Team Unimog Punga Project

[DeeDee]

Happy new year 2015 to everyone

[DeeDee]

Salam unimog owners,

lahore and islamabad moggers, could you please share unimog registration cost and type of registration you selected. Also share annual tax as well.

In karachi, registration authority refused to register as "private" and only commercial available and i think same is in kpk.

Please reply...................... Or i will sell it scrap yard.

@abdulr76 I will call you brother

[Durrani90]

so after a good day playing in the mud i got into a situation where i realized my diff locks don't work (or have a mind of their own, cause i did notice them to work on some occasion). is there anyway to know for sure and how should i go about do deal with it? i was thinking i should start by putting fresh oil in the diff locks and bleeding, any tips on how to do this?
Another point to note is that my 4x4 and diff lock lever doesn't stay down. it JUST holds in place when moved to 4x4 but can slip out if lightly touched, where as to lock the diffs it has to be constantly held down (now held up since i rotated the lever to point forwards).
Would appreciate any feed back about from the fellow moggers, i drive an 81' 421 btw.

p.s are others facing annoying air locking problems or is it just me? like once air locked it's a pain in the #@& to get the air out

Thanks

[Basharatu]

AA @ Durrani90
Welcome to Punga :). Unimog 421 diff locking has been extensively discussed on this forum, in next few days I would try to dig down some helpful references. Here's the Summary:

BeeMog had similar problem, I tried everything, fresh oil, bleeding the cylinder, bleeding the diff to make sure new oil is through till the diff and there's no air in the system, all failed and I gave up. DeeDee, fixed the diffs on BeeMog, i) it was the cylinder which was not producing enough pressure to push the locks ii) Jammed Pistons.

First of all remove the rubber gear boot in order to have clear access to the Diff lock upper cylinder DeeDee fixed the problem by replacing the Diff locking cylinder (upper - attached to the lever as shown in the photo below) those were good days with access to lots of parts, and 2nd was by pushing some high pressure air in the system to release jammed piston. Once that was done then Oil was re-filled and bleed nipples on the diff were left open to remove air from the system.

Lever release is caused by the worn out lever lock, ideally hunt the used cylinder with lever, or try adding little bit of steel on the lock edge via gas weld so it should hold its position once engaged.

I found some photos of the diff on this post:
www.pakwheels.com/forums/4x4-clubs-off-roaders-suv/87109-team-unimog-punga-project-102#post2777195

so after a good day playing in the mud i got into a situation where i realized my diff locks don't work (or have a mind of their own, cause i did notice them to work on some occasion). is there anyway to know for sure and how should i go about do deal with it? i was thinking i should start by putting fresh oil in the diff locks and bleeding, any tips on how to do this?
Another point to note is that my 4x4 and diff lock lever doesn't stay down. it JUST holds in place when moved to 4x4 but can slip out if lightly touched, where as to lock the diffs it has to be constantly held down (now held up since i rotated the lever to point forwards).
Would appreciate any feed back about from the fellow moggers, i drive an 81' 421 btw.

p.s are others facing annoying air locking problems or is it just me? like once air locked it's a pain in the #@& to get the air out

Thanks

[Basharatu]

Durrani,
Dont forget to drain and re-fill the hub oil, here's a reference photo of a common friend (Kashif in Minimerg :)) . You will also find a maintenance checklist on this forum which you should go through. Happy reading!

[Basharatu]

You will also find some interesting upgrades from page 127 onwards & here's a Diff Lock Test video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe8IS-ZGSI8

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/4x4-clubs-off-roaders-suv/87109-team-unimog-punga-project-127

[Durrani90]

You will also find some interesting upgrades from page 127 onwards & here's a Diff Lock Test video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe8IS-ZGSI8

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/4x4-clubs-off-roaders-suv/87109-team-unimog-punga-project-127

Thanks for the detailed reply, i actually had a crack at all this last night at home (basically took it all apart myself to see how it ticks).
i found that;
1: diff lock cylinder was jammed and making no pressure what so ever. gonna have it sent for sorting out.
2: 4x4 lever was not locking due to the mentioned reason, some electric weld filling fixed that. I feel there's a spring missing though, as the lever moves freely from left to right, going to be sorting this out today as well hopefully.
Other than that,
3: I could not find any bleed nipple on the diffs themselves. any reference pic or suggestion?
4: already spoke to DeeDee over the phone about this, for the life of me i could not find where to drain and re fill the hub oil!! so running the old muck for now (u'd be surprised if i showed u the stuff that came out of the gear and diffs)

[Durrani90]

one more thing, i was unable to figure out how to open the hand throttle for the life of me. need to see the situation inside to figure out if it can be fixed or needs to be replaced. any input would be highly appreciated!!

[fihsak]

@durrani90
Please visit lahore and meet @deedee for training session.....

Life is so Easy on Portal Axles

[DeeDee]

@durrani90 you are more then welcome. Been tied up that's why not coming on forum. @basharatu is there to guide you and I will join in later.

The issues you mentioned are not big to resolve.

Welcome to Punga and yes life is Easy on Portal Axels

[DeeDee]

@fihsak

Tom buddy

[Durrani90]

@Durrani90
Please visit lahore and meet @DeeDee for training session.....

Life is so Easy on Portal Axles

at mog speed i think he should expect me sometime next week haha

update: 4x4 lever locking sorted out. works like a charm now minus the diff lock cylinder, its been removed for restoring (hopefully)

[Janj]

[akahmed2]

Hi Team Unimog,

I am an off roader based in the US. I have a Gelandewagen and I am an enthusiast. I know a specialist Unimog/Gwagen parts supplier over here. If you guys need any help with parts/maintinence let me know.

AK Ahmed

[Basharatu]

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[DeeDee]

at mog speed i think he should expect me sometime next week haha

update: 4x4 lever locking sorted out. works like a charm now minus the diff lock cylinder, its been removed for restoring (hopefully)

@durrani90 what is the update on your Punga project. Hope all going well

[Durrani90]

@Durrani90 what is the update on your Punga project. Hope all going well

no progress since last update, been focusing on the range rover lately. it undergoing some minor procedures

[Janj]

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[DeeDee]

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