J.Yossarian Not sure why it would have problems. The heating problems here are because they are too lazy to fix it. The one I was in got rode very hard with constant revving and no problems with overheating.
Also included in the manual is the note "я подчиняюсь", nah just kidding ;) Back in the day the Swedes would probably give the Russians a ride for their money
tgb 11 as we call the used to have radios and table and so on at the back for leading combat. the "big brother" tgb 13 are a six wheel version. just put snow chains on and it will climb like anywhere. and never had problem driving one during hot summer. standard is a petrol engine.
I drove the six-wheeled variant TGB13 for 10 months during military service. It was slow, loud, smelly, heavy, and had bad visibility, but I miss it the most of any vehicle I've ever driven.
My Mercedes runs hot like that. It's only has a 4.2 liter V8, but it pumps out a ton of heat. I'm thinking that hood venting would help me the most with it at this point.
Drive line questions: 1- What are the L & H transmission positions? Sub-first gear gears? Are they in any way tied to the transfer case/center differential? 2- 'Framhjuls Drift' - Apparently has something to do with front wheel drive (no explanation from the person in the clip). Is this a transfer case/center differential lock? Ie. rear-wheel drive in the open position, power to rear and front axle in the closed position?
You are selecting Low or High gear range. In low gear, the front-wheel-drive turns on without switching. But you can engage front-wheel drive with the switch in the high-gear range also. You can actually also select neither range also when using the transfer case PTO if that is implemented (for mechanical winch or fire hydrant pump or hydraulic pump).
No, it is not if it is operating the way it should. It has an overpressure system. The most common issue is that somebody has used the windshield washer fluid cap to the coolant fluid. Then it will overheat and boil very easy. The civilian version had a bigger radiator.
About the cooling. Check the exhaust so that it isn't constricted in any way, same for the air filter, thats the easy check. Then make sure you run it at 98 octane gas and the correct ignition advance (should be at ~ 10-12 degrees for standard config) adjust accordingly. Of course you should check that the mixture from the carbs are right, if too lean you will have overheatinging problems. If the sparkplugs have the same color as bricks you might have a mixture that is too lean. Use lead additives or change the valve seats to stainless steel. Could be useful to fill up the tank with 10 to 30% alcohol (ethanol!) or E85, if you don't have acess to 98 octane. You have to adjust the amount by +10% until it starts to loose power and the back off by 5% until it runs good again. My old Amazon runs very good, cool and clean on 50% E85 and 50% gas. The old volvo redblocks have no corrison problems with alcohol as the cast contains ample amounts of nickel. But you might have to change the oil more frequently. Use good quality antifreeze to protect the inside of the engine and to increase the boiling point of the water. And make sure that the heater is correctly hooked up to the engine so that it have good circulation at the back of the cylinder head. Common problem when the heater adjustment valve have been damged and replaced with a simple valve. Good luck and good fun.
I don't think the cooling system was overwhelmed by the US heat. These things were used in by swedish forces in foreign service and participated in the Paris-Dakar rally.
According to the other video the cooling fan is broken by cat-fan blade interaction. Besides, who knows when the system was completely flushed, there may be a bucketful of rust and shit constricting it.
The Dakar trucks had different radiators, the standard rad has very little surface area so is no good in any heat at all. A new rad solves the cooling problem very easily with the standard engine.
It´s a Swedish vehicle (Volvo) build and produced for the Swedish military during the cold war. We needed a vehicle that could be a stabile platform that could acting everything from staff to acting as a ambulance and troop transport etc.
I'm not sure who Mr. Yummy is that is accompanying Mr. Regular on this review, but he suddenly makes me want to drive a ice bag enabled old school troop transporter.
Nice car. Where is the problem to drive it? Never driven a T3 Volkswagen Bus? Same drivers position. But this has a nice 6-cylinder-engine which was used in the 164-sedans as well. Cool sound and enough torque, I think. Unintelligible why the owners do not fix the car (cooling, seats etc.). Maybe they are nerds without understanding cars. Sad.
come to canada, west coast victoria BC. we'll have you in an old canadian millitary vw, a subaru justy, a choice of BMW, and any thing else you can't get in the good old US of A. we have more skylines (r34's) and every thing else you guys can't import down there, come to canada!
is it very similar to a land rover 101 or forward control because it had to do a very similar job, or is it actually a copy built under licence by Vovlo? to be honest I don't remember the LR having portal axles, but I'm prepared to be wrong.
