Unimog Club UK

Good, it worked, that was easier than I thought.

This is my 411 at the Castle Fraser Vintage Steam Fair a few years ago (in Aberdeenshire). I went with the 411 towing a trailer with my Grey Fergie on it. Both vehicles are working but unrestored condition.

The Mog is as close to a family heirloom as my family will get. It was used by my dad to tow a mobile dark room during the construction of gas pipelines (to develop weld radiographs) before being passed to me. It was the first vehicle I drove and I am now teaching my 5 and 7 year old sons to drive in it. Before my family had it it was used as a forestry vehicle around Coupar Angus.

Here are a few more photos of the back axle split in half. The piston (last photo) was seized into the axle so it wasn't surprising that it didn't work. Once cleaned up, put back together and bled it worked. They are a bit difficult to bleed, I used a kit that attaches to a tyre and uses the air pressure to push the fluid from the axle back to the master cylinder, must have flushed about 1 ltr through to get all the air bubbles out. I used automatic transmission fluid, couldn't find "high" pressure automatic transmission fluid. The front axle was cleaned up last night and is ready to be re-assembled. Looking forward to having all 3 lockers working.