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Hey Gang, Here is some technical advice on the mesh on the rear engine cover. Travel here to Australia, purchase an ironing board, you know those contraptions that you unfold and it stands up to form a platform to rest your clothes on while you iron them, pull the thing apart and you will find in t...

Julian B wrote:Can't quite remember where I got this from (in 2008), but you might find this article interesting.

Now that is a very nicely done article!

Thank you for posting it!

ETA: I'm running Bosch W5AC, and they look like they're working well.

McNichols will probably have it, problem is you have to buy a sheet of it. I've bought a few things from them, pretty good company to know of.

www.mcnichols.com

The original Haflinger had a flap on the rear hatch which could be put up or down as required, down to increase the cold air intake to the engine bay when it is hot and up to reduce the cold air intake and make the engine take slightly warmer air from with in the engine bay to blow over the cylinde...

I assume you will have your soft top on in the middle of a cold Alaskan winter - if so, I would be worried about carbon monoxide poisoning with any propane style heater that is not flued in the closed Haflinger cabin. Garry Hi Garry - yes, definitely the soft top will be on. CO is always a concern,...

something like this.... https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27657629_1790790077715614_3195810634543820969_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ohc=9Wc91OSKo5sAQnBl2DiJmpcWSubQYBzBTCwG7cDHkFtw4Z-itleoiZKeA&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=9ff767fa28b262170b827aecff5f708b&oe=5E44133A or this......

There's a product put out by a company called Mr. Heater in the USA. It's designed as a golf cart heater, fueled by a propane canister, and it's relatively safe. I'll probably experiment with one of them. https://www.mrheater.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/g...

What were the original options for those? How did they mount? I'm thinking about converting a modern side by side plow into one that's suitable for the haf. I'm thinking of setting it up as a more-or-less quick mount system. Putting four adaptor plates onto the front and rear areas on the running ge...

Thanks John.

Next thread question will be on snow plows, mounts, and who's found what works best!

Thanks John, I hit the donate button today too.

Were there any factory modifications to any of the systems for cold weather conditions? As in below freezing? Air intake redirects? Carb heat mods? Oil cooler mods?

I've been watching them too, good series so far. Hope there are more to come!

Regarding the limit straps, I've made mine in the past but unfortunately left the jig in storage a few thousand miles away. I don't think the wood setup will give you enough rigidity to get good tension. I used a solid aluminum bar 3" wide, 1" thick, and about 25" long. I drilled unde...

I unloaded it from the trailer, after a month or so of travel and storage. Brought it up from Southern California home to Alaska.

Couple of cranks, started right up.

What kind of price range were you considering?

I'm always more-or-less in the market for projects......

Yep, probably best to send it in. I'll bet the fiber washer is off of the starter positive post. They have a habit of spinning unless you lock the nuts with two wrenches while tightening, and there really isn't much space at all for the attached wire to move, something usually gives. Which reminds m...

Arg, well I guess I'll be going slower than normal. They don't look bad on the truck though, Garry. Maybe my search will still go on, but I'll run these for awhile once I'm relocated in Alaska, if they really don't work out then I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and find some 13&...

How are they holding up? How are they performing? On/off road? Wet tarmac? Snow? Ice? Mud? Sand? Airing down? I just purchased a set, primarily for on road use and I'll keep the Black Diamond tires for off road use. Since I'm in the process of moving to a state that's basically an island, I'm trying...

Hi Matteo - how badly rusted is that body? I've seen some incredible restorations done to badly rusted out sheet metal, it might well be less expensive and work just as well to do some fabrication work. With a new platform, the truck will not be original anyway. IAC, good luck with the project, I'm ...

LOL, garry, how about I just detail how I hacked it together and you too can enjoy welding flash burns!