Intro and Our Mercedes Vario Home -Gen rack pg.5. Ideas on uprating rear suspension?

[ifandor]

Thanks Anthony that sound of you, I may be in touch, havn't really decided on what to do with the gear thats in it, might keep the siren though and hook it up to the alarm! I'm between Ireland and Bristol, the van will be in Bristol most of the time I'd say.

[andylod]

Hey
Your van has come back on E-bay ...... did you have trouble registering it ?

[ianc]

Anton,
Can I ask you where you sourced the water tank and calorifier?

Thanks

Ian

[Verkstad]

Quick trip last week to Austria to pick up our new Trailer Stage
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Thats nice, I thought my steering axel trailer was something !!
Are you building your trailer into a travel waggon ?

[Anton2k3]

Hi ianc,

The water tank was custom made by this guy:

http://www.plasticwatertanks.co.uk/2.html

His name is Neil Woodhead, and was very helpful when it came to making our tank. I sent him a cad model/drawing, and he made it to that spec. He was also the best on price that I could find, costing us £290 + shipping. I cam provide the drawings of the tank if you need them.

The calorifier was from here:

http://www.surecal.co.uk/Product/SureCal.aspx

I can't remember how much we paid, but its £365 on the website. We got the 40l twin coil version with immersion heater. We find with this size we have plenty of water for both of us to have a nice hot shower.

Hope that helps.

[Anton2k3]

Andylod,

Any idea of the cost of your diff lock conversion yet?

Thanks

[andylod]

Not yet anton .... i have 1 part left to get, and our broken german emails to the factory seem to be at crossed wires at the mo .... i will keep you updated as soon as i know.

[Ford Prefect]

You could always just weld the spider gears if you want the rear end locked up. I mean, if you do not have an ARB or OX locker, or something similar, then why bother trying to source a locker, why not just weld it up and be done with it?

Still... I just love this van, so nice!

[Lynn]

You could always just weld the spider gears if you want the rear end locked up. //snip//!

Really?

I can see welding up the diff on a pure mudding truck, but on a vehicle that will see pavement 90% of the time? On a solid surface I think you really need those back wheels to be able to spin at different speeds, or something is going to break.

It seems to me welding the spider gear on this vehicle would be asking for trouble.

[andylod]

Thats nice, I thought my steering axel trailer was something !!
Are you building your trailer into a travel waggon ?

Mine trailer is a stage (see pic) .... love you set up though... would really like a Unimog... i think that may have to wait a couple of years :-)The Beat3.jpg