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5.30.2010
Re: Arriving CA
Labels: unimog
1.24.2010
Leaving Brooklyn
10.03.2009
Change Tires
9.29.2009
New Tags
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.
Labels: unimog
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:
- It bears commercial plates; and
- It is permanently altered by having all seats and seat fittings, except the front seats, removed to facilitate the transportation of property, except that for vehicles designed with a passenger cab and a cargo area separated by a partition, the seating capacity within the cab shall not be considered in determining whether the vehicle is properly altered; and
- It displays the registrant's name and address permanently affixed in characters at least three inches high on both sides of the vehicle, with such display being in a color contrasting with that of the vehicle and placed approximately midway vertically on doors or side panels.
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
- (1) Parking of unaltered commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle with commercial plates in any location unless it has been permanently altered
Labels: unimog
8.14.2009
MB UNIMOG U1300 (Heavy Duty Stickers)
7.11.2009
MB UNIMOG U1300 (Party)
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)
Labels: unimog
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)
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.
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.
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.
Adjusted steering box and re-torqued all steering bolts.
Adjusted wheel bearing play.
Passed safety inspection.
(original post, 11 hours)
Labels: volkswagen