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Really nice box,too bad about the chassis. Maybe the buyer could put it back on a Fuso ( or MB 917 etc.) and sell the 550.

We have air bags in the rear of our 917 beside the parabolics. there is not enough room in the front for airbags. Our front is a conventional spring pack, 13 leaves! Any heavy truck spring shop should be able to replace your broken springs. The issue with our trucks is not that the can't do it...

It is a 9 tonne truck, It is hard to tell if it is full or empty by "feel", fuel consumption full or empty does not change much.. When you put in 100 gallons every cent in price is a dollar saved.

We run Maps.me (free) on a Samsung 10" tablet (Ram mount). Once you download the maps (openstreetmap,free). works offline, maps are very up to date and accurate, no issues from Alaska to Ushuaia. No Topo data but even the smallest roads and hiking trails are shown. The ability to quickly zoom in...

Yes, manual ball valve.

Forget the flexible junk. We are 11'6" with 630 Watts of rigid panels. They are very robust, we have pushed through many branches with no issues.

300hp, hope buyer has cash left over to fix broken drivetrain parts!

We have a couple of bamboo plates and bowls. Unbroken after 5 years and 2 continents, dropped many times.

We carry a 5 gallon paint pail. The air hose lives in it when we travel. In sub zero temps we leave the gray water valve open and drain into it, then carry to dump.

What unit are you running Neil? Our Webasto ran trouble free and put out great heat up to 4500m above 5000m sometimes it would not fire up and I had to reset it. Once it fired it put out heat, smoke on start up only.

It's not that complicated.

I don't understand using a timer with a camper. A thermostat is the only way to guarantee the camper will be kept from freezing. Our T-stat has a "frost" setting that will maintain 5C. Simple,- dependable.

I found top quality connectors and lugs here: http://www.ftzind.com/store/main.aspx Go with Blue Sea components where you can, top notch.

We met a guy in Cali, Colombia refurbing Landcruisers and shipping them back to Canada by container. There is profit there.

Translation: "yes"

The occasional clunk could be a broken front leaf spring bolt. We had a similar clunk, the bolt had broken and the weight was all on one shackle.

No problems with borders, Costa Rica does not allow RHD vehicles. You cannot drive from Panama to Columbia you have to ship by RORO and it is not simple or cheap.

Use a wax/oil spray such as "Krown" that creeps, don't seal the drain holes.

Fingers crossed?

If you are losing liters of coolant into the oil you have to stop running the engine. Bearing failures will be next. You may have to float the truck to a location to deal with it.