Why wouldn't you fix the fiberglass with fiberglass?

Where did you pick up your Natron temperature sending unit if you don't mind me asking

Just got done watching your video and all I got to say is thank you very much it definitely helped out a lot

In summary: you replaced the TSU and this solved the malfunction with the glow plugs. There was nothing wrong with the Smart Start Box concerning the start operation. Another option is to bypass the Smart Start Box entirely with a momentary switch that supplies current directly to the glow plug harness ( as shown on other YT videos ). Two questions: with a warm engine and a functioning TSU, does the Smart Start Box proceed to start the engine with no current to the glow plugs ( because the engine is warm ) ? Secondly, what are the other functions of the TSU other than controlling the glow plugs during starting ? Thanks !

A cheap, small and easy to obtain option could be found in the FPV drone world. The CADDXFPV Infra Camera might do

I'll stick with my headlights :)

This cost 2000 just for the camera not installed. Also you install doesn’t protect the camera from getting stolen or hit by flying objects

I dont know why this isnt sold as an upgrade or aftermarket product. IR is super useful

Fun fact, it was dex cool antifreeze that caused the Northstar failures, when it came in contact with the head gasket material it literally turns it to gel slowly. Flush that crap out and use universal yellow for all vehicles. I have 01 and 02 DeVilles still running great

Well, I just looked on eBay. They are a lot of money more money than I have so does anyone have a different option?

Would be a good idea to,put plexiglass etc in front of the lens as a shatter protectant

Amazon has tons of options for this including infrared.

Yeah, find one of the 2000-2005 model year dts with the optional night vision system. I think they sold maybe 3000 night vision kits total over 5 years at best. Oh, and dont forget 70% of the cars were crushed before 2010 because the Northstar motors loved to blow themselves up.

Amazing video. I frequent multiple junk yards and now will be checking every 2000 caddy I see. You'd be amazed at the things I've found at junk yards. Of course great prices on parts but I've found cash, weapons, laptops, Dr*GS and more.. Thanks

Cool but wow that camera is expensive for just the camera alone.

Can list your full list an details where you pucked everything up from?

Super neat. Thanks!

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I feel like this would be such an amazing tool for farmers and people who own a lot of land and deal with trespassers a lot, just being able to drive along your property and pin point someone on your land with the camera would be great as youd be more likely to catch people at night.

If you ever get bored with it on the truck hit me up and I can send you the CAD files for a handheld chassis I designed for this unit.

Check out the FPV cameras for drones like the night eagle its the size of a quarter

You need to put a mesh in front to protect against rocks breaking your thermal camera. Something less fine than window screen but still pretty fine, make a frame and mount it as close as you can to the lens without being able to poke it and touch the lens.

No longer available, but I bought a FLIR PathfindIR imager from B&H Photo, these were designed for use on Law Enforcement vehicles and are very compact. I made an airflow deflector to direct an upwards stream of air directly in front of the imager window to reduce moisture buildup (and dead bugs) on the window. I could see cows on the road long before they were visible in the headlights.

Cool!

best themal camera hack ever. thank you.

Thanks for the link "sendcutsend"

Toronto at night when it’s raining or snowing, people for some reason wear white parkas in the winter and black at night in the rain while looking at their phones! Everyone needs this! Should be mandatory by now!

ive been testing a thermal camera from aliexpress intended for fpv drone usage

Really cool video! And nice to know that a dc-dc converter can clean the signal to not get the lines on screen. Wouldn't some cheap camera with no IR filter and some IR lights do a much better job? Thermal is nice but you can't see anything other than "hot" things. No lines or anything else on the road etc? I've seen the new ones they've made for military with half nightvision and half thermal and that sounds pretty smart if you ask me. Maybe some capture card/screen that can interpolate 2 different inputs, thermal and IR on the same screen? Change which one is the most visible, thermal or IR. Can't be that expensive or difficult to make /get. I'm going to look into this. I've always thought about having nightvision and a screen in my car just to see better at night. I just want to do it "the right way" haha. 10/10 vid, keep it up !

I wonder if you can add some sort of AI go it so that it does the detecting for you so you can put all focus to driving

Great idea, but 15yrs out of date technology - modern IR 100x this good.

my 2019 ford raptor came with a flir with the display up on dash above steering wheel but not in the way. was really cool but sadly dont have the truck no more.

At the time, these units were "defective" military grade but suitable for "civilian" use. These "reject" units were suppose to used on the Javelin Joint Venture CLU for the Javelin Missile. These were originally designed and made by Texas Instruments DSEG group. Raytheon purchased DSEG in the late 90's and moved much of DSEG to Tucson and combined with Hughes Electronics.

Just get the camo tek control box ! Cold starts solved ! Highly recommend! 😎👍

Checkout the Akeeyo night vision dash cam ! 😎👍

I've looked too much money

While cool, you really don't need to go to this much effort. There are much smaller solutions available and with a little computer knowledge you can rig up a raspberry pi and a small screen to do the same thing that this does.

this could save so many opossums!!!

i need this on my honda to see the deer,

Really cool

I installed hudway head up display to my 1972 camaro. They also offer a camera for night vision, but it was about 1000 dollars so i skipped it. Currently building the whole dashboard new and it will smoothly integrate the display. Will start making video series of this project soon.watching this video i kinda want this camera too 😂

bruh! SendCutSend!! got it.. congratulations! I would have built an acrylic safety box! dude! thats so nice for a way back technology! saved a couple hundred bucks also! good luck!

"wizardry beyond diy" The moment you learn that every camera sees infrared if you remove a filter from it...

nice lol get a twin pair lol wire up too VR head set lol

Pretty cool must be rare I worked at a Cadillac dealer for 5 years never knew these existed. Lots of cameras have night vision now and work very well. My ring camera has night vision and works great my old Motorola phone had night vision and worked great used it in the dark instead of the flash light. Surprisingly my Samsung note 20 ultra doesn't have night view but it has a killer camera.

This is really cool, and I never knew GM did this! I've had a similar project in mind for my Jeep but using infrared

Mercedes-Benz first offered the night vision camera in the S-Class in the W221 model generation, which was produced from 2005 to 2013. The system was called "Night View Assist" and enabled better visibility in the dark using an infrared camera. In the following generation, the W222 (2013-2020), the system was further developed and offered as Night View Assist Plus. Animal and pedestrian detection were integrated, among other things. (Source:ME, Internet and ChatGPT

That's sick dude

I have wanted this for years and never realized it was this easy. Id love this as a heads up display for the sole purpose of watching for deer at night. Thank you!

Can you share the connectors and possibly the cad file.