LS SWAPPED UNIMOG 404... IS IT THE FASTEST UNIMOG?!

We revisit our 6L LS swapped Unimog project and remember why it was put on hold 😬
After pulling it from the weeds and topping up the fuel we got it fired back up again. We'll show you how it was lifted, how everything fits and most importantly how fast it goes 🚛💨 Not without any issues resurfacing!
We love this project and want to do more with it! We think it's the fastest Unimog 404!
Let us know in the comments what you think and if you have any cool ideas?!

[@mrbrettdimarco]

I wanna see more! 😎

[@philipbaker9477]

Awesome, I love Unimogs . The Unimog museum in Germany is worth a visit .

[@pumpthebrakess]

One more reason to visit Germany!!

[@leroybrown6042]

I visited last year. You can even do rides and drive them and it's very well priced. No English at the museum though

[@user-fl9qv7ud4d]

watching from kenya

[@mustolourien5823]

Tuko tu kila place online.

[@powerpiep]

very cool, im restomodding a 404 myself. ive gone with a m130 engine, that is what they would put in in 1970, will have about 140hp, gearbox is modified to 8 speed and i found michelin xml 395 85 20 tires that i mounted on 11x20 rims, they are about 47 inches tall. thing is still in parts exept for the engine, that is fullly rebuild and ready to go.

[@pumpthebrakess]

That's really cool. We like anything with more power than it's supposed to, and we love Unimogs. Where can we see progress on this?

[@jerrodklettke3764]

Buster and LSMog in Vegas on the strip!!!!!!! Let's go!

[@MrPeterson294]

Very cool! Would love more details on your 4 link and more off-road videos of coarse!

[@BruceCookfmx]

Hell ya! This is sick

[@johnmartin2079]

The machine would rather have a Mercedes 300TD. Portal axles will never handle the speed you desire

[@pumpthebrakess]

We've already done an OM617 swap in another 404, wasn't our thing.

[@andysaunders3708]

128 degrees C = 262.4 degrees F. Yup, it's hot.

[@mik9124]

Transmission fucked up , but still running ... that's unimog . !!!

[@jasonlauder3402]

i'm not usually a fan of LS swaps but I am a fan of old unimogs and this is cool

[@pumpthebrakess]

LS swaps are pretty white bread but they are still the best bang for your buck.

[@casto-]

The only thing to do with a 404 is put big wheels on 😁. The reason there’s only a torque tube is for the chassis flex that’s designed into the chassis so go steady with your parallel links, could twist them off 😆. Dunno if you know but you shouldn’t drill or weld the chassis for the same reason. My 406 used to do 60mph (65mph with wind behind) my mate 417 does about 70+🤣 and not a fun ride

[@jerrodklettke3764]

That might be true where you're from but in Canada it is very common practice to drill and weld frames. There's even guidelines for it.

[@casto-]

@@jerrodklettke3764 that’s from Mercedes. Unimog chassis aren’t a standard chassis, they are built to flex (if I remember right there’s 18-24 inch on a 406 chassis before the spring compress) drilling and welding can give a stress point leading to chassis failure. Standard chassis you can do what you like, it doesn’t really matter

[@jerrodklettke3764]

@@casto- every old poorly built truck frame flexes, what makes the unimog unique is the body is designed to move with the flexing frame. It's outdated technology that isn't special.

[@casto-]

@@jerrodklettke3764 yeah they will all flex but they won’t go as far as a unimog, return to start and then do it thousands of times over without destroying them selfs. The body and cab are mounted on 3 points to allow the chassis to flex. The cab and body them selfs shouldn’t/don’t flex. The reason no one else use flexible chassis is it’s expensive to build, far cheaper putting long travel socks, dislocating spring’s for the same flex. Unimog have been in production for over 75 yrs now lol

[@norsenomad]

@@casto- Absolutely, 100%. Could not agree more.

[@dancarter482]

Ditch the silly 46's for wide 44's! Have a word with Jay Couch - Boulder Col. Get some billet alloys.

[@pumpthebrakess]

Maybe next time

[@humbucker0076]

When you showed the clip of you shifting the old transmission: Having to use a lot of force when going from 2nd to 3rd is normal and takes a bit of getting used to, to do it right. Because you are not actually shifting from 2nd to 3rd. You are shifting back to 1st, but also changing the range, because it's basically a four speed main gearbox. Furthermore there is a lock, where you must shift into fourth first to unlock 5th and 6th and resets when you go back into the first and second range. Usually Mercedes recommended to start in 3rd and only use the lower gears for heavy loads or offroading. With all that out of the way: it's still an old gearbox and especially a truck gearbox that needs it's time to get warm to remotely shift "good". A small tip: I don't know how you did the engine mounts. Mercedes usually also did them as more or less a triangle. The gearbox was fixed in the rear and the engine to it and once in the front. That meant the cab has to be able to flex around it. So maybe check if you twist your frame fully you still got clearance. An easy fix could be to just lift up the cab a bit. Also gives you more tire clearance.

[@pumpthebrakess]

We daily drove the Swiss mog for over a year, we learned how to shift the transmission quite well. Typically we do start in 3rd but for the purpose of the video Jerrod wanted to show all the gears.

[@g2kizzle420]

lol the maybe mog at ls fest will be dope

[@DiamondHell]

Very cool project - make it cool itself ASAP! "120 degrees celcius isn't that hot, is it?" Yeah, that's REALLY hot, in metric. Edit your videos down to about 10 minutes and keep it tight and I'll ring the bell, as well as subscribing.

[@davidbent3855]

Cool

[@TheRaptor1967]

Yep. It's a Frankenstein. It's alive! (well, soft of). Make it Live! (Please?)

[@pumpthebrakess]

💯

[@uliwehner]

i drove a Unimog with a Ruthmann Steiger hydraulic cargo box. no rear drive, but it could set the cargo box on the ground and leave it behind. Or pick it up and lift it quite high, higher than a regular truck would be. top speed 60km/h. never found the shifting difficult once i got into the habit of double clutching for every shift. the synchros are weak. I used to do last mile delivery from Rail. LOTs of shifting. upwards of 40 stops. all in town. 1st through 6th every time. strong legs ;)

[@danhufferdoutdoors]

I want it !

[@jeffjones4006]

Would be a great overlanding vehicle

[@judgetk8327]

I like the old mog chum.

[@1962clarky]

How God would that be with an auto in it.. Awesome..👌👌

[@1962clarky]

Good

[@RestoMog]

Put smaller tires on it and you'll get some of your turning radius back and it'll be easier to turn that wheel.

[@pumpthebrakess]

what's the fun in that? This looks way cooler.

[@DavidBennett505]

What drivetrain are you using and how did you connect it to portals?

[@pumpthebrakess]

it's a LQ4 engine with an sm465 and an NP241. We gave away the stock engine and trans after sitting on it for 2 years.

[@andrefischer5025]

How much suspension travel did you loose by putting that 4 link in?

[@pumpthebrakess]

Zero travel lost but definitely lost some steering angle. We'll change the wheels and update with a new video.

[@1luckylou]

Wjat did you do to change out the enclosed driveshaft to open?

[@pumpthebrakess]

Mearls machine in Kelowna made some pinion adapters.

[@1luckylou]

I have a 1978 406 wana put a Cummings in it make it more reliable.. do you have a contact for them? And thank you for your help

[@latemcire8387]

Awesome! Electric fans?

[@pumpthebrakess]

Electric fan or a fan shroud for sure.

[@user-lh8pj9sx4v]

Brabus built a Unimog with a 7.2 litre V12

[@pumpthebrakess]

Tell me more. sounds interesting

[@DavidBennett505]

I need the transmission...

[@stevenharvey4695]

Has fuel tanks got breathers

[@pumpthebrakess]

I think just the vented cap, not sure actually.

[@woodennecktie]

you did agreat job on bringing the mog to the 21'st century . for the expansion bottle the eggcooker on top of the engine doghouse is perfect . The fourlink and drivetrain upgrade is fab ...... beware of having no brakes on these donkeys they tend to be stubborn

[@pumpthebrakess]

"egg cooker" I like that. I called it a hand warmer.

[@Hootman865]

Sell it to Grind Hard, Ethan would love that Mog

[@pumpthebrakess]

everything's for sale

[@doublevisionary5926]

Wonder how fast it doesn’t stop?

[@pumpthebrakess]

😂

[@BDZ559]

You probably have blown heads. 228 Celsius is 420 degrees f so that’s like crazy wild

[@pumpthebrakess]

128 Celsius, not good but only 260 degrees f

[@BDZ559]

@@pumpthebrakess oh okay yeah that makes more sense lol my math wasn’t mathing

[@user-nq2bi9pe9d]

How many 404’a you hiding in Canada?

[@pumpthebrakess]

At this time 3…

[@user-nq2bi9pe9d]

Nice to see more and more people with them up here! Love the 46” tire look!

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

The problem is to keep it on the road....if they go tp fast they start to woble or jump and then they are a nightmare to keep them on the road😂

[@pumpthebrakess]

We've hit 105km/h in this Mog when it was stock with a slight downhilll. It was smooth as eggs. We don't plan on going much faster than that with the new engine.

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

At 105 your portals will get demaged, they are not designed to go these speeds.... i drive a 716 pinzgauer and those are build to go 100 km/ u or even more but your 1970 mog is not. Believe me we tried....also the gearbox will start to give you probs. I had a 406 mog with the 6 cyl 130 hp engine ...strong as hell but way to slow, even with 105 cm tyers , they are build like tractors but not for high speed driving

[@pumpthebrakess]

@@pinzgauerbelgium I'm glad you're here to mogsplain this but I am quite well versed in this stuff. The gearbox will be fine because it's not the stock gearbox. I will monitor the portals, but with the added tire diameter the RPM's will be lower.

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

Well i used to drive the croatia thropy with Hellgeth..now there's no bigger name in unimogs considering tuning and engine swaps .

[@pumpthebrakess]

@@pinzgauerbelgium cool

[@andysaunders3708]

That's the oldest UNIMOG I've ever seen!

[@Skyborn-]

Your block is suffering from being frozen. I have a 6.0 liter that sounds exactly the same and acts the same.

[@pumpthebrakess]

This block has never been frozen. the 5.3l that froze in the metal bin.

[@andyjota8906]

No steering though you will need massive wheel spacers now to get any kind of use out of the vehicle steering wise but it will look great.

[@pumpthebrakess]

The plan is different wheel offset, although we do like the narrow stance!