Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I have a 96 ZJ - its a stock 4.0 6 on 31's (with corrected speedo)

Just did a trip to Melbourne and got 540km to a tank..had about 5 lires left in it when i fuel'd up in Holsbrook

Around town I get around 380km to 420km per tank

i would say the milage they are getting is not far off what to be ...

I dont know if this works in VIC, but in NSW they can be rego'd as long as you get them engineered, which may also mean a few other things to be done, but you dont need to convert them to RHD (its been done with a 416)

From memory there is no '25 Year' rule, the vehicle needs to be Pre-ADR which is ...

Roctoy Designfab wrote:

patrol42 wrote:a surf, a landrover and a Jeep and thinking about it i remember a GQ Patrol Ute running around on 40's all engineered.

i think we'll move back to Sydney then...

lol there are a few around..the landrover has rear steer engineered for road use as well..bit of a weapon

a surf, a landrover and a Jeep and thinking about it i remember a GQ Patrol Ute running around on 40's all engineered.

I know of 3 trucks engineered and blue plated for 37's and they are not comp vehicles (not mogs either lol). One has Rear Steer Engineered as well..

Its not hard if you do it right.

Im looking at getting 37s on a 10 inch rim ,The trails me and mates hit up are only 5 mins away from home so probably wouldnt matter anyway the cops would be more worried about the tyres and not quite legal yet lift

So you're going to be driving on the street with illegal tyres & wheel size ...

My Unimog 404 is registered as a Ute and my old Patrol LWB was registered as a Wagon

WICKED wrote:

patrol42 wrote: Got to give a big thanks to the Tuff Truck Guys Greg Page and Greg Hamilton for being understanding as to what was going on.

Wat where the issues?

Long story and not really for public broadcasting. It was a combination of things, nothing really to do with TT.

4runner_boy wrote:Im looking at getting 37s on a 10 inch rim ,The trails me and mates hit up are only 5 mins away from home so probably wouldnt matter anyway the cops would be more worried about the tyres and not quite legal yet lift

As far as anyone knows they are Rim Protection

Its an age old question (read Arguement)

If you talk to the tyre and rim association, they will tell you that any modification to a rim makes it illegal for on-road use. So that rules out Stauns and weld on bead locks.

However, as hard as I try I can't get a comment on manufactured beadloc rims ...

1/ 6 (5.9 Turbo Diesel Unimog U1700)

2/ 8-speed Manual (520 Nm @ 1800rpm)

3/ 52x16R20

4/ 69.1:1

5/ 6.52:1

6/ play

7/ Around 2000rpm

8/ Working Group - 5.76:1 reduction for all 8 forward and reverse gears providing from: 488:1 in 1st, to 37.6:1 in 8th

With Crawler Gear Set - 55.87 reduction ...

Artarmon Automotive Hire out Engles..i have hired one from them..give Eddy or Chris a call.

There were umm certain umm issues that meant we could not compete. But they have been resolved now so we are back.

Got to give a big thanks to the Tuff Truck Guys Greg Page and Greg Hamilton for being understanding as to what was going on.

So we will be there..with bells on.

Work has begun..we ...

One more pic..here they are. One has my v-treds on it already

G'day My names Rob, and i have a 1969 Unimog-S 404. I am one of a group and between us we have got more mogs than we can drive.

We piced up the mogs about 2 weeks ago from the port after they came straight from the swiss army to us so they are pretty much still stock as..although i have got a set ...

4WD Stuff - We will be running it pretty stock. The only real changes will be hydro assist steering, maybe different shocks and springs, the rear will be bobbed and it will have an exo.

Tyres choice has not been made yet, but we will have a few different sets ranging from 39's to 42's.

We are not ...

Looks like the OM 617 Diesel would be a good fit in there - I think I have read its been done.

Yup..We are trying to find an old (1984 from memory) 300TD Merc for a donor engine. We have already got the clutch (from a G-wagen), bell housing and all the other bits for the conversion on order ...

Couple of pics of the big day we picked up the Unimogs


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/patrol42/Mog/DSCF1848.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/patrol42/Mog/DSCF1852.jpg


And three are now blueslipped ready for rego :) $th is just a mater of getting it weighed etc etc as we did ...

Ok..the mogs have cleared Port and now in quaratine/customs..any day now we will be driving the four mogs home!!!

There were Warn dealers in the US who have dumped Warn over Superwinch, if that says anything.


In 24V there is probably the biggest difference. Watn use 12V Solinoid packs where the Superwinch use true 24b Solinoid packs.

We have a few comning over, one 165000lb is for the Mog Tuff Truck, I have ...

Do you have to convert them to right hand drive?

Why would DOT allow these to be registered? Kinda unnecessary on the roads. Don't get me wrong, a brilliant truck but why can these be registered?

Why such low kms when they are obviously extremely old?

ADR's state that any vehicle over 30 years ...

Do you have to convert them to right hand drive?

Why would DOT allow these to be registered? Kinda unnecessary on the roads. Don't get me wrong, a brilliant truck but why can these be registered?

Why such low kms when they are obviously extremely old?

ADR's state that any vehicle over 30 years ...

Gonzo wrote:Let's just pray for rain eh?

Rain would certainly help lol

Seems this thing will be fairly nimble on the tracks with the weight loss and reduced dimensions. Got my vote for TT :armsup: :armsup:

LOL I must say I have never heard of a Unimog being called nimble ;)

your just modest, arent they designed with a good 9 inches of chassis flex :?: ;)

LOL ...

alexcliffo wrote:Seems this thing will be fairly nimble on the tracks with the weight loss and reduced dimensions. Got my vote for TT

LOL I must say I have never heard of a Unimog being called nimble

I had an ARB Bar on my GQ..are you talking about the one that looks like this?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/patrol42/My%20Patrol/watagans17_20070608_2062049279.jpg

If so then the tail lighst are the normal OEM Nissan Tail lights from a GQ II or a GU. The ones in this pic are GU tail ...

the lobe sensing version does not have the magnetic ring that the standard kit has. To fit the magnetic ring you need to remove a little lip off the dizzy shaft. The lobe sensing one does not need this.

Both seem to work. I ran the LS model with no problems and took about 30min to fit.

I got my ...

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:335/80/20 = 41.1x13.2/20
nice....but will they bag down, they look very rigid

They are a 1 ply steel sidewall and at around 10PSI they bag quite nicely, especially with the weight of the mog on them. Off road I will run them around 8psi with the internal beadlocks.

We will be exo'ing the mog for TuffTruck. ALong teh lines of this but without the stinger.

The guys that design these in the US can make them removeable, so thats what we will be doing so its wont get much attention driving on-road

Just picked up my new Muddies for the Mog. A set of 335/80R20 Continental AC70G MPT (MultiPurpose Tyres)

They are road legal and speed rated to 55mph or about 10mph faster than the Mog will go