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Although just a support fire truck I am in the process of converting a Mercedes 1120 AF that we imported from Europe. I have removed the rear box and am replacing with a Total Composites one. It is full time 4wd with high/low range, lockers rear and center, inline inter-cooled turbo 6 diesel and...

Hey guys, been a bit since an update but first I will ask a question. When we got the truck several of the interior panels had been removed and were just pilled in the cab. I am assuming it happened when they removed some equipment before the sale. Anyway, a bunch of these white plastic clips...

Check out Lowly's thread, although the truck ended up in the USA he imported it into Canada first.

Hey, if Neil on Cloud9 does not see this post his box is not hard bolted but uses a 3rd option not mentioned in this post. He is using a rail on torsion free subframe, which is what i am in the process in using. Joe (joe917 here) has a hard bolted box. If going the hard bolted route make sure...

Also search for a fan for a sailboat fridge. They are not all the uncommon either as a spill over (single evaporator for fridge/freezer) or a circulation fan like Neil has.

Make sure you also have adequate ventilation for the compressor. Our boat fridge works noticeably in warmer climates.

If it was low on gas that could happen. Not sure what the process is with that fridge but on our boat fridge which is based on the Danfoss BD80 compressor there is a charging port.

I'll call Terry and see. I'll also try calling a local truck spring place but this is my first large truck and the leaf springs are not what I am used to with a smaller truck. These have a dimpled ridge and are tapered a bit so I was unsure if this large truck kind of thing or a Mercedes kind of...

Hi guys, do you have any favorite mail order places (likely in Europe as long as they ship to the USA)? I just removed the rear spring packs and found one of the smaller leafs cracked.

Hey Neil, I agree, but for now at least will go for white. The box from Total Composites comes gel coated white (only option) and after seeing first hand with the boat between the durability of paint vs. gelcoat, gelcoat wins hands down. Plus this will allow me to just focus on the cab and not...

Hi guys, anyone have any luck finding rear shocks for your LK trucks in the USA (I know of the option of ordering from Europe, but doing that makes replacement shocks a bit pricey). I see the Monroe 65122 seems to have specs that are close, but does anyone know of a USA direct replacement?

Thanks guys, I plan on shooting on some high build primer before the white paint. Hopefully that will help with covering up the red. I'll go for a gallon on each. As far as matching the TC box. Andreas gave me the RAL code (9016 Traffic White). This is what I will have mixed. I guess going...

Hi guys, I will be painting the cab of our 1120 in the next couple of weeks. Would anyone one know of how much paint I would need? I am planning on switching the color from red to "Traffic White" to match the Total Composites box and will have some single stage acrylic urethane custom mixed, so...

Got back to the truck today and tapped out the roll pin, that was it and the handle came right off. Now the interior is stripped and I am awaiting the shipment of the 3M panel adhesive to patch the holes from the fire truck equipment. Should be here in a day or 2.

Yup, the cab release handle, not the door. Ours is much different than yours. It exits out the back wall and not the floor. Rained today so I did not bother to drive up the the truck today. Will go tomorrow. Pretty sure I need to knock out the roll pin, only problem s the pin will get pushed...

I'll try and take one tomorrow when I am at the truck. It is a black plastic handle about 3" long, with a stainless plate (with an orange sticker) on the wall to stop the movement. I needed to remove the linkage outside in order to see the roll pin at the bottom of the handle.

Hey guys, I am in the process of stripping the interior out of our MB 1120. The last bit is getting the back interior panel off, which is pretty much there except for getting the cab release handle off. It looks like there is a roll pin and I am assuming I need to tap it out of the handle in...

Not to derail the oil topic but as I am still trying to learn this truck the term "viscous fan" is a new one to me. So I looked it up and it is a thermostatic clutch the for the engine cooling fan. This might explain the noise we hear come and go as we were driving down the very hot interstate...

Another good thought about the condensation, thanks for that idea. We just last evening completed our run with our "new" truck from Florida to Vermont. All went reasonably well except for the fact that the existing fuel tank had junk in it. Had to replace/clean the filters twice in parking areas...

Hey Iain, what you describe sounds very close to what I did on the boat. I have 2 separate Racors with valves to switch from one to the other. If the engine starts to stumble I quickly swap to the other filter while the engine is running. I also have a "polishing" pump that can either just...