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Back-space is only relevant if your rim's width is identical to the one that the measurements have been taken from. Offset is a better measurement to use, as it is taken from the centre of the rim/tyre -- regardless of the width of a rim, the centre line is always in the centre. When I had my...

A progress video...

I just compared the extended and compressed lengths, and attachment arrangement, with as many shocks as I could find. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/fgb71-rear-shocks.222428/

From Canada to my doorstep in Scotland, in less than 48hrs from ordering it! UPS might be expensive, but they're damn quick.

You should see the videos on Youtube of the Trabant production line, for some cold-war car assembly techniques!

I'll fabricate a guard around it (maybe checkerplate ? ) as it is in a precarious place and I dare say got bashed at some point.

The wee output spigot/nipple on my DEF tank pump has snapped off. Went to Mercedes (Fuso) - they don't sell the pump on it's own now, only the pump and tank together. £1990!! I found one at a truck breakers for £250 but that had 100K miles on it - my truck's only done 12K. Luckily online I...

Does anyone have a Thetford C260-series toilet that they have fitted a genuine, pattern (SOG) or DIY ventilation system? And does waste slop into that system over rough ground or steep road angles? The OEM system is under the toilet (which doesn’t seem right, coz ******** runs downhill!), the SOG...

Yeah, thats the element. I've fixed the drip - at the moment I'm using an M10 hex bolt with a nitrile tap washer. Now that I know that works, I'll get an o-ring bolt.

Thanks for the nod. Looked at them, they are a whole replacement filter. Mine is a spin-off housing with a replaceable fibre cartridge inside, perhaps a Euro-only spec.

...and why have a push-button system to use from the comfort of your cab, when you have to get out in the rain and mud to turn the hub locks!

It’s vacuum both ways – the actuator sucks one way to push in the transfer engagement shaft (and hold it there), and sucks the other way to draw it back out again (and keep it out). Is yours engaging , but not disengaging ? - which could be the engaging solenoid is working but the disengaging...

I haven't needed to look that far up the line. There is a pump? - surely it's relying on the old-school negative pressure at the source of the intake system (before the turbo of course)?

The drain plug on my fuel filter leaks with a steady drip when the engine is running. The plug is clearly not seating as it should (it's like a cross between a banjo bolt and a brake bleed nipple). Is there a rubber seat inside the housing, or is it just plastic on plastic? Could I replace it...

@OzWanderer I got mine working again. The solenoids were really crusty so needed replacing anyway, but the price from Mitsi for the solenoid pack was silly money. So I made my own using a £13 pattern solenoid pack for a Mitsi L200 and £10 of silicon vacuum line. It has 6.5mm blades that take a...

Figured I would share this with the class, should someone be looking for shocks like me. One of my OEM shocks started leaking after 16000 kms, and the other has no damping, only rebound. Nearly had a heart attack when Mitsubishi gave me their price, so spent an evening trawling all the shock...

Just looked at pics of the 2021 Oz-spec FGB71 - there is no Ad-blue tank on the chassis, and the exhaust pack is different from my UK/Euro truck. That will also explain why the level on the dash doesn't light up. You guys are so lucky, it makes your truck far better for global travel (able to...

It was my turn to cook last night, so I made a 'Fuso' pie! It's actually a traditional Kiwi bacon and egg pie, but the Aussies will tell you it's theirs - just like Phar Lap, Dragon and pavlova!

I have an FGB71 too, and last year the 4x4 selection wasn't working. I found that a couple of the rubber vacuum lines were perished and leaking, so I replaced all the hoses on the soleinoid 'box' and to the actuator with silicon hose lines. I also pulled the actuator semi-down and re-rusted what...

Ah, well, I still have a current NZ licence as well as a UK one, so I'm hoping no test required to transfer my UK HT(HGV) licence? I had to go check the NZ regs. Our truck is 6.2 metres from front bumper to spare tyre, so appears to be in the bubble - it's actually shorter than a LWB Sprinter...