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Hello SixSpeed. I have been working on the truck but time is lacking to update this thread. I will, as soon as I can. Yes. You can still see some of the old and reliable L- series Mercedes around, not too many, though. Some look good, some not that much.

Guys, be happy! You have been mind and hands busy for quiet a long time! This is good. I bought the truck in 2010, and been working on it since then part-time, and sometimes few-or-no-time also. The initial date for finishing the project was december 2012, he, he. When I finish I have a house...

Hello DzlToy: I think that, as with everything, it's just a matter of taste. I prefer by far the overwheel cab but to me the Zetros looks great, and the service-ability concept of the cabin (army requirements) is pretty amazing. By the way, I don't like Urals, Graz and all those. Greetings...

Happy new year, Iain. May this be another year full of commitment and hard but funny work on our trucks, not caring at all if we are or not going to finish them. Greetings to Trish too. Pairoa

Hi Iain and Noodlesswe: This is history. From then on I am very carefull with powertools. It did hurt a lot, especially the days after... and the Makita died. I have never stopped working on the truck but I am going slowly trying to update the thread here. Thanks for your words. Pairoa

One day René and Karen Larraguibel stopped by San Felipe and visited us at the workshop. We met some months before because of the local thread on the project, but René wanted to see the Merkabah in person. They had built their own expedition truck on a brand new Mercedes Atego basis, and learned...

We checked the universal joints as well. There was no possible revival for them. I asked for a quote to the official dealer and, as they were some kind of ultra special joints, the price was unbelievable high. I looked for alternatives and there were none, so I had to think about some kind of...

The next morning Maestro Chaleco arrived pretty early. After a few instructions and tests, some bivelling of the edges and almost one kilogram of 70/18 welding rods, the tail of the frame was finally stretched by the maximum reglamentary 42 centimetres. The inner auxiliary rails and the...

Merry Christmas to you, guys! Well, it's been a while. Too much regular work, little time to work on the truck, less time to work on the updates. Where were we? Oh, yes… the elements of the bogie. Many of them were ready, except the springs, the shafts and some of the struts. The springs...

Hello Nick: You mean the Mercedes EPC? If you don't have it give me the VIN of your truck and I will try to find out. Cheers. Pairoa

Guys, many thanks for your words. Sorry for the lack of updates but time have been pretty much scarse. I will post as soon as I will be able to. Cheers. Pairoa

Biotect: Jago and Lucy fell in love with Chile, as most travellers do, and they are building his house in the south, near a turistic town named Pucón. The Tatra is still here, waiting eternally for the spares from the Czeck Republic. Cheers. Pairoa

Done. Thanks, Buddha.

Sorry for the delay in the updates. @ LoRoad: the distance from the front axle to the second is 3,25 meters, and in between the tandem axles is 1,35 m. @ biotect: what a huge amount of research, effort and words have you put on your thread! The answer is very simple: I follow my visions but I...

More than I (want to) remember! More to come later. Cheers. Pairoa

So, up with the third axle and prepare for brushing it all, again. After many hours, the next Saturday morning, I finished to clean both axles right like I wanted. I still had to replace the silentblocks of the superior strut so I left it apart. I prepared the washprimer for both axles, I...

Thanks for the encouraging words, guys. The next step was to get a sand-blasting chamber. I went to the nearest shop and bought a 2x3 metres chinese garden gazebo, then I bought a few meters of polyethylene and sticking tape for a few bucks. I assembled the gazebo by the side of the truck and...

Jnich77 and Joaquin: I understand that CTIS may seem over rated for some people, but for those who go around the world on bikes or even on their own foot, any expedition vehicle is an exageration, not to speak about Casa Azul or a monstruous 12 ton 6x6 truck for only two people. Anyway...

I laughed a lot with your tire swapping story, and remembered my own with a little less joy. I had to go, alone, on humid soil, with no jackstands, from this... ...to this... ... to this... ... to this... ..to this. Those were 1000000000 turns, and there are many more to come...

What about the left side? Was it necessary to disassemble the whole thing even if the leaking came from the external gasket? Of course! I was already there and, besides, I wanted to use the “new socket” again. So I removed then the cover and the oil was slightly better looking than the one on...