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'course, i promised them! i just need some free time (during daytime!) to take some pics.. I also gained a bunch of spares as something's been saved by the two engines. a spare electronic injection pump that's nice to have (although i'd like to swap mine with a mechanical unit from a 100hp...

on thursday the truck came back home! it's almost a brand new car, impressive. the total work has been: engine swap with some maintenance on the new unit: head milling, valve seat turning, valve sealing check, head hydraulic test (to check for cracks), ALL engine gaskets, from the head to all...

Hi Rick, just soft chatting! Giacomo was wishing me luck for the new engine and ankle, and i was thanking him adding that i should bring the truck back home this week. hopefully i'll be able to share some pics of the new engine soon

Grazie Giacomo! in settimana dovrei recuperare finalmente il trattore!

Hi folks! good news eventually after a lot of struggling.. the truck is now being tested by the mechanic as he finished all the work. spares shipping times has been a pain in the ass: up to 20 working days for the heat exchanger gasket!! spares itself has been another pain in the ass: wrong...

Here we are again with some updates! The estimation for all the work was about 6k€.. sounds high, but it includes new pistons and segments, new cylinder, new complete head, new rods bushings, overhauled turbo, liquids, oils, gaskets and all the working hours needed. and the resoult would be a...

well.. i'll let you know sth as soon as we've figured out how to proceed! thanks a lot, mate! in any case i owe you and Rick a beer for your help.. I hope to be there some day cruising with my truck!

thank's a lot mate! :bow but i'm afraid shipping to italy wouldn't definitely be cheap! :lol

we're evaluating every way.. an engine could be an option, for sure, but even on a spare engine i'd check the head and overhaul the turbo before putting it in place since it's still an used engine, and it'd be stupid not to do this with the engine on the table! we're waiting for the price...

this morning i had a call with the mechanic, and the news were not good.. he dismounted the head for the overhauling. the head has two cracks in two combustion chambers, and that's not a huge problem. the main problem is that two pistons are cracked and the related cylinders have signs of...

i'll have to wait for the truck.. and today's news weren't good at all :(:(

the internal surface without the rear seats. I took all these measures too because we're thinking about a way to design something in this room to be able to eat inside the truck in winter. we're used to sleep in our tent even below 0°C, but last time having breakfast outside with -7°C was a...

the boot without the unit. a foldable table can be placed under the drawers and i'll just need to slide it out when needed. the tank will be behind the fridge and in the side is where i'm thinking to place the heater.

left telescopic drawer with storage and stove

right drawer with the fridge

Hi all! while I'm waiting my engine to be overhauled, i'm started the design of the internal kit to fit the boot of the truck. the aim is to fit kitchen, fridge, some water and a sink. maybe a diesel parking heater, but i'm not sure yet. here's some picture of what i've done till now. I spent...

Hi Rick! yeah, i'm still around! spent some weeks on the Dolomites, but once again without my truck.. I wanted to move it as less as possible before the overhauling. let's hoper this time to fix the problem once forever!

hi guys! a very little update.. i left the truck to the mechanic a couple of weeks ago. he's going to overhaul the turbo unit and the head. we both suppose the head has a crack somewhere, since the coolant in the expansion tank is bubbling. he'll check. the engine is going to be almost new...

good! I usually wait till september to get the wood for the winter (already cutted). as we say here, wood heats you up twice: when you stack it and when you burn it!

definitely not black. white or better thin blue. it's ok a bit of oil in the intercooler also for the vapour recirculation I guess, but is it normal to see a trickle of oil flowing out of the IC? isn't it too much?