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Modified the V belt water pump pulley with a flat belt idler. A picture of the passenger side motor mount and alternator plate. This part will carry 2/3 of the weight up front . Finalized the pivot part of the front motor mount. Next step will be the remote oil filter and the lower transmission...

Just for fun I tried to incorporate the original 404 motor mount.. the problem is that it sits 2" to the driver side of center. The tdi motor has al main amount of mount attachment bolts on the passengers ( right side over here) side. Anyhow stayed with the previous setup. The water pump...

Worked a bit on the front motor mount. Have not made my mind made up yet. In this first setup the pivot swing arm point is under the crossmember. Similar as the original but in a different location. Do not think it makes whole lot of difference seeing that the same a amounts and direction of...

Maybe you can run some appropriate wires thru the hollow profiles. Straight sections, one corner max....that is if the corner is opened. I used to make UT aircraft test equipment. The frames were made if 3" square polished stainless. To reduce the work of re-polishing the corners we cut and...

Well the adapter setup is more or less done. The transmission extension machined, still has to be finished. On to the front motor mount and other stuff. Johan

Thanks krick3tt, We always camped with a 4*4 econoline van, later I build a 4*4 small bus. This unimog build is just fun to do.. these larger vehicles are to heavy and expensive to expose them to real of road expedition travel, unless you have money like from a company or government research...

This engine part goes slow. Here is the first attempt with a plywood mockup adapter plate. The second with the cab back on. The goal was no modification to the cab. This proved possible. Thus on with an aluminum adapter plate. The next step is aligning everything and making an extension for...

Hi toylc, yes the engine mount is completely on the front in the 404. With 6 cyl gasser there are extra straps on the 404 bell housing that help to prevent sagging of the engine / bellhousing / transmission combo. I am mounting the tdi up front, making the bell housing even longer. The tdi is...

Back to the original 404 conversion.. The studying about the swivel subframe how and what held me up a bit. An original 404 pivoting subframe showed up in my neighborhood.. only problem was that it was attached to 404 without engine..What to do...I knew I wanted to convert the 404 to a diesel at...

It has been a while. The bus is almost repaired. New windshield..bunk bed above driver reinstalled.. Reinforcements have been made to a A and B pillar. The old double bus doors have been changed to an insulated rv door.. emergency escape repaired.. 16" wheels replaced with 19.5 aluminum rims to...

I forgot ...with a recirculating shower the heat demand is a lot lower. So a 2500 watt shower head delivers more heat then is comfortable for your body at a 20 Celsius environmental temperature. Johan

Sorry busy with other stuff.... Yes thru a 3000 watt pure sine wave.... Indeed the heated shower element adds a bit of stress. For that reason I do not ground my inverter..so the 120 volt neutral is floating relative to vehicle chassis.. not code compliant by most standards but an isolated...

That is a lot of progress, impressive. That frame should easily hold up in a side flip. I really wonder how the glued boxes hold up with a side flip? I can imagine the glue can handle the weight when you gently lay it on its side but how would it hold up and how repairable is it when in falls...

Actually now i think about it I am not sure if you can see the pics in the threads without logging in? Johan

Sorry, no real good documentation pics. Regarding my shower adventures: some of my discussion details on another forum. https://www.skoolie.net/forums/f11/not-a-skoolie-18128-9.html page 9 post 177 and on page 15 post 281 Then a very vague pic of the pan that I welded in the floor pan...

We use a recirculating shower. Originally we installed filters but the pump I used did not provide enough pressure to push thru the filters. The turbine pump was also sensitive to ingestion of hair and such. The heating was done with an inexpensive heated shower head. We are a family of four...

It is good to hear that death valley has not let up on its name.. The last time we were there our jeep toad had the towbar pulled out of the unibody. Our girls noticed that the jeep was gone during a pee stop. We found it back 500 yards of the road.. beside crossmember and exhaust damage just...

For that kind solder connection it is better to twist the wires inline together. Then solder. It will be much stronger. Also if you offsett the two connection then the insulation on the each joint is not at the same location . That makes the overall connection smaller in diameter, or better not...

Be aware that some alternators will adjust the voltage upward when temps go down.. To faster recharge when cold but also lead acid batteries voltage is temperature dependent. Johan

That looks fantastic. You already have a spare engine painted as well,.... you could put that in the back and drive the front wheels with it. I think DAF had a truck like that for Paris Dakkar. DeRooy I believe was the driver.