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That's the kitchen counter tops, SMEV sink and dinette table top, on a Lagun leg, finished. The "if you drop anything you are at risk of never finding it again" flooring has been glued in place. As you can see, my choice is whites and greys with colour in the cushions and bed covers. I'll add...

Water ingress testing.......everything checks out with no leaks through the canvass, hatches or gullwing door.

Hi Iain - How do you manage the heat in the camper? I know you have good insulation, but must assume the insides gets warm if it's 45°C outside? How much heat do you get through the windows?

Here's a better profile picture. I have yet to choose windows. Caravan windows on fire trails won't last long so the cheaper options won't fly. Right now my choice is between KCT or Outbound. Both very expensive, but Mogworthy. The canvas has now been installed. It is quilted with basalt...

Roverchef - it’s a Cowl spiral muffler. Made in the USA. Very compact and not too much money.

Victorian - we didn’t have the space to lay it out inline so we’ll see how we go. I’ll probably remove it and go with coolant heater and calorifier/radiator. It makes it easier to fit small places. This setup comes out of my old camper so I know all about error code 13. In the old camper I added...

Here’s the custom camper box mounted on the U1300L and ready for internal finishing and windows. The roof pops by 400mm keeping the roofline reasonably low during travel and providing 2,000mm (6' 6") internal height once popped. The Maxair fan raises the roof height, but given it’s right in the...

Hi Sitec - we did some work on dustproofing for the Mog campers. One camper owner used an air pressure system used in the mining vehicles. High capacity fan with a significant filter pushing air into the camper box. The fan/filter was mounted at the top, front so in the least dusty spot. It...

Hi Link_cat - I've tried to be true to my design goals which included calculations on required power draw. Fridge, fans, lights are the minimum constant draw. Charge phones and laptops by day or when driving. The inverter use for kettle and induction cooktop is purely for convenience. No sun...

Hi Christian - FGS Composites are building the camper for me and chose the foam which is a blown PVC, used a non-filled vinyl ester resin and designed it's own glass layup. I don't have the details and in fairness it's there IP. My design brief was "strong enough to withstand the Aussie bush"...

Just about everything on the box is composite. The wall and floor panels are custom laid up using 40mm insulation and 3mm glass fibre panels either side. Pulltruded glass fibre corners were used where we had standard angles, but in most cases the corner trims were custom made. The outer corners...

U1300L camper build in Australia The goal for this camper is a setup for two, toilet and shower inside, dinette, access to kitchen from inside or outside. Highly insulated against heat & cold, low roof height when travelling and a total vehicle weight, when loaded, of 6.5 metric ton. Minimal...

I’ve just started my 1976 406 after standing for 10 years. Dumped the fuel, removed the tank and flushed it. Clean the filter under the pickup pipe, accessed from the drain plug, the prefilter and replaced the two fuel filters. Fresh fuel and bled the system. Drained the engine oil. Clean the...

365/85’s weigh 20kg more than the /80. It appears to be in the tread structure and therefore the change in centrifical force is significant. I tried them. Bad move. The U1700L is a stronger, heavier truck with more power and much bigger portals and, most importantly, bigger brakes. My U1300L...

Unimog U1300L initially with Conti MPT81’s. Tried lead and it spat the lead off the rim within the first day. Tried powder, marginal affect and only at speed. Tried beads, marginal and only at speed. Added more beads. Slight improvement. A buddy and I bought a truck tyre balancing machine and...

I can't find anything on OM366188. I suspect the engine number should be similar to one of the U1750L's recently sold - 366 963. It's the newer version of the OM352A and the last of the 6 cylinder 300 series engines before moving to the 900 series electronic injection motor. It's set to roughly...

What are the three numbers after 366?

I fitted 365/85’s and it killed my acceleration and braking. I also think they are too heavy for our little portals. Went back to XZL 365/80’s and they handle like a dream. Expensive mistake. Try and balance them. I use stick on weights and then add a thick bead of Sika around them. Makes a big...

If it's the U1300L portals then both front and rear portals migrate oil due to high speed driving. On the fronts, I'm not even sure it takes very long for the migration to occur so don't assume it's distance related. The rear portals lose oil for two reasons, one is migration through the vent...

This is very interesting. I've had three of my portals fail or show signs of failing (metal flakes) and the fourth has a leaking inner seal (front). My 1986 U1300L with Binz box is 7,000kgs fully loaded, I run 365/80 XZLs and cruise at 95kmph for long periods of time. I believe the tyres and...