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I've sold two Pinzgauers (710M and 710K) that ended up being driven from NC to AZ. Only one had a problem and that was electrical. It can be done, but FL to CA is a long trip in a Pinz.

Both are good from my experience. You won't go wrong with either.

I don't know why you would. If you can get the friction material, re-riveting new material on an existing shoe is pretty cheap done at a heavy truck brake place.

Update: I got all the parts and tools assembled to heli-coil the holes and safety wire the bolts. The new issue...the holes are too close the the oil pan skirt. The drill chuck and body interfere with the skirt so that you can't drill straight. I'm now looking for a drill extension and a tap extensi...

I tie down the axles. There are nice open spots on the axles that accept straps. I've never had any issues with body lean being an issue under any towing condition.

Thanks guys. I'll track down the wave style washers. I may hedge and run safety wire as well. It was luck that I found the two bolts in the bottom of the oil pan. Having cheated failure once, I'm looking for an iron clad installation. With safety wiring, they do have safety wire washers that have ta...

I'm finally getting around to fixing the threads in the block for the two bolts nearest the drive gear. Is safety wiring these two bolts over kill? Should I just stick with lock washers and not both spendin the bucks for a safety wire kit. After having both bolts fall out into the oil pan, I'm conce...

Looks like you're stuck. It says " any vehicle with 3 axles or more". It doesn't make a difference whether its registered as a truck, SUV, car, etc. That 3rd axle seals the deal. I've got commercial insurance for my 712M because the insurance company got all wrapped up about the 3 axles.

Great news Paul!

Jim, do you know what size the counter bores typically are? The one that stripped is the one that has the dowl sleeve so its recessed a bit.

I tried to reinstall the two bolts that backed out from the oil pump. I found that the first one has the threads stripped out from the block. The one that stripped is the one of the holes near the gears with the locating sleeve. Also, the other hole appears to have threads intact, but they seem a li...

I sold 2 Pinzgauers (1 710M and 1 710K) to two different guys in AZ. They both flew in to NC and drove them home. The only problem was with the first one that had the Molex connector go bad, but thankfully he was only a hour away from Swiss Army folks in Arkansas. Go figure. You didn't say...710 or ...

Very nice. Where did you get them and how much? Not like I need any more projects where I spend money.

Update: Much to my surprise, there were no broken bolts. However, the two bolts closest to the drive gear had backed out and were lying in the bottom of the oil pan. I don't recall the specifics of when I reinstalled the pump, but I might have re-used the original lock washers on these two bolts. I ...

I'll pull the pump later in the week and check. Thanks Jim.

I'm running 10W-30.