The German Bronco aka UNIMOG

[Chris81]

Family vacation week on the coast, brought lots of toys to keep myself busy. Have had the mog and the blazer out a lot this week, been fun driving them both side by side. The mog takes a little more planning and finesse but is still very capable! Couple pics of the mog on the coast for your entertainment. As you can see tire foams are probably on the short list, along with a better steering servo, still running stock.


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[Chris81]

Got back from vacation and did a little maintenence, found that all the grub screws were either loose or only finger tight, cant figure out how the truck was even driving, but im thinking thats where the funny squeek was comming from. The stock servo is still alive...but has a lot of wiggle, i expect that will need replacing very soon especially with the new stiffetr foams i just put in...speaking of which... I ordered up new foams while on vacation, those came today (with a free spare, thanks CI!!!)had to do a little trimming as the mudplugger tires are fairly narrow. I went with the duece's wild 3007 foams. After trimming one whole Ridge off one side and 1/2 off the other I think the width is pretty good, i put them in so the 1/2 Ridge is on the outside so I get the most side hill support. As you can see in the pics they are wayyyy better than last week on the rock. (The pic of the 2 tires together is the stock foam on left and new foam on right)
Cheers!



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[Chris81]

Got a chance to get out today, new foams are way more stable, although grip may have been decreased slightly with the stiffer foam, but it's worth it I think for better predictability. I think I need some rock sliders, it seems to get hung fairly often in the mid section of the truck, so I need to look into that. Still have a squeeky bearing somewhere, so a new bearing set is in the future, and the servo is about ready to kick the bucket. Plenty to do between this and the blazer here's a couple pics of today's outing, there is a little waterfall 2 miles up the rd so me and the little one took a walk while mom was out.
Cheers!

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[Chris81]

Finally got both rigs outfitted with my new low profile skid that I designed along with upper link mounts. It's all in my other thread ( Ascender on its way) now that that's done, the 2 trucks are going to part ways, next up for this is a forward motor mount followed by an interior (I think). I figure I can design and print my forward Motor Mounts pretty easy. My plan is to roll the transmission up about 180 to keep the motor as low as possible. That's as far as I've gotten. Stay tuned. Cheers.

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[Itali83]

Originally Posted by Chris81

Finally got both rigs outfitted with my new low profile skid that I designed along with upper link mounts. It's all in my other thread ( Ascender on its way) now that that's done, the 2 trucks are going to part ways, next up for this is a forward motor mount followed by an interior (I think). I figure I can design and print my forward Motor Mounts pretty easy. My plan is to roll the transmission up about 180 to keep the motor as low as possible. That's as far as I've gotten. Stay tuned. Cheers.

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Nice meeting you and your trucks did great today. Here's a few pictures to help give you ideas on a low motor mount set up. Might not want to go this low because you'll need the offset front diff to clear motor but you get the idea.








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[Chris81]

Thanks for those. I'll certainly be borrowing some of your ideas. Has anyone ever used any of the cheap planetary transmissions before? They are all over ebay. One of those would help to streamline things for a front MM. I'll also be needing a transfer case, I'd like to get one that allows me to overdrive the front so any suggestions there would be great, I know Ben used the one out of Itali, any other suggestions?

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[Chris81]

Been a while since the mog has had any love...fired up the plastic printer and finally replaced that God awful front body mount I had on there.... I must have been drinking when I came up with that....I'm still using magnets but they will be behind the front grill now instead of up under the hood.

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[rs10man]

love the mog body on it. ive been cutting my mog body to fit my K10 also. I think I just like creating more work for myself.

[Chris81]

Originally Posted by rs10man

love the mog body on it. ive been cutting my mog body to fit my K10 also. I think I just like creating more work for myself.

I seem to have the same disease!

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[Chris81]

New body mount is wayyyy better, much more secure. Next I need a rear bumper and want to print a rear bumper/hinge combo that way I can just flip the lid up. My goal is to try and replicate an actual mog rear bumper/taillights... which may take me a minute, I'm not exactly proficient with 3D design software...

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[Browneye]

Love the 'mog...