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Desert Rat
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I've met several local pinz guys who have had good dealings with Shep.

A couple AZ guys that I know deal with the exotics are Bill Lieske (north phx) and Travis Freedman (Quartzite). I can try to find some contact info if you need it.



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Hey DR,

If you have the info and can put it together, I would appreciate it. My friend is going to buy one within 3 months or so. Me, it will still be quite some time. Frown
 
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Unimogs 404s cannot run at sustained speeds above 50mph. Travelling at that speed, you MUST stop every hour to hour and a half or so to let the transmission oil cool down. The reason is because in the transmission the low range crawler gear shaft does not disengage, so at 50mph it spins at nearly 10k rpm and only has bronze bushings that it rides on, so its easy to burn up.. and very expensive to fix. I would limit the speed to around 45mph tops to prevent these bushings in the tranny from burning up.


Hey John,

If that's the case, then why don't folks run remote trans-oil coolers to minimize this "problem?"


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