Fixing the Unimog 416! - And looking at all the other promblems?

[@metricstormtrooper]

Well, we all look forward to the ongoing project that this mog is going to be. I was explaining to my wife this morning why I love your chanel, and that's because of the great way you explain what you're doing and why. Your humour is just a bonus.

[@erik_dk842]

3:45 Rust flakes, grass and bicycles. LOL

[@rhkavli]

He forgot to mention the beer cans, but that's sortof self-evident.

[@13thBear]

It may be a long way from perfect but it's more than I have, so lucky you! Run it and have fun!

[@amatobo384]

"...to take the really big stuff like rust flakes, grass or bicycles". Just can't stop laughing... Great video yet again!

[@oe59]

Lovely re-built/care to the old girl. Thank you for sharing.

[@louisbabyCT]

After that extensive list, all I can say is, if anybody can give it the love it deserves, it is you. Can't wait for the video series devoted to it.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 I'm really glad to see that the running issue has only been some clogged up fuel filters. The first one even looked as if a bit of water was in there. Maybe all the smoking is also caused by a not big enough air filter? 2) This old girl definitely needs a bit TLC. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

[@jonatanechenique7271]

I can never get tired of this

[@tubularap]

30 years ago I helped a man doing up his Unimog. Everyday I cycled into town where his Unimog was parked half on the sidewalk on a busy street. That is where we did all kinds of work on it, including welding. It was the worst location to do this kind of work, but it was what it was. He was going to Africa, and therefor he build a wooden 'caravan'-box on the back to live in. With a rubber corridor to connect the cab with his living space. He had two spare tyres on the cab-roof, and two heavy metal boxes fitting on the rear. Jerrycans were toed on all sides. Extra trays welded onto the frame. More and more stuff on the 'caravan' roof. The Unimog was clearly way too overloaded, and I suggested he cut down on the add-ons. He was stubborn and I resorted to just help him and not give anymore advice. I remember waving him good-bye when he drove off. It was top-heavy, and when he took a corner the whole thing swayed like crazy. Later I heard that he actually managed to get to Africa, after throwing out a lot of his stuff. So, still, he made it and he ended up giving the Unimog a lot of good use there.

[@KJOff-Road]

Wow. That must have been a wild trip, in an old 'mog :)

[@tubularap]

​@@KJOff-Road - Yes, it was. This was in 1991 and his Unimog was a 421, like your 'barn-find' from a year ago. It was short and his caravan box was tall, and more stuff on top. It even swayed left and right just from the wind. I did not took pictures back then, but I should have recorded the build and especially his departure. It was like an episode of Top Gear, and though it was all a bit too crazy for me, I'm impressed he eventually made it all the way to Africa.

[@Boron_DeFree]

haha nice door opener!!!! so lucky I would take that UNIMOG in any condition the motor will burn oil like a piggy and still perform for yearsss and the big job is your portal axles and main axles as they take fffing beating but I love your little warthog!!! sounds awesome even with all the work it needs..... for the cab get some carbon fibre sheets ....making molds you can pre heat with steam and press is easy as you seem to be resourceful but this baby has the gear package I would want 4 sure!!!

[@dav1dsm1th]

Given that the tank is so dirty - and driving it on rough ground is going to churn all that muck up and send it to the filters - it may save some money next time to discard the first filter, move the (relatively clean) second one into its place, and then put a single new filter into the second filter housing - rinse and repeat until you get time to clean out the bicycles from your tank 🙂 Just an idea I've heard suggested on other channels.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

I also thought about the filter swap from second to first and new second filter. The reason for this idea is that where I lived and worked in DR Congo it was hard and expensive to get quality diesel filters. No point in discarding a good filter anyway.

[@KJOff-Road]

You could certainly do that, to save on filters. :) But around here, they are easy enough to come by. and these had been in there for 10+ years. So i didn't mind swapping both of them. :)

[@clooperman3745]

@@KJOff-Road Looking forward to seeing the rebuild, loved the use of the hammer on the door, we have a saying at work, "if in doubt give it a clout", ie get the hammer out, seems to cure a lot of problems!!!!!!!!!

[@mikescudder4621]

@@Frank-Thoresen Nice one Frank. I love watching the 'dangerous roads´ travel documentaries (filmed by two French guys) where they show all the challenges of transport in countries all over the world. I remember the DR Congo episode clearly because of all the Mann Kat 8x8s trying to get through the jungle. Here in Brasil i have a lot of friends from Angola and Guinea Bissau.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

@@mikescudder4621 Yes it is interesting to watch the videos and they give an insight to the reality in transportation in those countries. I can tell you that being on the dirt track/road in DR Congo is absolutely not fun but backbreaking. It is also not easy to find food in many areas because of the vast jungle where no one lives.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Like a yacht in rough weather, crazy angles send the gunk straight to the pickup. Dirty job but a satisfying one!

[@spartan5921]

Very interesting, this must have been the grandfather to the ones we had in the Australian Army. They were very square cabs and the conversion to RHD was just a simple set of universal joints and rods across the cabin at knee height with a piece of black trim to cover it. Fine for the driver...Bollocks for the passengers. Our were a strange conglomeration of two x four speed for an eight speed gearbox if you wanted to drive like that. A forward /Neutral / Reverse lever mounted at the cab rear along with the PTO selector and if equipped the Dump truck weight load indicator. On the dash was the air pressure controlled four wheel drive selector, 2 wheel /4 wheel high / 4 wheel low / and full diff lock 4 wheel. Load carry was 4.5 metric ton cross country, and that does not mean follow a trail. 😂😂They were dry element air filters also, and I think from memory we received our first ones around 1997. The only two things I really dislike about them was the fact they were governed to 80 / 85 km/h and the smell of the exhaust fumes...they were lethal and stuck to your clothes, even if you walked past one.

[@deepbludude4697]

Man I miss working on a mog well designed not always easy to work on but dead on reliable if maintained, thanks for uploads!

[@LogitechXibanga]

When you apear on the shot with that hammer, the picture that i have in my mind of a soviet guy fixing a broken truck came alive hahaha only a cigarret on the corner of the mouth was missing if it wasent for that it would be 10/10 lol

[@jimurrata6785]

Love your channel and your attitude towards these project trucks. Glad the problem was as simple as some 💩 in the filters and not more dire (like the injection pump)

[@SluSharkND]

Living in an area with winter, I too have used a "door opening hammer"! Looking forward to see what you do with your 'Mog.

[@KJOff-Road]

Such a multi-tool

[@tubularap]

1 man, a couple of Unimogs, 1000s happy viewers.

[@CaptianInternet]

There are a hundred things I could tell you are doing right. But I want to ask just one thing: Don't stop making videos. It is so interesting. Make Videos about everything you do on every project. I want to see it.

[@Lou1ouze]

Thanks for the update , good luck with your light problems ahah cheers

[@KJOff-Road]

That problem should sort itself out, in a couple of months :)

[@Unimerk]

It's great to see it running again 👍 When you will be working on the fuel tank, you might consider electric rust removal, electrolysis I think in English, a bit of soda, water, anode and battery charger or other supply and get back a clean inside of the fueltank. Be careful, the gas that will develop is explosive 😉

[@KJOff-Road]

Interesting idea. i have never tried that. Might look into that :)

[@CaptianInternet]

Wait! you let me watch all of this awesome video before you tell me the rims are not original?You are technically a criminal. I love your mog anyway. It is amazing. Just as your video about it. You bloody criminal.

[@KJOff-Road]

Well, it's only the spare wheel. the other 4 are correct. :) So i'm only 1/5 criminal?

[@CaptianInternet]

@@KJOff-Road I guess we can look over this the since you actively care for Automotive Heritage.

[@Prestonesfpv]

I have a friend here in Jutland who has a 1986. 416. Discs all around and only 10.000 km on it, its been stored for the last 15 years, my dream is to buy it one day when he wants to sell it and find a radiobox to put on it and use it for a camper/bug out truck 😉 we had it started a few years back with a stuck clutch, it was quite interresting for the first few meters in his barn 😂

[@mikescudder4621]

So the 416 was your first off road vehicle?! Way to dive in bro!! I havent gotten anything done lately because ive been watching all the world cup... final on sunday!!!

[@KJOff-Road]

Haha yeah, well, i did have a Toyota Hilux, as my first 4x4. and it was a great truck. but with it's stiff springs and independend suspension, it could hardly be considered a dedicated offroad machine :)

[@einfelder8262]

That fuel needs a serious dose of algicide :) But I guess these old mogs can run on squashed bugs so a 50/50 fuel blend of stale diesel and live algae is a high octane bonus, haha.

[@sipe12]

Great video, good information, thanks. Keep up the good work!

[@kentogo9747]

The UNIMOG 416 is an excellent vehicle.

[@spoot]

Can't wait to see the rebuild series

[@slashall8926]

I am glad I am not the only that had deal with frozen doors.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Aaaw look at my poor gal!? Bwadr! Hummertrækkeri ;-)

[@DangerousSportsForSeniors]

I use electrolysis to clean the inside of motorcycle gas tanks with good success. Plenty of videos available

[@pinzgauernorcal]

i drove my Pinzgauer today, i went on a firewood run.

[@KJOff-Road]

Can't say that i'm not jealous :)

[@pekkavirtasaari4205]

Love that channel, did you knew that on those double fuelfiltered OM s are possible to use two different Ffilters, ’rough and smooth’ and one of a kind is original way. First rough and secondary smooth Br Pekka 🇫🇮 421, 416 and 437

[@christianschuster4526]

👍👍👍

[@TallerdePueblo]

I hope this rebuild start soon, I'm glad to see it. Why don't swap the engine and put some turbo one? It will be the perfect upgrade for this mog

[@Jmarkus99]

Este é o motor mais conhecido aqui no Brasil, o OM352. É utilizado numa infinidade de aplicações desde os anos 70.

[@clydebalcom3679]

Did I hear you correctly? Are bicycles a source of fuel problems in your neck of the woods? That's kinda funny 😁 😂

[@KJOff-Road]

Not a problem, as long at they are cought by the filters :) haha.

[@marchinoasti]

nice

[@SeasideGarage]

I think it was actually the knock with the hammer that fixed it!

[@KJOff-Road]

Hahaha, well that might just be :)

[@user-qq5ep5pg1g]

Молодец , желаю терпения удачи и много много сил и денег !!!!С удовольствием продолжаю следить за твоим каналом Подписан больше года на тебя Успехов

[@KJOff-Road]

Спасибо! :)

[@alvydasurbonas8913]

hope you get some snow to play around in.

[@MrButuz]

Wow you really need to do a tank flush and get all that gunk out for good! I love unimog shame they're so expensive around here :(

[@FutzWith]

Seems like it is time to flush the tank and lines as well.

[@GrubeChannel]

Hi all. The filters are connected in series so PLEASE use for the first filter in the line the MANN BFU700x and then second the fine filter MANN P707x or equivalent! With two equal filters a series connection makes no sense! In all (electronic) parts catalogue only the BFU700 is mentioned but this is WRONG!!!!

[@erik_dk842]

That's totally self evident. Now that you've said it, of course. How about a glass sediment bowl right out of the tank? Or use a portable plastic boat tank to avoid all the crud altogether.

[@KJOff-Road]

Good info. Thanks! :)

[@GrubeChannel]

@@erik_dk842 if the tank is dirty clean it with a high pressure cleaner and dry it in the sun. I was fine with the original filter than

[@casto-]

For an engine that needs a rebuild she runs well 🤣. The cabs definitely in good condition, my first 406 had no driver footwell for months 😬🤦‍♂. I presume the air filter should be an air bath version, not the paper ones? Which gearbox is in it as well? Almost looked like cascade but I couldn’t see enough levers

[@KJOff-Road]

Haha, yeah. it runs alright. If it wasn't for all the smoke, i was hardly worth taking it apart :) But yeah, it did have the "Oil-bath" air filter. But unfortunately, the top half of the filter box was all rustet out, when i got it. This one has the "2x4" gearbox. (2 reverse, and 4 forward in both hi/low) it's not a cascade, unfortunately. (Not that i really have a need for it, but i would be fun :)

[@peterjanvanbijnen226]

i would check the injectors

[@stusmith1074]

I have one of these Mogs 1975 406 ex RAF it has a torque converter, 3 way tipper, front and rear PTO, I have 2 1300L Mogs too. My mate has a 406 and a 416 DOKA he also ran his bonnet over but recently he got a big log and some hammers and managed to get it back into shape. I often see axels for sale on the FB Unimog page but I suppose they have to be fairly local to make it worth while buying them. Good luck 🍀

[@KJOff-Road]

406 with a torque converter? That's really cool. i have never seen that around here. but i can see the advantage in that, if it has been used as an airplane tug, or somting like that :) And yeah, axles show up from time to time around here, as well. I have been thingking that it might be cheaper to replace the entire axle, than repairing this one. But i guess i will make that call, when the time comes :) Thanks for watching!

[@stusmith1074]

@@KJOff-Road my mate was out in his DOKA the other night on a Christmas charity tractor run , he said due to the hydra shift it's a pleasure to drive , I said I thought it was a torque converter, he said it has a manual clutch inline with a torque converter for extreme towing , his and mine both came from military air bases so they were used as tugs as you said.

[@FAR2G]

Ah yes, the omni-tool - the hammer

[@clausfundermittag1953]

Hejsa. Bliver så nostalgisk, glemmer aldrig turene fra høvelte til Oksbøl i sådan en kal. Hvad koster det om året i afgift osv. at eje sådan en. Vh

[@KJOff-Road]

De er heldigvis gamle nok til at kunne veteran registreres. og når det så også er som lastbil, så kan afgift og forsikring klares for omkring 2000-2500. årligt.

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

You might want to take it easy on the starter. No more than 20 seconds at a time. They get hot, and when that happens, they fail.

[@markrutlidge5427]

Looks like diesel bug, how does it smell?

[@KJOff-Road]

Yeah, that thought struck me too. But other than that "mud" in that one filter. it all looked good. and there wasn't anything unusual about the smell either.

[@RGSneaker]

Har du nogle gode råd til hvordan jeg finder mig min egen Unimog 406 eller 416 ?

[@KJOff-Road]

Der er efterhånden langt i mellem dem, her i danmark. Og endnu længere i mellem dem der er til salg. Så det bedste sted at starte med at lede, er nok i Tyskland og Holland. Prøv evt. sider som fx. Truck1.eu Autoline.dk kleinanzeigen.de

[@doctorcoat6607]

What do these vehicles use to seal the pneumatic lines?

[@KJOff-Road]

Not really sure what part of it you mean?

[@LogitechXibanga]

we need to start a fundraise campaign for you on the fund me website :D

[@KJOff-Road]

At the rate that i'm spending these days, that might not be a bad idea. Haha XD

[@LogitechXibanga]

@@KJOff-Road well im pretty sure that many people would like to join in on the idea, people seem to love your homemade videos, we enjoy them because we are tired of those fancy camera angles and retakes all to make a perfect video content very professional, with you its just that next door mecanic just focusing on fixing and thats what we love about them 🤗

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks man, i really appreciate it. That's a very nice way of telling me that my videos are not very professional. XD

[@LogitechXibanga]

@@KJOff-Road oh sorry i really thought that you knew XD but seriously keep it them this way thats what make them so enjoyable, if im not mistaken 12K peopel already following your videos ;)

[@KJOff-Road]

@@LogitechXibanga Haha, i do know, it's all good man 🙂👍 and yeah, it's good to know that you all appreciate the simplicity of it 🙂

[@bouzianekourmielamin2292]

Hi How can I contact you sir

[@KJOff-Road]

The easiest way is usually to send me a message, over on Instagram. There's a link for it, on our profile page, here on KZbin. Otherwise, you can send me a mail, to "[e-mail]"

[@markhicks9545]

Lift pump I bet

[@sadzasnake1755]

Just can’t understand why you would not have removed the tank and cleaned it out along with the filters in the beginning. Doesn’t make sense to me.

[@KJOff-Road]

Well, I did do that, actually. back when i had the problem the first time. It was much worse back then, and would quickly clog up the little pre-filter. (Thats also why i went to check that filter first.) But like i said, that was many years ago, by now.

[@sadzasnake1755]

@@KJOff-Road my apologies I thought by your comments you were alluding to the fact that you never did. I must have misunderstood. No harm intended I was just a bit bewildered. Love the mog. I sincerely wish I had one. These were used extensively in our Rhodesian Army. Blinking fantastic vehicles indeed. We called them two fives.

[@KJOff-Road]

No worries man. I actually didn't realize that i never mentioned it, untill i saw your comment. Also, i have never heard them called two fives? I'm guessing it was because they were 2.5 Ton trucks? :)