Thread: New Camper

Originally Posted by XR500

I looked at one of those....They were wanting stupid money for them.

Bloody fantastic cab/chassis for a go anywhere camper.

Having driven these for many years for the Queen, and owned one myself for 8 years all I can suggest is a winch can be a saviour. It may take you a while, but with a power winch and some nouse you can always extract yourself.

Hey XR, yep they're cool. These ones are a bit different than the 1700's, air con, air seats, cruise control, and you can even listen to music or talk to the passenger! Very similar off-road capability though, full cross locks, super low range etc. Putting winches front & rear, just need 4 patrols or cruisers to anchor to? or a 20 tonne digger?

Originally Posted by Mistral

Hey XR, yep they're cool. These ones are a bit different than the 1700's, air con, air seats, cruise control, and you can even listen to music or talk to the passenger! Very similar off-road capability though, full cross locks, super low range etc. Putting winches front & rear, just need 4 patrols or cruisers to anchor to? or a 20 tonne digger?

Just seeing the electricery on the fuel gauge sender sent a shiver down my spine!!!

The Army's fleet of 1700's is now 40 years old...and still going strong. I would hope that your new version still uses lots of air valves to undertake the major functions of park brake, main brakes, diff locks, high/low gear shift, and pressurising the gear train when in 4WD?? Having stripped the Mog down that far you should have found that the 4 way valve permits the air to be used to inflate the tyres. Dropping the tyres from 85psi down to 30psi gave them a whole new level of traction.

We showed the young guys how to use the Mog's spare tyre to get us out of the shit. Even withstood a snatch block pull. But it did require a bunch of young guys to dig the hole and place the spare in it!!!

And some where I do have a photo of four civvie 4x4's snatching a Mog out of mud.

Water a third of the way up the windscreen is as far as I have taken a Mog wading. But there's no electrons in a U1700L to upset

Originally Posted by XR500

Just seeing the electricery on the fuel gauge sender sent a shiver down my spine!!!

Yep, it's sealed in an ally tube, with a magnet floating up & down on the outside of the tube, but it still seems counterintuitive to put an electric stick in a fuel tank!

The Army's fleet of 1700's is now 40 years old...and still going strong. I would hope that your new version still uses lots of air valves to undertake the major functions of park brake, main brakes, diff locks, high/low gear shift, and pressurising the gear train when in 4WD?? Having stripped the Mog down that far you should have found that the 4 way valve permits the air to be used to inflate the tyres. Dropping the tyres from 85psi down to 30psi gave them a whole new level of traction.

Yes air for all of that, & all the gear shifts. No working group on these, but 4 really low gears, then the next 4 are high. Same in reverse.
I've fitted an ARB compressor as well but yes it comes with an attachment for inflating tyres, plugs are both sides down the back as standard.
And yep, pressurizes all the running gear, diff's, portals, even the tail lights to keep water out.

We showed the young guys how to use the Mog's spare tyre to get us out of the shit. Even withstood a snatch block pull. But it did require a bunch of young guys to dig the hole and place the spare in it!!!

And some where I do have a photo of four civvie 4x4's snatching a Mog out of mud.

Water a third of the way up the windscreen is as far as I have taken a Mog wading. But there's no electrons in a U1700L to upset

And there's the biggest difference, this thing is chocka with electrics. I had a good talk to the service guys at Truck City before I pushed the button on it, coz I was nervous about how precious it might be. They work on a lot of commercial Merc 4x4's, and pretty much laughed at me being able to upset it much.