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any cream coloured liquid at outlet, or oil filler?

I guess I'd be asking if the chassis rail dimensions (apart from length) are the same for SWB as LWB.

also the pivot point above the axis of rotation of the chassis means the pivot, and thus the whole sub-frame and box, has to move sideways as the chassis twists. Not much, but once its moving it has inertia and has to stop.

about 10 years ago I built with three point sub-frame on a medium wheelbase FG649. I decided on that approach after observing the amount of flex in heavier vehicles in normal road use, vertical as well as twist. I used fixed mounts just behind the step, pivot just in front of rear spring...

nice to see, perfectly feasible, I wish you well, if you need someone to test drive it in Australia ...................

did you try checking rear diff play (see my previous post)?

something else to check - gearbox in neutral and transfer in 2wd and wheels on ground - take hold of rear drive shaft and try to rotate, both directions. There should be very little play. The more play/movement the louder the diff whine will be. If there's lots of play it can be felt sometimes...

first bit was learning how to plastic weld. A little practice. The basic is the design of the welder, the rod that matched the welder and the job, temperature, pressure, and speed. A good weld looks consistent, with the mark of the heel of the welder on the rod, not completely melting the rod...

I made my own, welded from food grade PP. It was cost effective after 3 tanks. Cost of welders has fallen considerably since 10 years ago.

I guess rather than bigger I'd think about how to utilise space. I designed around two people, plus a third for short periods (2 months). If designing for 2 adults + 3 children I'd obviously think differently. Re-usable space with minimum changeover time. Two issues are bed vs living space and...

between the rear wheel and the drum. The spacer can be the centre cut out of an old rim.

will it ever travel at 80 again? mine travels at 80 all the time, even 100 occasionally km/hr that is ....... ☕

certainly how it was done in the good old days. There's a Michelin XZL tyre that fits. For singles a spacer (middle cut out of unused rim) between rim and drum reasonably aligned the front and rear wheels. Depends where you are as to whether its legal ... its demise in Aus was due to ADRs (Aus...

I think the FG649 (with 4D34 motor) has an engine ECU (computer) which does throttle, measures temperatures and pressure, exhaust retarder, and talks to the computer in the fuel pump (long story somewhere in this forum was an unidentifiable error code from engine ECU which turned out to be the...

the normal surface is smooth, the pics look like scale (rust) under the thick black paint, the texture isn't due to paint. I suspect a goodly dose of phosphoric acid may be required.

mount it nearer the middle - there are deserts with trees that overhang tracks in Oz ?

what were the two brackets on the front used for?

I have a mental picture of a small amount of oil creeping like some sort of primeval alien algal bloom, covering all the metal it can find. Maybe worthwhile placing a few drops of fish oil on a bit of steel, leave it a few days, and see how far its spread. A long way. Oil is like that. I...

yes, correct. Basically three parts, water and space heating, diesel heater, and engine. Engine can be both a source of heat or a sink (sink for preheat or help with heat balance/cycling). Diesel heater a source. Water and space heating sinks. Everything in parallel (an interesting technical...

to maybe help put Aus in perspective. Last year a 6 month trip in Aus did about as many km as from Malaysia to UK. We crossed 5 deserts on the way to and from the north west (Pilbara and Kimberley) where we scratched the surface. Included a bit more than 1,000km at average 12 km/h on broken...