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G'day Fred :) We were at a Unimog gathering, and I think we converted everyone there to the Nature's Head toilet, especially those with black water systems, they just could not believe there was no smell and how compact the system is. A couple pf people wanted to know if there was a carry...

We used ours every day for 6 months, and would empty the solids part every four weeks or so. The liquid part we empty every second day or so. I suppose if you eat a lot, you might need to empty it a bit more often :)

WE have been using our Nature's head now for a year. It does the job with no hassles or smell. We emptied out Natures Head twice when we were far away from civilization and just dug a hole, and buried the waste. The pee pot gets emptied every second day, into a roadside dump point or...

We don't have masses of power, but enough to accelerate up most hills. Key to this I think is getting the fueling system right, I found some old videos of the difference between the good injector nozzles and the bad ones, these are all brand new Bosch nozzles, we rejected 20 nozzles to find...

To give you some scale, I am using 2 1/2" pipe on the top, I think your G-wagon also runs much higher boost and makes more power as well :)

It doesn't fit on mine, and requires a new grill, moving the a/c condenser etc. There are two companies here in Australia making air-air intercoolers for Unimogs as well.

My inter cooler is water cooled. Pg 28 has more details. I'm thinking of increasing the size of the heat exchanger, as the water doesn't get that hot. I need to do some more measurements before I commit to that though. Since it is behind the radiator, it sits in the 50 Deg C hot air...

The silver thing just after the turbo is the exhaust brake. We use it all the time, and since we are at the maximum GVM, it is definitely a necessity, it really slows our truck down on any downhill. The normal brakes are pretty good, but I would not like to use them all the time on a long...

No intercooler on most mogs, mine has one, and so do the U1850 and above.

A 3" is good for over 300hp, anything bigger is just for bragging rights. People are getting over 500hp from turbo cars with 3" exhausts so our 200hp should be easy. Noise wise, my wife says she can't hear much of a difference when I drive past. My fuel pump is set for "Over 185hp"...

Here are a few photos, the exhaust pipe is 3" and now I have no muffler, and there is not much difference in sound inside the truck at all. The muffler was right at the rear. I have changed the route quite a bit, mainly because since I have certified the truck for passengers in the rear, the...

Just finished fitting our new bike rack, going to be great to take our bikes with us on our next trip. It is very strong I can do pull ups on the end of the rack and it doesn't move. We can still open the boot, and other compartments. I can remove a pin and the bike rack fold...

Now you have a camper truck :)

Only thing you can do is lower you tyre pressure. I've gone as low as 15 psi in the rear and 10 psi in front in my truck to get over a very steep wind lblown sand dune at the beach. Just drive slowly, don't try and use momentum, just crawl along, first gear low range. Don't make sharp turns or...

I suppose it depends where you take your truck, we had our leaning against a tree on one side slope, I doubt the panels would have survived without the protection bars. In our travels we have only hit one tree branch hard, it snapped of a 100mm thick branch that I didn't see, but sure fell...

It is a matting, here are some photos of the left overs. Here is a photo of how we stop the inner seal from coming down whilst driving - looking up at the shock chord.

The insulation is a polyester material, it doesn't absorb water like the fibreglass or foam type insulation. My wife reminded me that to seal the hole in the middle of the bag, we used velcro, glued onto the edge with a 50mm overlap. The corners of the inside of the hole needed another piece...

The insulation is a local product made by Higgins Insulation, it was developed for insulation in buses. It is a polyester product. The bag and inner seal material is a PVC material - POLYMAR® 8556, pretty standard stuff for side curtains on open sided trucks. The bag was both glued Bostik...

I have a large crawl through on my Unimog, and have a three way sealing system. First is a rubber seal on the outside of the cab, made from heavy duty rubber mudguard material, it is mainly to deflect heat and noise, and protect the inner seals from branches and sticks. Then there is an...

The ones I have in my water tanks has "ISC" on them, they were supplied by Atlas Tanks, who made the custom water tanks for us. It is a simple float on a rod, and the gauge moves to only five positions, E-1/4 - 1/2 - 3/4 - F. When it is on the E mark, we have about 20 litres left, and when...