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This photos shows the result late last night of the nicely clad door - I went to the beach today, but we have a day off on Monday so I'll fit the rest of the lock so I can actually get in to the truck After two days of deliberation of where to put it, drawing circles all over the mog, just...

Finally, this weekend I got back onto the door. I needed to move the lock from where I had originally wanted it ( about 1/4 of the way up from the bottom) , to the middle of the door. The was just no way the door seals would seal properly at the top of the door, when the lock was so close to the...

It has been quite a while since I updated the blog - I have been a bit distracted on the Unimog since getting this - my new Land Rover Defender 110. This is what it looked like the day before got my grubby paws on it.... This it what it looks like now - just can't seem to leave things alone...

Ron did a similar trip in his GXV U500 - so now people in remote areas have seen two U500 expedition trucks. I've seen photos of their trucks on most 4x4 forums, being called everything from MAN's, IVECO's to HINO's with custom cabs. They are certainly unique over here. I was able to track...

You guys must feel sorry for me in my little U1250 - with all of 125hp . I think I might be able to wring 150hp :wings: out of it with my new turbo, intercooler etc, but despite it being geared for cruising at 100kph @ 2200rpm, I doubt I will be doing much of that. :) I would be running a 1hp...

Hi Incendo, nice truck, I would have loved a 1550L37 as a bases vehicle - I agree with Charlie on the GVM part - I've been looking at all sorts of weight saving from the start of my camper build, and with all my gear on board I will just squeeze in under GVM. My basic truck with semi complete...

Hi, my plans are also to have my truck ready by the end of the year - but then I said that last year as well :) I have a similar problem to you in regards the solar panels, but I managed to find panels that are 537 x 1209mm which just fit on my roof. I plan to fit four to them - two on each...

Hi Smontic - great to see another Unimog camper on the forum. I'm also build a camper - but since Unimogs are rare here in Australia ( at least until the Australian Army sell all of their Unimogs) I started with a U1250 and have built every thing from scratch, and fully overhauled everything...

Hi Roberto - I will be contacting our local manufacture of the stone screens for my U1250 in the near future - I'll let you know if they can make one.

Charlie is probably somewhere in either Western Australia or the Northern Territory - with luck he will be back in range in a week or two,

Thanks for all the info - unfortunately it went way over my head - I'll have to study the details and what it means for me with my Webasto 90ST.

Just to clear things up - in my shed is a Webasto 90ST, a 20lt hot water tank and two Kalori Silencio 2 heaters. I now have to figure out the plumbing to do what I need it to do. TO start from scratch I need the following: Summer Mode: Driving Engine cooling system to provide heat to the...

Thanks - that's quite a useful site

Thanks Don - so if I understand correctly, I should add an additional thermostat to control the Webasto, to switch that on and off with cabin internal temperature, or alternatively, put in a couple of solenoids to take the heater out of circuit on the thermostat. I agree that with the cabin...

Hi Don, thanks of the info. The 20lt hot water tank is more than sufficient for our needs. I'm not sure what you mean about short cycling - it that is the diesel furnace will be stopping and starting then having a larger hot water tank will make little difference since it is pretty well...

I have finally made the decision on our heating / hot water system. After discussion with Charlie (from Alaska) I've gone with a Webasto 9kw T90 diesel furnace and two 4kw Kalori Silencio II heaters elements. I have had a lot of discussions with the Webasto technical people about block heater...

The box is a funny shape, but in summary, on the inside, taking into account the thickness of the lining, floor etc, it is 2.1m wide, 3.5m long at it's 1.95m high in the middle

This weekend I started on the mock up of the interior - photos are pretty self explanatory. There are sliding drawers under the seat, and another behind the seats accessible when the backrests are tilted forwards. The seats still have their electric motors for the back rest angle, lumbar support...

Progress over the last few weeks After weeks of rain, the weather was too good to waste, so we have been spending some time on the beach. South Ballina is now our favourite beach, we can drive down to it in about 2 hour, drive right along and park up for the day. The isolation and distance from...

Here is a build thread on a 1017. http://www.gertenbach.info/e_big%20foot%2001.htm