Unimog Club UK
Hello New Members => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Moggie1979 on October 22, 2014, 06:45:57 pm
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Sorry folks but here are the pictures of the PUH.
Finally got the last tiles on the roof this afternoon....
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Ok so maybe I'm a bit late again...
Welcome along and nice looking mog :-)
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OOOPs got totally distracted today making a hoist type thing to lift roof tiles up the roof.
I do like making things!
Will have to take the promised pictures tomorrow.
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Sounds like the hitch's are the same or very similar, mines got the air release as well, but some one I know has the same basic hitch but no air release, and mounted slightly differently to mine, but that looks as if its been done at a different time to when the hitch was new.
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Ooh.... Does that mean it's going to be used again? Give me a call if you want a hand on the timber one day - I wouldn't mind seeing that in action.
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I am all excited about trying to extend my drawbar but will have to wait as I have got the double drum winch on the linkage at the minute and it is a bugger to get on and off.
I have an air ram on the PUH release operated by a push button located in the gear selector panel.
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Mine has an air cylinder to release it.
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Tony,
The is, or should be a pin running horizontal on the clevis part, remove that pin, then release and lower the hook as normal, about 1/2 way, the clevis will lower down as well, pull the clevis drawbar outwards, and the will be 2 holes in, line up with the hole in the carrier to which ever one you need for the length of drawbar you want, then drop the same pin you removed from horizontal in the hole vertically.
Putting the lynch pin, or R clip on you need to lift the draw bar up by hand, leaving the hook down, and reach between to fit the clip.
The clevis is locked and ready to be used now, and can be lowered to ground level if needed to hitch some thing up, then raised as normal until it locks up, the same as the hook.
Has yours got an air release on the hitch?
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Hi Tony,
Can't recall ever seeing a plate on it. Will look in the morning, I have not used the pin hitch in a long time. seem to remember that the pin that "parks it" (the horizontal one) drops through a vertical hole to keep the drawbar in place.
Watch this space
John
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Thanks John/Craig, that is the same PUH :)
I have never tried to pull mine out, that explains how to get a drawbar pin right through the clevis and put an r clip through it. :-[
What holds the drawbar in place when you pull it out?
Does your hitch have an identification plate on it John, I cant find a makers name on mine?
Tony
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Haha! I need to hurry up and have kids. I have to fetch my own bunnies. Last time I shot a fallow it nearly killed me dragging it out. Slaves seem like the perfect answer!
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Used to go lamping regular in the 411, :) its good cos you just put the rabbits in the back, used to have dad driving and shooting, passenger lamping in the seat, then me and sometimes a mate as runners sat in the back :)
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I'll pass the message on. It's about time he took on another restoration!
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A mate of mine has a series one with a folding windscreen, which is one of the best shooting platforms I've ever seen!
(411 with a folding screen ;) )
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That's not a bad little lawn you've got growing on your PUH, do you water it in summer? :D
And I didn't notice the lamp on top of the landy... A mate of mine has a series one with a folding windscreen, which is one of the best shooting platforms I've ever seen!
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Just found this picture of a log splitter I built for a friend...
Tested it on the Mog.
You can just see the pick up hitch... Will take some more pictures on Friday.
John
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Tony, yes it sounds the same hitch, in normal use the clevis would be extended out, so a clip wouldn't be a problem, but I know what you mean when its closed in.
What part are you missing?
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Hi Craig / Tony
Tony's description of the pick up hitch sounds similar to mine. The hook meets the bottom plate of the pin hitch. If I remove a horizontal pin, this allows the pin drawbar to pull out / extend. It also then drops when you lower the pick-up hitch. It always looks to me that someone has adapted it from something else.
I will take some pictures on Friday when I get home. I am in Amersham at the moment.
Home is Wylye, where the A303 and A36 cross. My U1000 also came from Mudie Bond before they stopped selling them. Was great driving it home...
Cheers
John
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Craig
my puh has a pick up hook that the top of the hook comes up to the bottom of the clevis hole so you cant put a pin right through and secure it with a r clip or similar so I guesses that there must be some sort of retainer for the draw bar pin on top of the clevis to stop it lifting out. If it sounds like yours it would be good to see a picture of it.
Tony
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Hi John, welcome, an other U1000 owner here.
Some external panels are available, I`ve not seen internal panels for sale, but not to hard to fabricate replacements your self.
A couple of the well know uk dealers or ebay.de a good place to start looking.
Hi John, Welcome aboard
I have also got a U1000 that came from Modie-Bond (RIP :-[)
I live Nr Stroud also so not a million miles away! Which part of Wiltshire are you in?
Its good to see more land Rover owners especially ones with a lamping light on it (Note to Villager, we need a shooting area of the forum :))
I hope your cab has less rust than mine did, it was a few weeks of cutting and welding to get it solid.
Does your Mog have a pick up hitch, If so may I have a picture of it as I am missing a piece and want to copy one?
Being in Wiltshire means you are close to Ken Day, If you need any help he is one of the best Unimog guys I know.
Tony
What type of hitch do you need a picture of? I`ve got a ARM(I think), type, a PUH hook, and clevis above, similar to the type fitted to deutz tractors of a similar age.
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Hi John, Welcome aboard
I have also got a U1000 that came from Modie-Bond (RIP :-[)
I live Nr Stroud also so not a million miles away! Which part of Wiltshire are you in?
Its good to see more land Rover owners especially ones with a lamping light on it (Note to Villager, we need a shooting area of the forum :))
I hope your cab has less rust than mine did, it was a few weeks of cutting and welding to get it solid.
Does your Mog have a pick up hitch, If so may I have a picture of it as I am missing a piece and want to copy one?
Being in Wiltshire means you are close to Ken Day, If you need any help he is one of the best Unimog guys I know.
Tony
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Hello from a fellow U1000 owner. It is nice to see one working. I am up in Worcestershire/ Herefordshire so not a million miles away and have some interesting experiences with mine so far. Some of which are documented on here, but with these experiences have started to come the fabrication of some tools to ease jobs through. Happy Mog Life :)
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My Partner and I keep a few highland cattle.
We can borrow the trailer from the farm next door when we want to move them.
The Mog does earn its keep sometimes, post knocker on the back (see attached) but generally it gets used around our smallholding.
It is a real luxury, but would be the last "toy" to leave if needs must.
Needs a bit of love and care at them moment but that will have to wait till we have finished building our new house.
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Hi John, and welcome to the forum. That's a nice looking mog you've got there. They look great in yellow!
What do you do with it? Looks more work than play from the picture - livestock transport?
I'm only just down the road in Stroud, Gloucestershire. It's good to see another local member :)
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Hi All
John from Wiltshire here,
I have a 1979 U1000 amongst other toys... Wanted a Mog since I was about 14.
joining here has already pointed me in the direction of cab repair panels...which I will be needing very soon!
Cheers for now.
John