UNIMOG Barn Find. Part 6 - Let's Tear It Apart!

[@192mickey]

Just wanted to say you're one of my favorite automotive channels; good filming, good explanations, and no gimmicks. Almost a zen-like experience watching you work on stuff. Keep it up!

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot, i really appreciate that. :) And also, i think you are the first one, to ever say there is somthing "Zen-like" about me. Haha :) Thanks for watching!

[@michaellynskey7124]

Really enjoyed watching everything about the unimog everything been explained and shown in great detail.

[@hellbillypete.7898]

4:45 Free cat..allways a bonus! Give him/her a pet from me! :-)

[@DBs58]

Great progress on your Unimog!! I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[@davidr6585]

Your mechanical prowess is impeccable!

[@alialjumhour1970]

Great work . Just got my 421 1982 and work goes on . When moving I can feel and hear clear metal to metal hitting and looks like the bolts in front and back of the cap aren't there . Your video shows proved it . Again , Thanks indeed for the episode .

[@samathb2002]

Wow a great restoration series of one of the most versatile machines ever built by the human kind and you are giving it what it deserves most. Just stumbled upon your channel and immediately fell in love with it. Love the way you present the stuff and keep up the good work. Greetings from sri lanka 🇱🇰

[@garydean0308]

I like the field jacket. I have one just like it, Olive Drab.

[@clydebalcom3679]

Just got the notification. I love that little UNIMOG. It's the kind of find that doesn't happen often. She's sounding pretty good. But I'm a sucker for the older Mercedes diesels. She has a great forever home. You say that you don't have a cat? I think you might have been adopted.

[@KJOff-Road]

Haha yeah, i think the cat belongs to one of the neighbours. but the little guy comes over, and just hangs out, from time to time. Thanks for watching!

[@lukasdreyer7372]

Always wanted to know how a Unimog is put together. The engineering and research that went into the design is simply astonishing, I enjoyed the factual and practical presentation. Thank you very much and greetings from South Africa.

[@KJOff-Road]

Thank you for your interest. and thanks for watching!

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Love your Unimog and enjoyed watching this clip. Looking forward to the rebuild.

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot!

[@jonatanechenique7271]

Great content. Can't wait for the next episode. Again, much love from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@sipe12]

Great unimog video series, great video and explanations. Keep up the good work!

[@mikescudder4621]

Great to see you getting into the unimog.. nice!

[@johnfitzgerald2223]

Best of luck with the cab restoration. I've just spent months rebuilding a u140 cab. Lot more work in them than you think but at least a simple design. Great videos thanks for sharing.

[@KJOff-Road]

Haha yeah. this is going to take a good while :) Thanks for watching!

[@paulipuhakka8788]

Always worth the time 👍👍👍👍🤙😎

[@SluSharkND]

I looks like TAT needs a military surplus forklift! Great project. I appreciate your descriptions and the effort you go to video everything. Great content. Keep up the great work!

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot! And yeah, we really should get a hold of a lift like that! Thanks for watching!

[@metricstormtrooper]

Great stuff, I love your videos, I know it's cold when it's snowing but it does look good. It's just about snow season here in Hobart Tasmania but it's only ever at higher elevations.

[@KJOff-Road]

Haha, yeah, i don't like when it's cold, but i do like the snow. :) Thanks for watching!

[@sfca94108]

Wunderschön!

[@Unimerk]

Nice video! After I am done restoring my landrover 88 lightweight I will start with my Unimog 406, so these video's are very usefull! You have a great collection of vehicles 👍

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot! And best of luck with your projects!

[@garyholland4227]

Well thought out as usual.

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot!

[@louisbabyCT]

Another great video... I get excited when my notification tells me you released a new video. Great job once again buddy.

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot!

[@caj1]

Cool truck man 😎👍 .I mean uni 😂

[@trevorcourt1403]

amazing job

[@iamrichrocker]

as a few commentators have said, you are one of my favorite YTers too..your subs will continue to rise so keep up the videos and good content...peace and health to you..

[@KJOff-Road]

Thanks a lot! i really do appreciate that!

[@garethjudd5840]

Snowing in Springtime? Must be global warming 😂

[@rtroreow]

4:4Mr. Cat's helper arrived 1.

[@larrybair8074]

I hope you steam clean that engine and frame. Ha!

[@nhear001]

What was the worst or most interesting thing found in those nest and hides-holes in the cab?

[@KJOff-Road]

This particular one, was really not that bad. It was mostly just dirty, and had a couple of spots, where some mice might have been hanging out.

[@humbucker0076]

As I don't know anymore I'm going to ask you: Did your Unimog originally come with (remains) of a rear three point hitch? Or did it never ever have anything like that?

[@KJOff-Road]

Nope. it didn't have anything mounted to the back when i got it. and i don't think there ever was

[@LogitechXibanga]

You dont adopt a cat, the cat adopts you

[@KJOff-Road]

He's welcome.

[@seansysig]

Wish I could find one of these to maintain our shale driveway .7km & snowplow our 1.75km road.

[@KJOff-Road]

Would definitely be great for that kind of job. Thanks for watching!

[@mikeclark4416]

Do you Chaps live anywhere near "Raveena " -Grey Road ??

[@KJOff-Road]

I don't know where that is. But i'm guessing somwhere in the UK? But no, we are located over in Denmark :)

[@razvanduta3563]

Hey mate watching you from Australia. Great video, really enjoying it. Is that vertical black can an oil centrifuge seen at 16:54? Thanks, Raz. PS got myself an U1700 - ex Australian Army 👍

[@KJOff-Road]

I can see why you'd think that. it dose actually look like it. But no, it's not, it's really just the housing, for a regular oil filter. (If you want to, you can see me replacing the filter in there, in "Part 1") Also, a U1700 is super cool! i would love to work more on some square-cab mog's :) Thanks for watching!

[@iamrichrocker]

bet you have visions of building a new garage/workspace...and what is yellow that is growing behind your shop?

[@KJOff-Road]

A bigger, brighter, Heated garage, is Absolutely on my wishlist! :) And that is a field of flowering Canola, back there.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

When the hell did you guys get all that snow?

[@KJOff-Road]

Hah, that was just in the start of April. :) It was aparrently very local, and was all gone again, 2 days later.

[@humbucker0076]

Does your Unimog have the 40 or the 45hp engine? I've got a 45hp 421 and it has a radiator that's higher than the front grill, so maybe yours isn't original. Also I can't remember if you checked the return filter in the hydraulic fluid reservoir? They're really prone to failure and it would destroy your new pump.

[@KJOff-Road]

This one dose have the 45hp "OM615" Engine. and you are absolutely correct, it is indeed the wrong radiator in there. And yeah, i did check the filter. but i actually don't remember if that was ever in the video? Anyway, i didnt replace it, but just made sure it was good enough, for me to test the system. but it will all be serviced/replaced, when it's put back together. Thanks for watching!

[@humbucker0076]

@@KJOff-Road In the December I bought 45hp 421 myself, so I already got a bit into the swing of things too. Basically had to build a new wiring harness to be able to test it further. Realized the final frame rail with the hitch was rotten through under the paint so I still have to replace that among a lot of other stuff. Sadly mine has the front PTO taken out along with everything else vaguely relating to the snowblower it Ines had, i.e. windscreen washer fluid pump, beacons, working lights, Schmidt attachment plate and most annoyingly the front PTO. Besides that my hydraulic pump also seems to be ruined. There was a whole in the tank and the filter was missing completely. Haven't assembled the engine far enough to test it yet. I also build another solution for the filter but haven't tested that yet neither. So I'll have to do something with that pump too -sadly. But as far as the filters go: there recently was a thread in the forum's, that the after market filters for these hydraulic tanks burst even under normal use, so you might just wanna throw a standard inline filter in there or something like that.

[@KJOff-Road]

Sounds like it's a good project you got your hands on. If you still have the PTO output on your transmission, then getting your PTO drive back, souldn't be too complicated. Although it is goint to cost a little bit, (Like everything else on a Unimog) but the shafts and other parts are still available out there. Also, thats a good tip on the hydraulic filter. i'll have to look into that. Your pump is going to be a slightly bigger issue, if it needs replacing. as it is a bit special, there are not many of those pumps around. Personally, i was playing around with the idea of ditching the engine-driven pump. and instead replace my rear PTO drive, with a seperate pump, that would then be driven bu the transmission. and therefor, only when you needed the pressure. and it would also make it possible to fit a bigger, some efficient pump. but that solutions has it's downsides as well. like losing your rear PTO. and the pressure stopping, every time you press the clutch. Anyway, It's good to know others are working to keep these old mog's alive.!

[@humbucker0076]

@@KJOff-Road As far as the front PTO goes, that’s not really a priority for me right now anyways. Neither do I have a use for it, nor the money. Furthermore, my Unimog is registered as a 3.5T truck, so it can be driven with a car license meaning every kilo saved is a good one. The pump is indeed a big issue. It’s something I am probably going to tackle a bit later in my restauration, but one that will be hard. There are some companies where you can send in these pumps and the make custom replacements/ combine old ones to make them work - But I ain’t got one and a half grand for that. There is a video on KZbin buy a guy called “MaxMoritz” / Optimog with a modern pump on an old compressor. I think the hardest part is making the coupling work and the size constrains. In a 421 the latter can be worked around by rerouting a lot of lines, but the pump is also used in 411 Unimogs and they are even tighter. Talking about these compressor/hydraulic combis some U411 drivers mount electric clutches to them, to turn them off when not needed. However, their Unimogs don’t have air assist breaks so it’s just for trailers and Hydraulics anyways on a U421 the compressor part is needed all the time, so. Then there is the way it’s done on the later 421s - I think 421.124 and 421.125: They have the air compressor combined with the less power-hungry power steering pump if they even have power assist. The main hydraulic pump then is mounted to the left of the engine and belt driven. You can fit more modern and bigger Pumps there, although you may have to turn down the width of the fan partway on the outside - which shouldn’t be a big issue when not using full power on the PTO whist standing still for a long time, because everything is oversized anyways. Maybe that set up could also be combined with a magnetic clutch. Another, completely different solution I have seen on 411 Unimogs is to completely ditch the mechanical driven air compressor and hydraulic pump and put electric pumps inside the frame with extra tanks and filters. I wouldn’t do that with the pneumatics part on the 421 but it could be a cheap, and good solution, if you don’t want to drive hydraulic motors or log splitters. As far as my Unimog goes I probably can get it back together enough next weekend to maybe make a small test drive. I’m still on not sure how I’m gonna move on from there. I need to disassemble a lot of the rear frame anyways to get it welded and replace the final crossmember. So I’m on the fence whether I also pull the whole cab off and repaint the whole frame and axles because the previous owner did a horrible job on that using 3 in 1 paint. However, time is an issue, because I only get to work on it every other weekend sadly and I can’t do that in my own workspace. And then it starts: if you have the cab pulled, you might as well do work on that - but I am not a good welder, so I need favours and there is still the space problem. Besides that: I just did the electrics, and I don’t really fancy taking all that out again. So maybe I would just take the cab off, get the necessary stuff welded and repaint it completely from the outside and rework some places on the inside as that is generally relatively well done. It's a rabbit whole. I’ve gone from: it probably just needs eclectics and some front fenders to be drivable again and then it can be restored piece by piece while driving it around every now and then to I would really like to take it apart to the last nut and bolt - but that is expensive and really hard if you can work on it every other week.

[@RMSaw]

Hello, where do you buy spare parts for unimogs?

[@KJOff-Road]

Several places in europe. mostely Gremany and Nederlands. Shops like: nutzfahrzeuge-kindermann.de unimogspecialist.nl mog-teile.com and others.

[@RMSaw]

@@KJOff-Road thanks!!!

[@perbhjlund1765]

Hej .Sådan en gang rust rep klares jo ikke på en weekend . så god arbejdslyst . ps hvor i Danmark høre du hjemme ?

[@KJOff-Road]

Heh, nej. der kommer lige til at gå et øjeblik med det :) Jeg har base på Fyn.

[@perbhjlund1765]

@@KJOff-Road Hej er det din plan selv at lave pladearbejdet eller skal du ud i byen med opgaven.?

[@KJOff-Road]

Det bliver noget jeg selv laver 👍

[@LogitechXibanga]

So no pressure washing video? :'(

[@KJOff-Road]

Oh just you wait ;)