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Sounds like an interesting project you are undertaking. You prob have a plan already, but have you thought of the upside down leaf spring setup found on 6x4 and 6x6 Mercedes trucks... They still have two axles, and a link shaft as normal but the axles have a lot more travel as they are both...

Lots!! I'm guessing 160kg... Any advance on that! :LOL:

Hello! That's a beast!! It makes me smile, because years ago I bought an ex gritter too... It was a Magirus Deutz 310 6x6 and although a lot older had a similar stance! I too sand blasted the chassis with the intention of building an overlander, but at the age of 22 the funds were not there so...

Yup, that all makes sense. You also plan to have a relatively low 'load' on your truck. Re tippers, they more often than not have the rear axle at the very rear, and only tip when stationary or moving slowly. They also often have short multi stage tip rams somewhere in the center. The long front...

So, I've had some time to sit and read the latter part of this thread again, and your post. I have a few points that I can see might need slight adjustments. Firstly the LORD mounts. If you plan to have the large washer under the LORD mount (like on tractor cabs) so in the event of a mount...

A spare half hour this evening had the awnings in their homes. I set the bolts up in the track last nite held in place with a blob of bond and seal. It made for easy fitment this evening!

Hi Ian! Looks like massive work!! How's the hand holding up? So did the new gearbox clear the floor locker? I'd not realised the Class Overdrive went between the engine and trans. So I take it you still have the original bellhousing output plate and prop shaft. Is this to give you better overall...

Yup, thats on the cards to do. One of the reasons I clad the Hab Box over winter and we are painting it in spring is so that in theory we'll ony get panel expansion, and next to no contraction. Of course, all that said, the first trip into the Flinders Ranges, or across the Simpson Desert and...

So yesterday was a good day. We managed to get the whole of the Hab Box cleaned and primed in etch primer... It's amazing paint that has really bonded well with the Aluminium. The masking up took longer than the painting! This morning the painter arrived early. He was a man on a mission! By...

I hear you re the colour and heat... but most folk here don't venture far in the full summer. There will be days when we wish we had a white truck, but the plan is not to stay in Oz... We'll do a lap in winter when it's a little cooler, then either ship to NZ or Africa. Re the paint, I believe...

Day 2 saw more sanding, filling and prep work. We then applied a tinted etch primer to the back of the cab and the front of the Hab Box. Today had us lightly rubbing down the etch primer and applying the first of the top coat. With the back of the cab abd the front of the Hab Box painted, we...

I'd forgotten all about fuel pressure gauges. They really are a thing of the past, but would have been a very good indicator in this situation. When we were collecting rocks with the truck before the Overland Truck conversion started, I had a similar scenario where the truck just stopped and I...

Day 1 of painting. Nigel the painter arrives. After a cuppa and a chat... Nigel likes to chat... I thought I could talk... Nigel is on another level! A plan was formulated. Fix the dents in the cab, fill the holes in the cab and high build prime the fixed spots. Snorkel holes, old badge holes...

I have that feeling most days!! :LOL:

Paint shop or bust!!! The time has come! I have the next two weeks off work, and our truck is hopefully going to change colour!! I said to Nigel our painter that I'd tidy the workshop up and set up the lower bay as a paint booth... I figured by painting the walls white, it'd help with the light...

Congratulations!! It's all go now!

With the time and effort that has gone into Merkabah, we are all looking forward/wanting to see the finished rig! Where are you Pairospam!? :)

I wonder which would let go first... the screen, doors or the roof hatch! :LOL:

The fun of not knowing where to start! It's very dificult to make plans of any use without the truck. Personally I'd be getting your truck home, and then once you have it, you'll know how it drives/handles etc. You can then look to Hab Box design to suit your truck, and then play with engine...

If its the black plastic looking button on the main steel line just above the fuel filter, it is likely the engine crank button. You can crank the engine to start it with the cab tipped. Mine has the same button but on the opposite side...