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Cab to cabin access? Bathroom? For heat I highly recommend a coolant heater and radiators plumbed in to the engine coolant loop. Webasto ThermoTop C or Esparcher equivalent. You can put heating loops in the floor, way more efficient than electric for heat.

Is your diesel heater a coolant heater? If so plumb it into the engine coolant loop. You can then heat the back from the engine when on the move and pre heat the engine for cold starts.

Jon, call Rob at Terry Lee (Colorado). He might have the parts in stock or be able to pull them off a spare engine.

Pull them off and head to a hydraulic shop. You should be able to get them fabricated. I have had hydraulic lines fabbed for our 917, as long as you have the part in hand they can measure threads etc and match it up.

1. Forget the compressed air, it's a non-starter. 2. Use the heated coolant to supply a couple of radiators, definitely a heated towel bar in the bathroom. Plumb the coolant lines into a hot water tank such as the Webasto...

There are many good 12 V pressure pumps (Sure Flo, for example) in many available GPM flow rates. The pressure tank you are talking about does not pressurize the system as such. It is just a tank with a bladder that is pressurised by the water pump, not by an air compressor. The air tank evens...

We use a Bosch apartment size washing machine. Has been great although the pump now needs replacing. Uses minimal power as long as you use the cold cycle to stop the heating element from turning on. If we want a hot water wash, we run the cold cycle but feed in hot water. 230 volt euro model...

We run a diesel Webasto. Runs fine up to 4500m no issues, after that it gets a bit temperamental.

Basically it has to be over 25 years old.

Sounds like a badly made setup. The owner "needed" more power so he added more batteries. The fact that he made two banks and only has 300 watts of solar pretty much guarantees the batteries never fully charge. Your plan is spot on, get down to one bank of 4 gc. Get the solar hooked to the...

Those are some ugly springs! Fire trucks get driven hard and put away wet. There is plenty of room for rear air bags between the reay parbolics and the frame.

I would avoid propane for the Pan Am. It is not always easy to find and when you do it is often Butane. Butane works great as a fuel at lower elevations, but it will not work in the cold at altitude. You will always find gasoline.

Is your cab air con electric? not a belt driven compressor?

Treat 2-6 volt GC batteries a one 12V battery. Charge them and discharge together ( do the same for 2-12V in a 24V bank). Batteries in series should be the same size and age, assume yours are. Use a 12V charger connected to the two terminals with cables leaving the batteries, not the short...

Our Genset is a 4 KW Dometic, Honda engine. It is really nicely mounted with a stainless steel cover to match all the rest of the stainless tanks and apron.Far from silent, but it is 27 years old! (engine has been replaced). The newer Honda and Yamaha units are very quiet.

99% of the time our 630 Watts of solar do the job. We use the generator occasionally when we run the microwave to reduce the load on the batteries. It's not necessary but it will extend battery life. The genny was installed in the truck when we bought it. We also have needed it in Alaska during...

I agree with Neil, the doors are too heavy to leave open while tilting the cab. The hinges will be under huge stress as the cab stops moving when tilted. I would not even leave the door open without support when the cab is tilted.

Using our Magnum charger we can deliver 125 Amps at 14.4 volts (12V bank) run off the generator.(we have it choked to 90 Amps, recommended by Rolls Surette) For what it's worth our Stirling starts putting out 40 Amps almost immediately after start up. Idling a diesel with low loads will lead to...

I would seriously look at a small generator for charging when solar is unavailable. Idling your main engine with low load is very inefficient and very hard on the engine.