Recent content by Madoxen

Wow you really did a number in you truck. Loosing the whole roof owch. How tall was the truck back then ,,? And well done for rebuilding alot of pwople would have ended a trip at that point..

I look forward to the pictures and reading all about it

They (Braem) ship to NZ and are very reliable and have good shipping rates via Air

On my Unimog 1700l I have mounted the còmposit box onto the subframe with insertion rubber between the metal and composit. Also when i had the panals made i had fiberglas shs (box section )built into it with 8mmx50 flat bar glued in that and filled with foam it was then drilled and tapped for...

Fingures crossed for you

Purdy and still going strong i see 😁

Yes the trailer came with it and the 2nd mog also. Both came with 4 point torsion subframe . The trailer is an air braked trailer but no torsion frame on that. And both mogs came with the standard nz defence PTO.

Me to but only to stop my self crying lol. So many hours into it lol.

Lol sorry for got it didnt happen if thrre are no pics . They day i brought her home

Well it has been a long time so an update is needed. The 1835 Actros got as far as finishing the torsion subfame. When the NZ defence decided to Auction off some of there unimog 1700L's which i just could not pass up on and ended up getting one which has now become the new build. Urrggggg...

Yes. If u carry a star computer u can diagnose faults and maybe even fix a simple problem but when they go wrong. They really go wrong and almost never a mechanical fix.

The actros auto box is not realy an auto but more of a pre select your gear with the selector and then dip the clutch to engage it. Yes u still have a clutch peddle to use and u still need to do the gears it is just very electronic rather than a mechanical manual. They are actually nice to drive...

Depending on what you use i would say yes just dont use anything with too stiff a spring

You could put a check /non return valve on the fuel line

The auto did not like very wet conditions and could and would loose reverse on occasion. I purchased mine coz i was going to beable to maintain it world wide. Fuel was 20 to 40 ltr to the 100k. But depends on how and where u drove. Manual is a good box no issues on mine. I cannot comment on it...