Unimog Club UK

Brian,

I got a good laugh when you wrote, “The problem with your gears could be that the selector cover has been taken off and not been put back on properly”. Did I mention modifications & Heath Robinson? The guy who did all of the work liked to use what he had to hand. If it meant cobbling together various bits to make it reach – so be it. When the guy I bought it from got his hands on it everything worked, after a fashion. But he didn’t learn all the tricks and contortions so couldn’t pass them on. Apparently at one time it was clocked at over 70 kmph. It’s going to be interesting getting everything working.

I followed the Unimog Museum link and got to these two books:

Unimog Workshop Manual 421 411 - 30 402 21 03
https://www.buchundbild.de/de/Unimog-Workshop-Manual-421-411-30-402-21-03

Instruction Manual Unimog 411 - 402 51 02
https://www.buchundbild.de/de/Instruction-Manual-Unimog-411-402-51-02

Is this what you meant?

I live in the back and beyond so the 411 will be used for a lot of things, fire wood and snow plowing, the roads flood out quite frequently, too deep for my Navara but the 411 should be fine. Then there’s other uses. It has already been requisitioned for potato planting and plucking. Moose hunting is a big thing here and I have been told to have it fueled up during hunting season. It’s been here a couple of weeks and there’s a lot of visitors with plans for it. It won’t end up a trailer queen.

The manuals are really going to be handy to figure out what’s stock and what modifications need improvement.

A couple more questions.

The front springs seem to have been raised on blocks is this normal or is just to raise the cab maybe for clearance for the new engine?

Does this chassis marker tell you anything you think I should know?

Here’s a picture that shows the controls and gives you an idea of the interesting hydraulic routing.

Finally the last dumb question. What shoe size are you supposed to have to drive this? My boots are a normal size 11 ½ and don’t really fit in.

Thanks for your help

Cheers,

Tom