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If I remember right these trucks were available with 2 different cold start options. The ether injection and an electric heating element in the air intake. Wonder if that symbol would be that you have the electric element? I think the element was in the cast charged air pipe that is attached to...

Time for a quick trip update. During our visit back to the USA while the truck was being shipped I went to the dermatologist. Well, 2 biopsies later I learned I had a couple of small skin cancers (nothing serious) that needed to get removed. But no time to get it scheduled before we left the...

And we're reunited with our truck! This is our first night back and we're camped in the town next to the shipping port. Picking up the truck was an all day affair at the port starting at 9:30am ending at 4pm. The truck looked great and we haven't noticed any damage. We only had to hand over the...

Jumping in a bit late, the brake shops are concerned that these old trucks use asbestos linings, which they won't touch. But Mercedes stopped doing that well before our trucks were built. When we had our brakes done, the shop in Nevada inquired and I confirmed with Stefan that they are not...

Both the ship and Heather and I have arrived into Buenos Aires. With any luck in a couple of days we will be picking the truck up and resuming our travels. Can't wait, we've been a bit homesick since we have been out of the truck for about a month. Did our first "blue dollar" black market money...

It's starting to get close! Revised ETA is the 17th.

Well our truck was successfully loaded onto the RORO ship and is underway down the western coast of South America! Although we never sailed around Cape Horn (it sounded way more fun to cross the Pacific) our truck will, or maybe go through the Straights of Magellan. We'll see. But if anyone...

Kind of a big moment for us in our trip south. We have just dropped the truck off in Colon Panama for a cruise to Argentina. I know this is not the common route of shipping from Panama to Columbia, but we just were more excited about the thought of getting going further south. Really hope things...

One question, do you really need a 200amp alternator? Our 2 biggest power draws are the DC cab aircon and our B2B battery chargers. I think your truck is one of the rare ones that have a factory installed AC (really wish we had that). I am guessing you also have some version of truck to house...

I have to say I think it might be a little too much. I think you have the same springs we do though. It looks like you only have the thin block beneath the springs on place? When I put in our new front ones they were high. A quick run down a washboard road settled them down a lot. How much does...

Here's my 2 cents, and it may be worth just that as I am no mechanic. If you are seeing shoe movement and you can hear air being released when the parking brake is being applied then I would think the valves are working. Your parking brake works when the air is totally evacuated from the...

I don't, but really would like that capability. Pretty sure with the DC air-conditioning, B2B chargers and demand from the truck the alternator is busy. Just sent in our shipping deposit for going to Argentina from Panama. Now we need to wait till June 7th to get confirmation from the shipping...

If I remember right your truck is a 12v truck? Ours is a 24v and a couple of years ago I updated our alternator with a 100amp 24v dual internal fan one. It requires a little bit of wiring as it uses a more modern Bosch style plug. The one I just put in is similar but with a 110amp rating. I am...

My guess was it was age and heat, it's a flat rubber washer. The rubber was distorted where the glass bowl didn't contact it, and it jeventually cracked. And it was a bit stressful backing a 20,000lb truck with no power down a very steep hill. Luckily it went well. I have added a complete lift...

At times overlanding can be a little challenging. Like driving up a very steep road in 1st gear and having the engine start to sputter then die... Luckily about 50m down the hill was a drainage cutout that we could be relatively level in, so back down the hill without an engine, babying the...

And more frogs And what would overlanding be without a night time photo of the truck? And I almost forgot, here is a pic of the camp spot where we celebrated @Neil 's birthday. That's it for now, we're trying to schedule up our shipping to South America. Once it is scheduled I'll post an update.

And it has been a few days since it all happened but we were fortunate enough to celebrate @Neil 's birthday while in Nicaragua! We've been planning meeting up as we head south and they head north and with a bit of luck it all worked out. Fun couple of days and hope one day to meet up with them...

Ok, here is my 2 cents (and not being a mechanic it may be worth just that). Our truck had very uneven brake lining wear. From my crude understanding that can really only happen if the wedge units are failing (or the wedge units were originally very poorly adjusted). The air canister pushes a...

Hey Ryan, any more info on the AC? What's the minimum power draw? Can it run in motion? Really wishing we would've swapped out the ac AC for a DC AC.