really...

Here's what we 'retired' from being our camper when we got the U-1300:

My wife and I just finished putting a 1971 Alaskan hard top popup on our 1988 Unimog U1300. The truck has OD under red paint. It was used by a fire department in Germany until 2003 so this truck is probably not military but there are many like it that are ex-military.

Wilmore is a US company that makes professional grade 24 to 12 converters, often found in fire apparatus and municipal vehicles. I use one in my U-1300 Unimog and have been very happy with it. One company I would not recommend is Samlex (Chinese). The 8 amp model I use in the Unimog 404...

Even if SEE sales are slow, if you want the equivalent, the basic Unimog 406 model is the equivalent to the SEE in most ways, and is still available. They show up for sale on Ebay and private sales. There's a front loader for a 406 on Ebay now. The advantage of the 406 with accessories is the...

Hi Tony, Yes, the IGBT would soak up the unwanted voltage and dissipate it as heat, but that setup would give no regulation of 12 v at all. IMHO, placing the second battery across the one above it in the drawing, with the diode, would share the series charging current intended for the two...