Popular Post Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2014 Finally ended up with the wheels on my ex-SGT R-model.Had to make a special "tool" to fix a wheel to a car's hub to get it turning.Than one of my guys spent about 4 days on the each Alcoa with a grinder and lots of sand paper.Than a couple of hours with 3M polishing paste.Put rubber on and fitted the wheels to the truck with all chrome additions.Also got the left hand (polished) tank in its place.The right one is waiting for his time. 13 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Vlad, your rims look real sharp but all the polishing makes me want to keep mine painted white. I have had my one fuel tank polished only 1 year but it seems it always needs attention. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 By the way re-drilled the holes in the hub-piloted wheels to put them on studs.Had to increase the hole's ID and made 45 degree tapered cavits.Put those wheels as the inner rear ones.Long while ago I asked on here of how to do it and Mike Superdog said me "You can not put hub-piloted wheels on studs".Now I know he was almost true about that. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Vlad, your rims look real sharp but all the polishing makes me want to keep mine painted white. I have had my one fuel tank polished only 1 year but it seems it always needs attention.Yea Fred, I'm agree with you.My truck is not for a work, it's a hobby one so I hope to keep it off snow and salt.Gteat amount of labour was spent to delete deep corrosion cavits before polishing itself.But it seems to me I should keep the truck inside for the next winter.Or at least the tank and the wheels Thank you for your comment. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutus998 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Thats a good idea. Nothing looks better than a polished rim on a bulldog! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Nice work. All I can picture is him hitting a lug nut with his fingers when that things spinning. Something you would only do once. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted May 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2014 Very nice!Always handy to have a spare Mercedes Gelandewagen serve as a work station. 3 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yes next time at the salvage yard ill be looking at wrecks in a hole new light. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Not so bad Ray.There were no real lug nuts, just 19 mm bolt heads. I took the extra brake disk off Mercedes, cut it around with a lathe to form a seat surface for Alcoa.Than bolted that part onto the existing Mercedes disc with Mercedes wheel bolts. Then put Alcoa with common bolts to the disk through the holes I drilled for.Had to block Mercedes interaxle diff to not weld it up when spinning, had to remove the rear prop to get the vehicle unmoving.Than had to block the front diff for the same purpose and jacked the other wheel.Car did about 50-60 mph during the work, got 1000+ miles on it and spent 50 liters of gas. It's G500, 5 liter V8.By the word if you ever catch an eye on a wrecked Mercedes Gelandewagen please let me know.I might need them more when continue to polish.No kidding, that's my current business, I part them out for spares. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ike Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 My mother in law is on her 4th Gelandewagen here in the states. They are a ton of fun to drive off road and will go anywhere the boys the the big jacked up Jeeps and Pickups will... Not to mention the latest generation V8 is a rocketship. 1 Quote Ed Smith1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Great work. You just convince me to pay someone to polish the wheels on my R model. You definitely need to keep it inside next winter. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Vlad,Great work....and looks great too!Hmmm, I bet OSHA would have a few words to say about your wheel polishing setup.Hey, whatever works. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Thank you for the warm words guys.I'm going to put the R inside for the next cold season but actually have no place for.Thinking about rebulid the front wall of my garage to make lager gates. One big instead of two small ones.The only serious worry is... my living area is upstears and I must be shure to not destroy the building I built 10 years ago.Ken, let me know please who the hell is OSHA? Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Occupational Safety and Health Administration.....watch dog for safe work conditions and practices.They are from the government and there to help! www.osha.gov Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Happily we here are free from such an organizations.At least I am behind my fence. It's the private property and I'm free to do many things.Until nobody knows. Or something wrong happens that must come out to a public. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel67 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Very nice Vlad hell of job you did there! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Very cool way to polish the wheels. That would make a great video. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Looks real sharp! There has to be an ad there somewhere about the first Mercedes powered lathe. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Looks good Vlad, congratulations, whats next for the ol Dog? 1 Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Looks good Vlad, congratulations, whats next for the ol Dog?Thank you Ryan,Next along this truck is making up a sleeper. I have the spare one, almost similar, and one more on the second R.All 3 have rusty roofs wich are made of common steel. Some one economied a bit adding it onto a SS lined sleeper.The under structure is also rusty. I'm going to part one box out as deep as I can, blast the skeleton, than put the lining back and fix or redo the roof.And paint it. Than paint the hood and maybe the doors. That's the plan for the summer.Yea, the air filter is mostly ready (more correctly say - fully restored) and will be fitted on in days. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35593-polishing-again-again-and-again/#findComment-244180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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