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5.30.2010

Re: Arriving CA 

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1.24.2010

Leaving Brooklyn 





(got my class-a, i'm a trucker now)

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10.03.2009

Change Tires 



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9.29.2009

New Tags 



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8.22.2009

MB UNIMOG U1300 (Repairs Needed) 



Took various photos, like the steering box leaks:



The throttle assembly (lots of rust there):



Installed driver-side lap belt.

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8.16.2009

MB UNIMOG U1300 (Re: "No Signs") 



The New York Department of Transportation website has a page on parking commercial vehicles, which it summarizes:

For the purposes of parking, standing and stopping rules, a vehicle shall not be deemed a commercial vehicle or a truck unless:For the purposes other than parking, stopping and standing rules, a vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of property or for the provision of commercial services and bearing commercial plates is considered a commercial vehicle

The actual text of TRAFFIC RULES (Title 34 Chapter 4, Rules of the City of New York), about signs:

(k) Special rules for commercial vehicles
(Cost: two "Unaltered Comm Vehicle (k)(1)" tickets $230)

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8.14.2009

MB UNIMOG U1300 (Heavy Duty Stickers) 



(registered & insured, emissions-tested & safety-inspected)

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7.11.2009

MB UNIMOG U1300 (Party) 





(with Izzy Mazzy Motors)

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7.07.2009

MB UNIMOG U1300 (2.5% US customs tax, 8.375% NY State tax) 













Note: Hood Emblem Missing

(with VAT-added repairs in Ravensburg, via the Mignon at Bremerhaven, via Port of NY/NJ)

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7.05.2009

Type 3 (Safety-Inspected) 

I spent a weekend disassembling and reassembling the front suspension, for the third time.

To get to the torsion bars: remove wheels, separate tie-rod ends, separate calipers from steering knuckles (do not disconnect brake lines), and unbolt dampers from lower arms. You can remove the entire brake-disk, steering-knuckle, ball-joint assembly, with the help of a floor jack by supporting the arm to release pressure on the ball-joint bolt.

WANTED: Peiseler VW 261 angle adjustment tool

I found the Peiseler VW 261 tool on thesamba.com for $200 in good condition. This is a tool that has several uses throughout the car, primarily among them adjusting the front and rear torsion bars to set vehicle ride height.

TODO: Get a torch, to free the torsion rods from the torsion arms.

The torsion arm and torsion bar had rusted together, which is why I couldn't finish the job last time. The torch handled one arm. The second arm, my buddy Darren's 5-ton press had met its match, it ended with twisted metal and a loud pop. And at last, I could apply my Peiseler VW 261.

TODO: Set front ride-height

Adjusted steering box and re-torqued all steering bolts.

Adjusted wheel bearing play.

Passed safety inspection.

(original post, 11 hours)

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