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February 24th, 2014. Karl: Some people have all the luck! I am glad that you were able to find a U1300L! I would almost sell my firstborn (if I had one) to get my mitts on one of those. Happy Motoring!

February 24th, 2014. Tuff truck guy: Once you shoot the bugs out of the M1017 MB, you will find they are really well engineered and generally extremely reliable if they haven't already been beaten to death. Most of my Unimog problems were suimply too much sitting, old age on the rubber...

February 24th, 2014. Permit me to weigh in in a small way gentlemen. I have owned both an M3A2 and a S404.114, and will I loved the deuce and miss it often, the S404.114 for its size and weight was and is a more capable, competent truck. I h ave had to replace the throwout bearing because of a...

February 14th, 2014. Some very good ideas, but gentlemen, it is not possible to use the M-B Mechanical fuel pump on this truck. You may ask why? Illinois only has 10% Ethanol added unleaded gas, and the truck destroyed 3 mechanical pumps (new M-B units) in the first three months here. Nobody...

February 13th, 2014. M813RC: Interesting, my original tarpaulin has only the top flap/rain edge above the opening, and nothing whatsoever below the end of the roof bow curves. Your truck flap has been adapted to use the hooks and shock cord closures that the Swiss used on the front of the...

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February 13th, 2014.:shrugs: Gentlemen: The last couple of cold snaps have revealed an odd behavior trait on my 1963 Swiss Cargo Unimog with pertronix ignition and electric fuel pump set up. At zero degrees F or below, the truck will crank, but will not fire, and within a very few seconds...

February 9th, 2014. Thank You, Mercunimog! That is where I figured the auxiliary shift would end up, and yes, the hand throttle's on top of the engine housing on my 404, and I suspect all the other stock 404.114's. Yours has rubber matting, mine is as noisy as all get out being just stock metal...

February 7th, 2014. Mercunimog: The S404.114 (Swiss) I have, SN 446, and her sister #443 (in the Dallas,TX area), both have the hand throttle up on the metal hood above the engine, just behind the radiator top tank and to the left of the choke knob. The only other thing on that cover is the...

February 7th, 2014. The only problem with the gent up above, is the prices are pretty substantial. It is a pity a bunch of us S404.114 Swiss owners do not get together and have a good top company build us military grade cargo and cab covers in one buy. I had a new cab cover made by a top man in...

February 7th, 2014. Very Interesting! The hand throttle on the Swiss S404.114s is up above the engine cover and is locked with a butterfly nut, just to the left of the choke. I use it often to warm the truck up at high idle, and as cruise on road trips (not a very fast cruise ,mind you, but it...

February 7th, 2014. Mercunimog: On the red U 406/8(?) when the gentleman shifted the lever on the left side of the engine housing, was that taking it from L-1 to L-2 functionally? On the S404's I believe that the auxiliary gearbox shifter ends up over by the F-N-R shifter according to the...

February 6th, 2014. Pretty much 1937 BMW technology with the reliability of a slightly crazed mule. If I had a choice between a Ural and a 40 year old Honda, I'd take the Honda, as parts are about as hard to get, expensive, and at least it ran like a watch when new... The Ural, they had better...

February 6th, 2014. AnotherAhab: I believe just the final axle ratios on the stock S404.114 is about 7.65 to 1, with normal "1" gear that gets about 175 to 300 RPMs of the engine to one turn of the wheels. The "auxiliary" transmission ends up adding either 6 or 8 gears in low range 1+2...

January 27th, 2014. Gents: As to the comments up above vis a vis the HMMWV being overrated, I have towed a couple out with the S404.114 when they stick, and I can climb over stuff most H-1 or M series wouldn't dream about doing. But realistically, it is a much lousier pickup truck then any of...

January 26th, 2014. Papabear: Now you'll have to find rebuild kits for the carb and all the rubber in the fuel lines, as it might take 68 Octane, but it won't digest ethanol laden unleaded at all. Now that I think of it, you might want to do valve stem seals and new alloy seats for the...

January 15th, 2014. Since they are internal combustion engine vehicles, mothballing them can be difficult and expensive. If they were sold overseas, they would just give our present and future enemies a look at the technology and maybe even ownership of it. And lastly, they have no place in...

January 15th, 2014. Three Cheers and a Tiger for you all in Wisconsin! You all owe Undysworld and Tom a great round of thanks for pulling the FMV/HMV irons outta the DMV fire! Should they come down to visit me here at the Lincoln Home, I shall guarantee them a free tour during business hours...

December 25th, 2013. Very Interesting! My Unimog is OM 1026, so I wonder how far up the numbers list the Illinois S.of S. Office has gone on the OM plates. Interesting that they charge as much as they do for an OMT plate for the M105A trailers....Makes you kind of glad you're not getting...

December 25th, 2013. Who knows, if the Iranians cut back their nuclear program, who's not to say we may be sending them F-16's to replace their F-14's? Yesterdays enemy can often be todays ally, depending on who your combined enemies list contains.... Merry Christmas!