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Thanks for checking in.. it is amazingly quiet on this unimog 404 thread. Maybe I am a bit to far out with my hacks. But responses are good to keep moral up . Thanks again, Johan

Good work, my take on this is that you want to do your measurements at full load , simulated with weight or with your habitat. Then a rear wheel should be lifted as high as another wheel comes of the ground, from my or back. This is a situation that is easily archieved in the real world and...

Just showing some experience with flexing on an e350 chassis. Copied from my unimog 404 conversion thread at expedition portal. We used to have a 4*4 Quigley camper based on a 1994 E350 ambulance raised roof ..7.3 IDI. WVO. After an engine failure due to a broken serpentine and overheating...

They say that luck is with the dumb, of course you all know that I engineered and modeled this in 3d cad, haha. It clears with a 1/4". Now the welding can be finished. As luck has it tomorrow rains here in state college.. hope I can make the passenger side window frame as well. It is getting...

Time flies.. more then two weeks ago . Some more experiments with interior cedar planking....then first test of door window frame...solar rack... The solar rack is a bit over dimensioned but it also reinforced the bus body and strong enough for recovery in case of a rollover. The cedar planking...

Sorry took some time to excavate a pic. This is a construction image inside our larger bus Dory. I had to lift it from another website so the quality is poor and on its side. Stainless tub with recessed deeper area where the drain is and also where the blue 24v sump pump lays. Then from there...

That would be practical wisdom unfortunately with a limited floor square area relative to wall and ceiling you have a limited amount of radiation area.. the thermal resistance of the plywood allows higher water temperatures. So our water temp is around 140f and the floor is perfectly fine. In an...

We have diy floors heating in our bus..2" insulation in floor, routed channels, omega aluminum heat spreader. Distance between 1/2 pex is 6". On top 9/16 tongue and groove plywood Webasto 5kw tsl17 directly hooked up. 5 loops in parallel to get max flow with minimal restriction. Takes 1/2h to...

In the wiring harness from x1 pretty close to the heater should be a small box with a 2 or 5 amp fuse. That harness goes to the inside with a switch timer or thermostat. I like simple so we have switch. The startup procedure, The fan runs for a while to clear combustion gasses, then the...

For unknown reasons the school decided on a holiday this Monday.. good for us, after all the rain we were able to get something done. Tanya and I mounted the first unistrut rail for the solar panels. We used a stainless 3/8 threaded rod going thru the roof rib and then extending into a roof...

It was a busy week, another vehicle, 1995 landrover discovery 3.9 v8 with manual 5 speed.. rust of course...broken starter... It started on a hill and I did not turn it off before we were home.. More work on the 1987 Mercedes 300td...new floor pan..will be nice to get that running . In the past...

Hi blue, looks fancy. We have used our diy recirculating shower now for a couple of years . We have it in both of our buses and it will also be part of our 404 unimog build. It uses a sump pump that is recessed in the lower section of the shower tub and a heated shower head with an additional...

In my 1998 e350 Quigley 7.3 diesel extended van all the doors are difficult to open or close as soon as you lift a wheel of the ground. My 1997 e350 Quigley srw with a 5 window busbody has similar problems. Now one wheel of the ground is by no means heavy off roading. if an event like tht...

We run a webasto tsl17 5kw hydronic for our floor and radiator heat.. the system is parallel to the engine so that can be preheated if required. Our main point was to avoid another fuel system on board. Storage for tanks, condensation and ventilation. We cook electric with induction thru solar...

3 windows out and a ss steel sheet in, nicely tucked under the roof sheet.. a two person job. It was not that easy.. I will wait for a full sun day on that side before I add more screws. I like that sheet to have Max expanded so that it pulls thight with out oil can effects under normal temps. I...

A little more progress. Getting ready for covering up the last three windows on the driver side. Undoing some of the glue work of the roofing sheet so that the side covering can slide under it. Although sikaflex can be very strong I rather trust overlapping so that a water leak is impossible...

Thanks Wazak, just started the other side.. these are old hoods from the University. Bought them for the stainless material , lucky I did .. also cut a stainless sheet for covering the last three windows on the driver side. It is cover sheet from a commercial kitchen. ..pretty thin. Curious how...

That looks like a great start setup. Where are you located and where are you planning to go. Good luck, johan

A couple of intense grinding days. This is the most complicated side. First removal of the old aluminum, rivets and glue was a pain. This construction glue is not kids white elmers glue. What a pain. I wanted it to be tucked under the roof so that it is inherently leak free. The ssteel is a...