Wow, that's a big change from the Shogun to the Defender to the Unimog.

Do you have any photos to share?

What's the general feeling on LPG? I can't recall anyone every doing a Trans-Africa trip with a combined LPG engine so it should be a first if you progress down that route.

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I don’t know anything about 404’s but think they could be pre unleaded petrol? If so they may not have hardened valve seats which will be problem with an LPG conversion. LPG has no lubrication in it so non hardened valve seats erode quickly. You can get hardened valve seats retro fitted though. Just a thought.

Russ

i don't know about the hardened valve seats but o looking in to ways to make the fuel economy a bit better it seems a lot of people have gone for lpg convertion with the unimog 404 it's somthing i have to look in to when i get back to the U.K.

So with a bit of reserch it turns out that the 404 has hardend vavle seats an sodium cooled exhaurst valves so it could run on low octane fuel and there for can use unleaded and lpg:thumbup1:

Nice one, I guess the engine is from an era when MB really engineered stuff correctly (I.E. before bean counters and Chrysler had a say) :thumbup1:

That sort of tolerance should serve you well on your intended trip.


Russ

I knew someone with a lightweight landrover v8 with lpg who fitted a connector/regulator so that he could just get domestic gas bottles (very cheap) enroute in north africa where they are readily available - DOT in the UK might not be too happy though:thumbup1:

I read somthing about this on the web but there was some safty isues with the placment of the bottles i.e not having them on there sides but it's somthing i will look into thanks for the info.
I tryed to put some photo's on but not sure how to do it can i just put a link to photo bucket?