My 52 GMC Build

[youngrodder]

Very cool pictures and memories for the family I bet. Thanks for sharing.

Marc

[joedoh]

love the mercedes diesel, I love weirdo swaps like that. I bought a 300SD with that engine, 5 cylinder turbo diesel. it was a locomotive on the highway just pulled and pulled but the turbo lag meant when you were pulling from a side street to a busy street you better plan very carefully, 0-20 takes longer than 20-100!

[99 to Life]

very cool. I watched a few episodes of a tv show called cuban rides or something. it was basically a hotrod type show of the cubans getting their rides ready. insane what they got to deal with. like even welding gas there is hard to come by. I luv the time warp and I hope it stays that way to some degree. Would suck to see them get flooded with new cars and forget about the old ones.

[MIKESAD50]

99toLife,
I've seen some show Cuban chrome or something. It was awesome to see how they hunt down parts and make whatever they have work, MBZ in a chevy, whatever.

Very resourceful

[Dieselwrencher]

Very cool! I could definitely fit in down there I guess. Nice vacation. I saw the cuban chrome show too and had the same thoughts. They really have to be resourceful down there.

[Advanced Design]

Looks like a very cool trip! Were accommodations reasonably priced?

[shopteacher]

Great pictures and write up on your vacation! Thanks for sharing!

[piratexpress1369a]

Pretty awesome trip

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Very cool pictures and memories for the family I bet. Thanks for sharing.

Marc

It was great the boys will be talking about it for years.

Originally Posted by joedoh

love the mercedes diesel, I love weirdo swaps like that. I bought a 300SD with that engine, 5 cylinder turbo diesel. it was a locomotive on the highway just pulled and pulled but the turbo lag meant when you were pulling from a side street to a busy street you better plan very carefully, 0-20 takes longer than 20-100!

Very cool, this one was N/A not fast at all but will run forever.

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

very cool. I watched a few episodes of a tv show called cuban rides or something. it was basically a hotrod type show of the cubans getting their rides ready. insane what they got to deal with. like even welding gas there is hard to come by. I luv the time warp and I hope it stays that way to some degree. Would suck to see them get flooded with new cars and forget about the old ones.

Ya I hope they stay with the old cars too. The new cars are harder to mcgyver because of computers.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very cool! I could definitely fit in down there I guess. Nice vacation. I saw the cuban chrome show too and had the same thoughts. They really have to be resourceful down there.

Ya if I ever moved to a different country Cuba would be on my list.

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Looks like a very cool trip! Were accommodations reasonably priced?

Yes very. $2800 for the 4 of us all inclusive.

Originally Posted by shopteacher

Great pictures and write up on your vacation! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

Pretty awesome trip

Yup I think we are going back next year.

[rusty76]

Cool trip. Looks like it was a lot of fun.

[ptc]

This just goes to show the great 'human' ingenuity that motor heads have in getting stuff together no matter what country, color, or creed we come from.

The mind is a wonderful thing when it comes to customizing!

Great story man and great pics too, thanks for sharing!

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Cool trip. Looks like it was a lot of fun.

All you guys should go!

Originally Posted by ptc

This just goes to show the great 'human' ingenuity that motor heads have in getting stuff together no matter what country, color, or creed we come from.

The mind is a wonderful thing when it comes to customizing!

Great story man and great pics too, thanks for sharing!

It's like functional art.

[lower50's]

Well not much has been happening with my truck, due to the fact that it is in storage and I can't even go say hi lol. But that doesn't mean I'm not planning and buying parts. On our October trip I blew a HID head light, so instead of just replacing I'm upgrading to LED. About the same price as the cheap HID kit but modern and less power. I installed the same bulbs in my Jeep and they work great.

[Advanced Design]

Lower, do you have a link to what you are using? I need to study lighting options and appreciate whatever you can share.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Lower, do you have a link to what you are using? I need to study lighting options and appreciate whatever you can share.

Yea what he said...I'm interested in upgrading the lighting in my 48.

Marc

[STOCKISH]

Lights look super bright, should make a huge difference.

[65sub]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Lower, do you have a link to what you are using? I need to study lighting options and appreciate whatever you can share.

more info for me too please

[rusty76]

Me too

[lower50's]

Thanks for the interest guys.
First is the LED's
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351847895868?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Lenses in my Jeep
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/172317041991?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Lenses in my GMC
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/7-ROUND-BLACK...item25b54dc0c1

[Dieselwrencher]

I have a different brand, but same general style LED bulb in my 72 and love them. I absolutely hate every HID kit I have put in my vehicles and have been swapping over to the LED's with no problems at all. And going this route it's a lot cheaper than the high dollar LED lamp assembly.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Thanks for the interest guys.
First is the LED's
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351847895868?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Lenses in my Jeep
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/172317041991?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Lenses in my GMC
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/7-ROUND-BLACK...item25b54dc0c1

What all has to be done on the wiring side of things?

Marc

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

What all has to be done on the wiring side of things?

Marc

Step one: Mount new LED bulb in new headlight housing of your choice.
Step two: Unplug your sealed beem.
Step three: Plug in the H4 LED bulb.
Step four: Crack open a beer.

The 7" sealed beam lights use a H4 plug and this LED bulb does too. It's just plug and play.

[lower50's]

On a air compressor topic. I mounted a York style AC compressor on my Jeep to use for OBA. I took the top end apart to inspect and clean and took some pic's. Thought someone might want to see.

The first pic shows the 2 pistons they are about 1.75" in Dia. There are 3 different stroke lengths avalable I have the long stroke about 2"
This is the plate above the pistons that holds the reed valves. It would have worked the way it was (dirty) The ring of circles is the inlet and the circular slot is compression.
The large wagon wheel is the intake reed valve and the smaller wagon wheel is the compression. The other one by the nut is a keeper.
Everything is all cleaned up ready to go back together the head has a steel filter sock on the intake.
I drained the oil and put compressor oil back in.

[99 to Life]

very cool, thanks for the pics.

[joedoh]

i have had electric compressors and i have had engine driven compressors and i will only ever have engine driven from now on. even with a tank leak overnight its only ~20 seconds before you can leave.