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Cheers mate - its a good truck - but for my next project I need something a little bigger...

Hopefully I will find a good new owner for her.

I'm selling my 712M at the moment - see classified ads and lots of pictures on Milweb. Could be interested in a PEX on the cruiser too

PM me if you want to explore this?

Cheers

Dave S

You'll buy a complete clutch kit for a 710/712 for around $500 and fit it yourself in a couple of hours.

Most Pinz stuff is rebuildable, tin work is expensive though if you need replacement parts...

No problems with insurance in the UK at present - pay about £150pa for my Pinz 712M (6x6), fully comprehensive insurance including social, domestic and pleasure use, incl use at shows and exhibitions, unlimited mileage, agreed value and parked on the driveway outside my house. Footman James ins poli...

Be worth taking the pinz to a weigh bridge and check the weight fully stripped back and with minimal fuel, no tools, no spare tyre, no towing equipment and you out of the vehicle. You may be lucky and find it scrapes in under the UHaul limit - if so get a print out of the weight and you're good to go.

Strange - should be able to see this as a visitor? Oh well.. I can't copy the pictures, but here's the text: Due to having too many other projects on the go I have finally admitted defeat before I even get started. I have for sale a Steyr Puch Haflinger (lwb)and spare rolling chassis (swb)and a few ...

Basically - wot he said!

I wired my 12 volt dropper off the radio plug - take the cover off and its obvious what's going on inside. I modified some normal commercial electric connections to slide into the receivers on the radio socket - easy job.

Thanks Nigel - I'll pass the details along. Nice little project for someone. Be interested myself but too many projects already and the wife will kill me if we don't get the Charger finished soon!

Thought I'd posted this but it didn't appear...?


Anyway, good Haffy project for someone via my local 4x4 club:

http://www.4x4.im/index.php?topic=1796.0

Also - Nigel - can you give me the contact details for the Haffy club UK - lost mine! Thanks.

Shouldn't be any significant slack when fitted, you should be able to rachet them in tight. Good trick for keeping the tension on the chains is to thread bungy cord/shock cord diagonally across the face of the wheel/tyre - minimises the chance of spitting a chain off - its a trick lots of European o...

Sanded mine down with a mouse sander and then treated them to 3 coats of yacht varnish - dried rock hard and looks neat. I'll post some photos when I get a chance (pitch black and raining here at the moment).

This old chestnut again... do a thread search - lots of comments about whether or not the Pinz is meant to be lead-free. Early vehicles had that sticker (i.e. don't use lead-free) but these are frequently covered by a second sticker saying lead free is okay. Whether the Swiss ever did anything other...

ME ME WANT ONE!

Hmm - wondered whether the wheels off thing was relevant - be good to know if this sorts the problem....

Is it just me, or does everyone find it a little bit scary when you start digging in to a vehicle to restore that you had been using on the road? Finding the horror stories of significant/structural rust, disintegrating brake lines, etc, etc... does make you think about the condition of your unresto...