Saturday 30 March 2013

Heat, Vacuum and Drive


Now I did mention last blog I would have the wheels turning however I had anticipated my new drive shaft and CV joints to arrive, well they didn't but now I have little excuse. I managed to grab one day this Easter long weekend so here’s the update.

Here it is!


Next get the battery back in place, this will run all of the ancillary things like lights horn and so forth I had hoped to use a flexible solar panel on the roof of the car to keep it charged however a DC to DC charger is about half the cost 


  Just a little look at how I crimp the 50 mm square cable to the lugs, a few tons of hydraulic pressure



 In, squeeze and presto
 







Now all of the HT cables are connected to the controller and motor, just those pesky little important wires that do everything else to work out 






The electric vacuum pump for the brakes this will also need a vacuum tank to store enough vacuum for continual braking (on-off)



Are yes the hot water device, thanks for plumbing supplies for all those brackets and fittings in such handy sizes.



Coming along


there we are now supported


Gives you a good look at the support bracket, Denis that's the bracket off the battery tray support


More plumbing supplies this time 75 mm down pipe and end caps with a couple of air pressure fittings


Mounted next to one and other there is a one way valve in the centre of the connecting pipe



Just a look from the side


Required a cross brace for the heater for extra stability 



And my VW electric water pump for the heater mounted on the fire wall next to the heat exchange inlets 



almost done with the control wiring 


Friday 15 March 2013

Lots of work but few pictures.



It’s been time to pull the motor and gear box out of the car and pull it to pieces, paint the parts, “Locktight” the bolts and run the motor. All this is a reversal of already documented stuff so I haven’t posted this work, now it’s going back together and hopefully I will have the drive shafts fitted and wheels turning by Sunday night. I’ll update this post over the weekend. Cheers



Starting some of the "HT" wiring, a lot easier with motor out of the car 


Running the motor checking all is nice and smooth coupled together with gear box


Oh yes there is that orange bath plug