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I assume from your Facebook post that you're good to go now?

More so than a dealer?

Tom's Truck in California is a good online source for parts. You can call them. When I've needed parts I've given my vin and they typically had emailed me a parts diagram with part numbers and asked me which parts I needed. At least this was the case when I needed parking brake parts. There...

We bought a 1999 Fuso FG 14 yrs ago with 176k miles on it and converted it to a camper. It now has 235k miles on it. We have no plans to sell it, which is not quite the same as buying it again but it's an indication of how reliable and useful it has been to us. The Longmont Colorado Fuso...

Im pretty close to 12k lbs although I have a pop up camper so not as much wind resistance as you. Be prepared for Wyoming. On a windy day there you'll be lucky to make 30 mph. I've been there when with the pedal to the floor I could barely hold 45mph.

If that has the 4d34t engine then I believe ski freak is correct. But I thought by 2004 Fuso had switched to a different engine in the USA. No? What speeds are you seeing? Our stock wheeled 99 FG tops out around 67mph on the flat. 30-35 climbing Colorado's mountain passes. Enjoy the scenery

I might do that in a pinch but I'd paint the stud and nut bright orange to keep it in my awareness. The person who sold you the truck without telling you about this anomaly deserves the death penalty.

Give us the details including price once you get that new radiator. We've found the eastbound run up to the Eisenhower tunnel in summer puts the biggest heat load on the engine although you're right that dropping a gear and driving 35 usually brings temps down.

At least in Colorado, typically when you get high enough on a pass to cause overheating, it's cooled down enough that it doesn't hurt so bad. :).

I've used Evans waterless coolant, but not in a FUSO. My understanding is that it doesn't change the operating temperature of the engine but increases the boiling point way above that of a standard coolant/water mix so the engine can be be cooled at higher temperatures. It also doesn't...

My 99 12 volts FG came with two start batteries. I used a marine battery switch to separate them and provide off/one/other/both options. I run on one battery switching from 1 to 2 periodically. But I always have the second battery for jumping purposes. When temps get below zero F I've used...

For the record, I ran across a Fuso on Manitoulin Island built by Fuso Off Road (?) in Gunnison Colorado. Suspension had springs from Alcan Springs in Grand Junction, Colorado. Those springs had definitely raised the clearance to the bump stops on the front axle significantly.

If only they were 5 stud.

That campsite is idyllic. All it needs to complete the dream is some Scottish fog and rain. :).

Did you try Busbees for the front driveshaft? That's a lot of money.

For comparison, the parking brake assembly I bought for $264 at Tom's Truck Parts in 2021 for $264 is listed at $250 currently at S1 parts center. One good thing about S1 is that Tom's Truck told me parking brake parts were only available in the complete assembly whereas S1 lists all the little...

I'm pretty sure that when communicating with Tom's Truck Parts, that number in the lower right hand corner of the diagram, and the number of the part in the diagram was the method for determining which parts I needed. In fact I think Tom's Truck sent me a copy of the diagram and asked me to...

Brett's Truck shipped me spring bushings to the USA. Busbees in the US has used parts. A driveshaft should be available from them.

Member here who's name I can't recall off the top of my head got new springs in Salt Lake City I think. May be worth chatting with him. He's lighter than you though.

X2 on this. More than a couple of days and I'd be quite irritated particularly if one person wants to get up and sit and the other wants to stay in bed.