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    Anyone have leads on a part SEE?

    Not for me, but someone on the Mercedes Unimog forum, he is looking for a set of fuel tank brackets. My guess is the only person who would not have a use for tank brackets has a SEE that is too far past rebuilding. Many SEE carcasses got sold as scrap out of RRAD so they must have ended up...
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    Spring SEE Starting 2024

    I did some searching on the forum for a thread which include the word "starting" and all I find is my questions from 2018 and some replies. It used to be major battle to start mine after it had sat over the winter for 4 or 5 months. A few years ago, the local Unimog expert heard my issues and...
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    Swing Pedal Adjustments - Anyone done this?

    I have been noticing that the left swing pedal on my SEE has lost a lot of travel. It makes it diffcult to do controlled swings left. The right pedal has full range of travel but the left side has far less and the pedal sits lower. Anyone attempted adjustment? Looking at the tech manual...
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    Boom Cylinder Lip Seal Direction

    My SEE has had a persistent hydraulic leak out around one of the boom cylinders since I got it. It has always worked but has been a housekeeping issue as it leaks 365 days a year even when sitting all winter. Lately I have been doing some "hardcore" digging in the local rocky soil and noticed...
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    Remote Throttle and Auxiliary tools - Chasing down a fault

    For some period of time my SEE had a functioning remote throttle along with the capability to turn on the hydraulic hose tool system. It went away at some point. I have not used the tools but the remote throttle would be very handy when using the backhoe. As a backup I just set the hand...
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    Boom Cylinder Seals - Do the cylinders need to be removed to change seals or can they be done in place?

    I have a had a slow drip on my left cylinder since I got my SEE. Its not serious leak so I just wrap the cylinder with an oil absorbent pad. I was doing the greasing routine on the backhoe today and looked at it for awhile and it looked to me that I could remove the snap ring and pull the bucket...
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    Anyone own or built the jack support for the Front End Loader Removal ?

    I decided the loader is coming off for my brake issue diagnosis as the loader frame really impacts access under the hood. I have a bare side crank screw jack coming and the spot the jack needs to plug into is pretty obvious but I will need to weld up an adaptor between the jack body and the...
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    Got the braking blues

    Looks like I finally need to learn the ari assist brake system to diagnose the loss of the hydraulic brakes. I was using the SEE last year on a hot day for some hard core trenching and at the end of the day when heading down a steep driveway before heading home, I lost the hydraulic brakes. I...
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    Dot 5 Brake and Clutch Fluid - Hard to find

    Note sure if its just a local thing, but during my annual "start the SEE after the winter" routine my clutch reservoir was nearly empty (as usual). I went to refill it and ran out. I stopped by the local car place and it was backordered and had been for awhile. I went on Amazon and ordered the...
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    Got a deal on chainsaw

    Being careful to follow the forum rules. I got a new in box Stanley hydraulic chainsaw today on Ebay. The seller had two listed. I have no involvement or interest on who else buys the other one but thought I would mention it in case someone is looking for one to complete their kit. As usual...
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    EI is listing a SEE wiring harness

    I have not seen any recent posts on rat damaged harnesses of late but did notice EI now has one listed for around $700. The picture shows a harness with multiple colors which is major improvement over the all black Mercedes versions.
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    Anyone Change out a master disconnect switch yet?

    I was running my SEE yesterday and when I went to shut down I noticed a few lights were on despite the master disconnect key being removed. I searched and found a post the FLU had bought a switch but wasnt looking forward to swapping it. In the the short term I disconnected the battery cable. I...
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    Loader piping fittings JIC with tapered threads?

    One of the fittings on my loader snapped today under load. Its on one of of the boom cylinders that lifts the entire loader up. It was under heavy load, and looks like a fatigue failure. I have kept this system stock and have not removed the "hidden" pressure reducing valve on this system so...
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    Lets talk Air Dryers for SEE

    One of the design features of the SEE that can be blessing and curse is the use of air assist for all sorts of systems. Brakes, 4WD, Diff Locks, Air Splitter, remote throttle and probably one of two I missed. Add in low pressure air pressurization of the brakes and axles and there is a lot of...
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    SEE Exhaust Pipe - Any one have source?

    I am looking for a source for a SEE exhaust pipe. Its the one after the muffler that heads up to the spark arrester. Its part number 410-492-71-04 (NSN 2990-01-242-3009). As usual the NSN pops up on various NSN sites but my experience is they are a dead end. I have dropped a note to Expedition...
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    Looking for a speedometer gearbox from a trashed transmission

    My 1300L is in need of the small adapter gearbox that goes on the end of the speedometer cable where it attaches to the transmission. Its a small rectangular box that has two outputs ,one capped and one connected to a speedo cable with one input from the transmission. Its used to adjust the...
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    FLU 419 Model Variations

    While viewing another forum I saw an interesting cut and paste from the Mercedes Unimog Archive listing US military Unimog Variants and production runs. All the old PR I have seen listed or showed three variants, The SEE (loader excavator), The HMMH ( all terrain forklift and hydraulic crane)...
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    Changing SEE Tires

    Rather than add to the "infinite" SEE thread I thought I would post a new thread on changing SEE tires. It also applies to my 1300L tires as is also is a Steel Soldier as its former German Ambulance. Both have the same tire size and rims but my 1300L has Conti MPT MIL military tires which have a...
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    Cold Weather Starting Tricks ?

    My SEE is currently buried under a pile of early season snow and it usually sits there all winter until spring. Normally it starts instantly but in cold conditions or in the spring it really does not like to. One of the casualties of the mouse repairs was the ether can on the firewall no longer...
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    SEE - Cold weather hydralic issues

    I have seen comments on another forum regarding the hydraulics for SEEs being almost useless in extreme cold weather as the poster's SEEs came from down south and the fluid was too thick. Extreme cold weather in this case was in the -10 to -30 F range. I have seen the Technical Service hints...
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