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We have been living on the batteries for the last 3 years. Back then there wasn't the options there are now for these better BMS's. I just swapped out my old BMS/balancers with this new JDB. Right now with a ~10 amp load at "99%" the batteries are within .013 v. But if I turn the charger on one...

Well, I guess I spoke a bit too soon about the BMS. With our previous BMS we couldn't see the individual cell voltages. Now with this JDB we can, our 400ah pack is made up of 16 100ah 3.2 LifePo4 cells from Frey in China made up in a 4P4S pack to get to 12v. One of the 4P packs (4 of the cells...

Well, the wait is finally over, we got the new entry door mostly installed (got the aluminum interior trim ring and aluminum bins for the inside bottom, which we will do with other welding projects soon)! One of the things I wanted to do with this new door was to bond in a strip of wood on the...

One thing I recommend to all owners of these trucks, especially ones in the USA. Get the EPC/WIS off of eBay and load it up, here is one of them that should work. Even if you do not do the wrenching it will help the mechanic. I have found American shops are a bit reluctant to work on these...

Although a little late, if you ever need to be towed there are bolts in the end of the rear brake combination cylinders. Right on the end in the middle. If you run these bolts all the way out until they stop, they compress the parking brake spring. No need to air up. To really check things...

Crawl under the rear of the truck. Remove the rock shields on the inside of the wheel hubs (4 bolts on each side). Have someone else use both the service and parking brakes while you watch the brake shoes. They should be.7mm away from the drum surface when not engaged. Then tight against the...

The wheel bearings were ok, but the grease had gotten hard. Each bearing hub requires 600 grams of grease. You need to replace the lip seal, they are a generic size so I ordered them here in the USA. You do need a special keyed socket which is a Mercedes specific tool(there are several different...

I looked at the EPC, it doesn't seem to break down the parts for the cylinders (well at least for our VIN). And @Neil , if we do meet up on the way south and if you have a Windows laptop we can load up the EPC if you want.

I am guessing you are correct. I know the diaphragms in our front cylinders had hardened a bit and had a few cracks in them. Not sure if they were at the point of leaking but I am glad they are now new. I didn't try to rebuild the rears as I was told it was too dangerous given the parking brake...

I am not 100% sure but I think that is a vent line (if you look at the DT aftermarket canister picture you will see a small rubber bung in the same position). If I envision it right, the compressed air enters/leaves the left side (in this picture) of the clamp ring. On right side of the clamp is...

Yup, those are the same idea as the ones we have. I need to assemble a few of these as spares. Other than corrosion the o-rings get hard with age.

Price dropped to $175 plus shipping.

One thing to remember about aftermarket parts vs OEM. Some parts are NLA from Mercedes and the only source is aftermarket. I ended up rebuilding all the brakes, but with mainly aftermarket parts. Even with aftermarket parts and shipping it ended up around $2600. Also, I think that some of the...

We have a new, never installed Tern Overland 300x300 cargo door. From Tern they are $323+ shipping. We'll take $225 obo + shipping costs.

Hey all, after meeting up with a few European LN2's I decided that I would also like some front shackle mounts. These bolt to the chassis rails and should prove to be a more robust tow point than the single center pin. Anyone come up with a source for these? I am considering having some made up...

I just completed a brake refresh including new brake canisters. I asked my very helpful friend in Germany (Stefan who is a retired Mercedes Mechanic) and he said they never rebuilt the rear canisters when he was working. The parking brake spring is too dangerous to mess with (the fronts they...

We have a rail on subframe and no offense taken. When making our decision on which way to go with the subframe several factors helped with our decision. Things like your chassis, the intended use and cost. If we had decided on a Unimog/Kat and serious offroad we would have gone with a torsion...

Brakes are all back together with a little adjustment needed. Will go out in a few minutes to do that. Glad to get that project over with, lot of work crawling around the truck. We also got to see our new door and frame after getting professionally painted. The painter did a great job and even...

With any luck the brake overhaul will be completed today, mainly due to having our friends with us to help wrench and how accommodating the 2 businesses that are helping us are. There was a bit of a cock up with the rear axle in that the EPC actually listed 2 different rear axles for our truck...

@jaleel_da_sheik , congrats! That is a great feeling when the habitat settles on the chassis. You're over the hump now, great work.