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The hydronic hookup is still on the TODO list, though the water to water heat exchanger is already installed. I think we may be seeing what you are talking about. Each time I check the coolant there is a bit of coolant in the between seal area. We do smell a bit of coolant while driving, I...

Oh, and I should add that the engine oil looks ok, no sign of coolant.

Hi guys, well we seem to be losing coolant. I have spent time working around the engine and have not seen any leaks. I also keep watch beneath the truck for any leaks and so far nothing. I do not notice a white smoke once warmed up ( though I do notice in the cold morningswhen we start up). The...

So our trip has begun and we have spent the last week in Big Bend N.P. Did a few nights in the back country camp sites including an overnight backpack. Unfortunately in the middle of the night Heather woke with a 101 fever. So in the morning we moved to one of the front country campgrounds...

Ok, so our manual says our transmission and transfer case takes SAE 80, 80 W or 80W/85W ( in hot zones SAE 90 or 85w/90. So what oil are you using (and it needs to be available in the USA)?

I agree about the generator, but we are traveling with our Honda petrol 2kw generator. Mainly as a backup in case the truck DC-DC charger or solar panels (1,000 watts) will not keep up. Hopefully will rarely use it, though we just had about 7 days of rain/clouds and unless we drove the truck the...

Hey David and Aimee, I for one would still like to see the armor panels (if there is any money left in the budget...) . Or even if you decide not to do them share your thoughts on how you were intending on how to do it. We are on the way to Mexico (currently in Arkansas and will be in Texas this...

Good to know, didn't know that there were guidelines (luckily we have never been towed). And 5 minutes! No wonder this build has taken me so long. It would take me 5 minutes just to find the right wrench...

As our truck came with a PTO our transfer case has a neutral (I am guessing that is why it has one, maybe they all do). It is on the same switch for high/low range. I have engaged low just to see if it worked so I am guessing the neutral would also work. All this stuff is good to know before you...

First off how large are the alternators? Wet cell batteries will only accept a certain amount of charge so if you have a 100 amp alternator and a 400 amp hour battery bank (or even 600) then just wire the second alternator right to the house bank. Too high of a charge rate will damage (boil) wet...

I'll admit, I know very little at this point about these trucks. I do know though that some transmissions need the engine running to lubricate properly. I know someone with a Fuso FG that has told me those transmissions would be damaged. They needed to get a flatbed when they needed to be towed...

Good question, there is a 50mm different stack height. The helper for the new pack is below the main pack with these new springs, so that helps. Details like this one has been a bit of a challenge given I do not speak German and Harald only speaks a bit of English (and Google translate is not...

Funny thing is we were considering bringing along our "storm anchor" for use as a sand anchor. Figured it might elicit a few comments if we mounted it on the back wall.

Hi, we have 2 matrix. A Kuba VA 200 and a small ducted one. Our furnaces (your Espar and our Webasto) are roughly the same output. The combined output exceeds the furnace (both around 10k btu). Both exchangers have hi/lo speeds and use low 12v power draw muffin style fans. We are using the Kuba...

Yup, we could have spent the next six months getting things perfect (or what we think is perfect at the time). One thing we learned with the boat is that as you use it your thoughts on what is needed changes. So somethings we decided to take a wait and see. Our truck came with the trapezoidal 8...

I will do that, but it was pretty easy as I installed a 6 gallon Kuuma water heater. It is a marine water heater so has a built in coolant coil (you see in the product page the "heat exchanger" fittings). I do not have a separate aquastat (yet, taking a wait and see approach if it is needed). I...

Well it is now official, we are underway west. After a bit of a scramble in N.C. we finally finished the Webasto hydronic heating system for the habitat. Really the last thing needed to make the truck livable in all temps. The initial startup went well with a single leak, from a crappy npt...

Thanks for the tip, I posted this same question on the German LN2 forum. I was told you had to do what you say from the underneath of the truck. I know from the top you can't.

A little follow up on the sender. While cleaning out the shop in preparation for departure I came across the original MB sender board (glad I saved it, though completely forgot about it). It looks like it is supposed to be 33Ω empty and 245Ω full. Seems to be a bit rare as i have yet to find a...

So one of today's projects was to replace the alternator with a higher output one (draw from the DC-DC charger and rooftop DC air con). Figured while I was at it might as well replace the belts on both the alternator and air pump. Sort of good access to the engine, but things are sure packed in...