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September 19th, 2013. May I posit a question to those of you who are discussing "Original",Restored Original" and "Restored using repro body tub parts"? What happens after you have driven your MB, M38 or M38A enough that you have worn out engine and drivetrain parts? Do you replace the parts...

September 19th, 2013. Do you have to drain and repack the drive trains on this like all the other M-Series as it should be a similar situation?:???: Time to get KIA to do one and sell it in the states as a Diesel!

September 12th, 2013. I wish the OP luck, but I will say that we had one of these in the early 1980's to haul construction equipment repair parts (small ones), and all I can remember is the apt saying that a helicopters is composed of 1000's of parts, each trying to destroy the other. The...

September 12th, 2013. I hate to see an F-4 go that way, but at least they can now start reducing the surplus F-14/16/18 population at Davis Monthan, perhaps doing them up as armed drones would send a message much louder then a Predator drone, but I do believe that an F14/F16/F18 would be...

"Don't Kill Your Friends" 1943 Training Film for pilots with Ensign Dilbert! September 12th, 2013. Gentlemen and Ladies: Here's a WWII Training film for pilots titled "Don't Kill Your Friends" with Ensign Dilbert! http://youtu.be/cU2T793tNqk Ensign Dilbert reminds me of the pilot in the...

August 13th, 2013.Its that time of year again! I just finished reoiling the cab top canvas on my Swiss Army S404.114 with its new (in 2008) Beachwood Canvas top. I had the top made by a gentleman, Bill Campbell, down in Paris, Texas, and considering that this truck sits out 365 days in a year...

August 9th, 2013. I will dig around and see if I can come up with the numbers on the pump and pressure regulator over the next couple of days (I'm off this Sunday, so I'll dig around after church for you). I took the mechanical pump off and just made a blocking plate and gasket to cover the...

August 7th, 2013.Dear Karl: The Unimog NDIX carburetor is not a device that tolerates pressure well, volume from the mechanical pump yes, but pressure, no. In the first iterations back in 2010-2011, I replaced 3 $300+ dollar pumps in 3 months, two of them new MB units.... Nobody had ever...

August 6th, 2013. I am trying to calculate a match for the Swiss Army Semi-Gloss OD they used on the 1963 Unimogs, as I have neither a RAL number and I am trying to figure a match to American made OD paints (for our Army's vehicles). The Swiss changed the OD green on the truck from the MB...

August 6th, 2013. Jonster: You have found out why the Unimog SEE's generally didn't do above 35-40 on the road.. I won't say that you cooked the gears, but unless you did monitor transmission temperatures on the road, the possibility does exist. The S404.114's will do 50 mph, with...

August 6th, 2013.Karl Kostman: I think that what blew your original mechanical pump is likely ethanol in your gasoline. If your rebuilt pump croaks in about a month of driving, you will pretty much know that's what it is. NONE of the MB pumps or rebuild kits for the MB mechanical pumps use...

June 15th, 2013. The new plates are in and mine are mounted on the Unimog!!!! They came in yesterdays mail, so kudos to Ma Duce and Mr. McGath. They are designated "OM" after the numbers, so I guess that means "Old Military" vehicle. My bet is Springfield PD will be looking hard when they first...

June 6th, 2013.Good Luck, Guys! It IS amazing how the states can get their laws catywompus to Federal Regulations and often get away with it.....:?

June 5th, 2013.I am awaiting my IL FMV plate...It should look quite odd to see a US star on a Swiss Army Unimog!:twisted: I have nothing to complain about Mr. McGrath and his assistance in getting my plate(s) underway, I just guess there are not enough platemakers in IL as we sent one of ours...

June 1st, 2013.That's post No. 10, the video's still on there. I notice the tire lugs are full of mud, so he's pretty much climbing with smooth tires. The tread seems to be similar to what we use on the M35A3's today..... The SUMB seems to do that hill a little better, but if its like it's...

May 29th, 2013.Just remember, you get into an accident at 63 with a tactical truck, and I will bet you some lawyer will come up with design engineering data that says that was the red line, not the intended operating range for the truck. The five tons and deuces are not that wildly different in...

May 29th, 2013.ScopionF89: I suspect you mean the 6X6 stuck in the mud hole in post No. 11 above? I doubt in any of our M35A2's would do much better, as he is trying to push the bank on that turn, and even our trucks will not push a bank like that deep in the mud hole. A Unimog, maybe, a deuce...

MAy 28th, 2013... Boys, I hope they upgraded the brakes on the 5tons, because if you are doing 63, you probably have nothing like the right brakes to stop in an emergency. If its a tactical truck, it probably isn't meant to do 63! (Particularly if you are running NDCCs)!!! Just a thought!:gimp2:

May 28th, 2013. Probably not military, but an interesting Berliet Gazelle:http://youtu.be/xsGU00FmArw

May 28th, 2013.Foundation Berliet?http://youtu.be/eRQ4JyGGfCI