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We live in our truck full time. We have a Fantastic fan in the roof almost over the cooktop. It works well to pull out steam and fumes. A dedicated range hood is not needed if you have good ventilation.

New thread same response, the box is a write off and way to big for that chassis.

We have been using a NovaKool 6800 for 2 years, very happy with the unit. http://www.novakool.com/products/two_doors/documents/TWODOORFRIDGEFREEZERSfullline2011_003.pdf

San Filipe is a nice spot. If you walk out into the shallows along the beach towards the peak in your photo you will find a bunch of hot springs. Boondocking is not great in Baja, you have to pay for all the best beach sites, it is dirt cheap though and you are in the off season.

You can't go wrong with Honda. Is it for emergency back up at home? You might get away with a single Honda 2200 , as you say you can always double them up.

The Heatmiser 12 volt thermostat works flawlessly with the Thermotop C. Set Temp and enjoy!

I would let the coolant through the calorifier always and stay connected to the header tank always. As for a heat exchanger to the engine just plumb it in its designed to run engine coolant. put a ball valve on both connections for emergency shut off. leave one open all the time and use the...

They were built in Europe for a Europe of 50 years ago. Diesel vehicles, especially older ones are banned from many parts of Europe, especially big cities. These trucks are no longer suitable for Europe.

Parts will be fine in Europe, you just won't want to drive it there. Many cities also restrict older diesels. For Europe get a small newer camper.

The older real round nose Mercedes have real character. They are solid overland vehicles if you can get a good one and can live with the lack of power. Parts are fairly easy to get in North America but you may have to wait a week or so for specialty parts. Great truck for North/South America...

Nothing wrong with that. I would just add that you are introducing a new way to fail. Leave the battery switch on both and run down both batteries. The jumper cables are cheaper and fool proof. Do you have/plan any solar? maybe putting the money towards that project.

Save your money and time, forget the switch and pick up some quality jumper cables.

Yes factory parbolic springs. We broke 2 in south america. We also have airbags on the rear that are capable of handling the entire load. After the parabolic failed we stopped at the first Mercedes shop we got to ,they did not stock the part and sent me across the street to a truck spring shop...

While you are there I would pull all the leaf spring bolts and replace with new. at the very least carry 2 extra bolts of each size and grade. In south America we could only find 8.8 grade bolts. I would also carry an extra pair of shackle plates. Springs can be made in any city and a broken...

When I bought our Mercedes 917AF, it came with an external CTIS system from Brazil. The company that made it would not provide any technical help. It was a fixed 130 psi (fine for the hwy trucks) and required a wrench to air down. After I ripped the supply lines off driving in the bush that was...

Forget inflating at the same time, it is no faster, the limitation is the compressor. one long hose.

The box looks way too big for the chassis. The amount of work involved to try to save it is not worth it just going by those pics. I would write off the box and start again.

Two pages from the MB 917AF owners manual. Adding gasoline to the diesel fuel is acceptable for cold weather operation. What you do when the temperature changes rapidly or how a Webasto would handle the mix I don't know. What I found really interesting is the % allowed!

When you buy a home in Ontario that has oil heat, the home comes with a full tank. We have 800 liters of heating oil and we intend to change away from the oil furnace, so burning it in Webasto will use some of it. Winter diesel is treated to reduce the temperature diesel jells (wax forms), or...

We bought 120 acres just West of Ottawa with a home that needs a ton of work so we are in the truck for the winter! -22C last night, high -16C today -20C again tonight, Joy. The Webasto is using about 5 liters every 24hrs (using a portable tank) interior is a comfortable 20C, Bring on the...