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I would not seal the bottom as any water that gets in will not get out but in!

I have shipped my vehicle 4 times now (in a container) and the shipper has always strapped the vehicle down, 2 straps to the front and 2 at the rear, including chocks to all wheels nailed to the floor. They also take photos of it tied down in the container.

How do you remove the centre cover(airbag) of the steering wheel? Does it pull off? Stephen

Again some of the bridges are getting close to colapsing and some scary bridges also see this video on utube Stephen

Dont leave it too long CG..... The first section has a few river crossings on bridges that might not be here in the near future and maybe too deep to ford in an LC. Stephen

Hi Richard, I've had my 80 for 8 years for overland travel having done 110k miles so far, it is not used as a every day trasport and this certainly helps with the fight against rust. I have had the roof removed and a pop up roof tent fitted. On the inside the rear seats have been removed and...

Hi Simon, If you clean the area before you drill the hole then carefully paint the hole edges, it should stop any rust starting. I ran 25mm power cables under the body and drilled 2 holes through the floor in the area where the rear seats are. I painted the holes and after fitting the cables(run...

Hi Richard, Same color scheme as mine, though I went for a diesel. I also had slow windows and seems to be fairly common problem. Due to the age of the vehicle the rubbers seem to harden, cleaning and sparying silicone into the guides helped but replacing the rubbers is best solution. Try...

Never really checked it. Prior to the Russian trip, I had done trips across the Sahara and driving in sand seemed pointless checking the MPG. By the way, at the time in Egypt, the fuel cost were around 15pence a liter! The previous year it was 9p! Stephen

I Did 32000 miles on a run to Magadan, Sibiera, driving around most of the Stans up to 5000m. I would guess half that milage was on dirt roads and averaged just over 30 mpg. Just prior to that trip l took the vehicle to Diesel Bob,Ribchester, Lancashire to set up the pump as l had fitted a...

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4 is ok if dont take it to South America(SA) and drive above 2000m! Use diesel from countries like Bolivia! We met quite a few, mainly Germans who used these from a new standard 4x4 van to a brand new 150K euro camper conversion. All the vehicles had started off as new...