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a checklist of things to turn off when you leave the camper. hang it by the door.

I have a espar 5kw that I added a thermostat to. Using the wiring diagram, I located the wire (yellow, I think) from the timer to the furnace that made it run. I placed a single pole double throw switch in that line that I can use to connect either the timer to the furnace control line or a...

we have a wallas diesel cook top, an espar diesel hydronic heater, an indel marine hot water heater and 2 heat exchangers to provide heat for the cabin of a custom Mitsubishi Fuso FG offroad camper. The espar unit can preheat the engine, heat the hot water or heat the cabin with thermostatic...

no brake system on the samurai, the FG exhaust brake and truck brakes handled the braking just fine. my samurai weighed about 2100 lbs and the sidekick weighs about 2600 lbs. brake requirements for towed vehicles are based on weight and are specific to a state. did you ever get the controls...

kerry, I towed a Suzuki Samurai behind my 93 FG camper from Ga to Me and back. The 93 FG has a gvw of 11600 and with the camper it weighed about 10,600. It has 10 less hp than my 2004 FG and much less hp than the FG 140's. The sammy weighs about 2000 lbs. We never noticed any difference...

I haven't heard anything about FG production stoppage. I bought my first FG in 1993 and was also told that the FG was no longer being imported to the US. And indeed importation stopped until 1998. I purchased the last available 1993 FG in the US. I had to fly / drive 2400 miles to get it...

I would turn it on and leave it on. It makes driving in hilly country safer and saves the brakes. After 110,00 miles my brakes are only 25% worn. The only time you need to turn it off is off road in low range or in very poor traction conditions. In those situations the exhaust brake can...

most semi trucks with dual tanks just connect the drain fitting on the bottom of each tank with a hose and treat it as one big fuel tank. because we travel rough roads / off road we were afraid that a low hanging hose might rip off on something and strand us with no fuel. we connected the...

Lehel, doesn't your FG have a primary filter with a water separator located by the fuel tank? My 93 has 2 in series and my 2004 has 1. All original equipment. Do you know what kind of reader and software the mechanic had? Might be a good tool to travel with.

Your right, all fuels produce water vapor, but with a diesel cooktop the combustion chamber is sealed and the water vapor, fumes and other by products exit the exhaust pipe outside the camper. Water vapor is not normally a problem unless you are camping in cold weather. I think the Webasto...

I think the only other consideration would be the rear track dimension and the actual radius of the tire. The rear axle bounce height shown in the manual is for a 32.6" tire out the width of the outside dual wheel. Most calculator show the diameter of a 235/85 16 tire as 31.7" I had to use...

Sorry for the OT post, but the newest Jeep Wrangler Rubicons in the US have an electronic remote sway bar disconnect. Don't know it works, but there might be an idea in there you can use.

The article says there were no changes to the Fuso driveline??? Other than the srw and the steering damper that can be seen from the pictures, any other changes?

I think it would be 6000kg with dual wheels, with srw it looks like only 4500kg

My camper box is aluminum panels on a steel rectangular tubing frame. The aluminum panels are glued to the steel tubing with Sikaflex. Where 2 panels meet one panel is glued to the frame and the other panel is overlapped a couple of inches and glued to the first panel. 3M makes a similar...

still on the original clutch at 120,000 miles as far as no work for a long time, you still need to service it every 6000 miles.

I own a 1993 and a 2004, both from new, and aside from dealer mechanics forgetting to tighten some bolts during service, the only problem was an air conditioner condensor fan motor going bad on the 1993 after 110,000 miles. Remember they are commercial vehicles and buying used mean they have...

Thanks for the tip about polishing, we've come too closs to trees many times. understand your issue with the screens. I don't think the screen are the problem, it's slots on the frames. The bugs can go right around the roller and come in the slots. We glued a strip of " No see um Screen" on...

"I hope this isn't "teaching grandmother to suck eggs"." I don't know what "teaching grandmother to suck eggs" means, but I think the discussion has become less "how to mount a camper so it doesn't get destroyed by rough road travel and so it doesn't limit suspension articulation or break the...

I might be splitting hairs, but I don't think the "box" moves at all. It's rigidly attached to the frame either somewhere in the center of the box like unimog or at one end like Rob Gray and Carl. so the box can't move relative to some part of the frame. The frame is twisting and the Cab is...