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In my limited opinion (IMLO), there will be market for these castings at some point as new steel soldier owners learn that not checking portal oil on occasion could lead to major damage of the hub and associated housing. They will have a choice of buying one your housings or buying either a new...

Great, thanks for posting, I expect somebody will be needing this fix at some point.

I haven't been in as deep as you have but I believe that sleeve is common wear item. I think Scott at EI has one listed (but I have not checked the part numbers!)Not so sure about the pins

I haven't, there is a video somewhere on You Tube of a SEE user driving to a tractor pull event with the loader removed. The manuals specifically warn against it. With that major warning out of the way, the center of gravity of the backhoe in travel position appears to be between the wheels...

Ask him about his adventure in removing the pin :)

Nice fix, definitely a big thumbs up on figuring out an alternative air pressure regulator. FYI, The crap in the cross body line has probably made it farther into the air system. I strongly recommend taking the air system apart up to the tanks and cleaning out any grit that has built up. There...

I expect its only high pressure when the PTO is engaged and it leaks down quite quickly EI has the whole assembly or you can do what I did and looked up some 24 volts electric fans on Ebay and made an adaptor plate. If you are restoring it for show, then go OEM but for $500 from EI plus...

Back when I was learning to drive race cars, I was taught to treat the shift lever like an egg, but not a hard-boiled egg. I apply this to my FLUs -- at least on mine, they shift perfectly smooth unless you're forcing the issue. My SEE's high idle is actually 1600, but I can't imagine turning it...

Speaking of fuses, the fuse boxes and fuses on the SEE is definitely not one of Mercedes great ideas. The plastic covers are missing on most SEEs and folks tend to leave the hoods off. The fuses (especially generic replacements) can corrode at the spot where they meet the holder. Its good idea...

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?158832-FLU-419-SEE-and-HMMH-Extracts-from-PS-Magazine-Maintenance-and-Operating-tips Go back to the welcome page and look for Misc TMs forum

Standing in front of the truck there are two fuse holders. The fuse you want is the red one all the way to the left in the fusebox on the right. The fuses are numbered left to right so this is fuse #1 of fuse box #1 (fuse box #1 is on the right side, fuse box #2 is on the left side) Page 4-169...

I expect you aren't going to be satisfied even if in A-1 condition. A 404 (and most other unimogs) are road going tractors. The 404s are known to not take kindly to high speed driving as the drum rims retain to much heat around the portals. Once the portals overheat you will be peeling off 100...

There is temperature switch on the hydraulic circuit. There is a black terminal block at the base of the fan box If you look at the electrical diagnostics its not that hard to move a wire around to jump out the switch to see if the fans run. The fans are somewhat infamous for water leaking...

I have had mixed luck with Chinese tools, some have been pretty beefy. I am not really sure where my breaker bar is from.

Luckily Harbor Freight 3/4" drive sockets usually work and are cheap . I also have 4' 3/4" breaker bar for times like those

I second FLU's advice, start at the alcohol injector inlet (which could be full of grit and work your way out through the air system. If you don't think your way through a SEE its going to drive you crazy.

There is another set of three piece brackets that hold up the cab so it doesn't fall down and break your neck. Unlike the tilt brackets that are available via one of the members of this forum, I don't know of current source of the three piece prop brackets If you want to see a tantalizing...

My speculation is that these were cold war purchases designed for war in Europe against the USSR. Unimogs are pretty well the standard military vehicle for Europe so it might have made sense to collaborate with Mercedes for the base equipment once it was "americanized" by calling it a...

With respect to the question about mogs in the states I expect the SEEs could have doubled the population in the US although there were a lot of the Case MB94s sold to municipalities. I have seen three of them at different towns as municipal vehicles in northern NH in my travels over the years...

If they are being sold off at surplus auction, its a crap shot. Lack of use or abuse is worse than normal use. The only exceptions are rebuilt versions that got rebuilt and then parked. Who knows how many shortcuts were taken during the years while the not rebuilt SEEs got parked before they...