Unimog Club UK

Well done fella. Make sure you upload pics of the old girl when you get her home.

Yep will get pics sorted. Not useing it as a comercial vehicle, going to try and restore it and get it as good as new as i can, a toy really, going to tek it  to agriciultural shows hopefully etc like Newby hall like some of the other lads. Ive allus wanted to own one so here goes, if it turns out to be the biggest disaster since the titanic at least i can say well ive done that and dint like it then get rid, rather than thinking what if.

When you think that in 1976 Unimog had all round disc brakes, coil suspension, cross axle difflocks, a massive 5.7 l engine with a twenty speed gearbox ETC in a vehicle with a footprint the size of a land rover ! 

Ha ha your defo right about the empty wallet, infact everything else also, couldnt wait to get mi sweaty little hands on the beast which got decidely more sweaty when i heard the engine roar into life.
On the initial raz round before hitting t open road my hart sunk as i thort what the hell av i done ( they arnt right clever on steep hills are they) but 20 mins into the journey home i was loving every second of it, well almost, 3rd gear is a proper swine to get into, had a few full on traffic stopping moments as i cursed the retched thing, my mate who was following said it was pure comedy as he could see me through the rear window wrestling the gear stick wi both hands.
Every time i pass by it now i want to get stuck into sorting various bits, it looks a load better after a dam good fettle, need to get on top of the rust patches that are showing, hopefully i dont uncover owt like phills. As soon as ive layed my hands on a digi camera and sust out how to get pics uploaded i will. I dare say im bahn to have a zillion questions to ask int future from you guys.

PS.my speedo dunt work either.

Well done on your new toy, use it and enjoy it
Is it a yellow one? I was reading the Atkinson vos news letter yesterday

Here's a picture of the lever options and functions. On a basic mog you will have the 1-6 stick, the forward and reverse (rear right side and back from the main shift lever with the arrows) and the diff lock knob. That may actually be a lever a bit like a hand brake on some models. I think down is 2x4, half way up 4x4 and right up diffs locked.

The other levers are the cascade box and pto. Ignore them for now. The cascade lever (if fitted) wants to be to the rear for road gears and we can talk you through all that later.

All sounds like good advice.

So to confirm from the picture above.

Green. PTO drive both, front only, non rear only

Black turn knob. Diff locks and 4x4

1 > 6. Road/field gears

Orange L, H. Is this for field and road, or for much more?

Black arrow. Forward, neutral, Reverse?

What is the other lever for, and how does the L,H work with this if at all?