Category: Electric Car Blog

The pallet of stuff from Damien Maguire has arrived! Frustratingly it was supposed to arrive on Tuesday, when I had taken a day off to wait for it and get it unpacked and put away.  It didn’t arrive. Continue reading “Pallet unpacking”

Today is a metal work and woodwork day.
I decided to make pieces to close the holes where the gearstick mechanism was. Continue reading “To fill a hole, or two.”

With the transport of EV parts underway from Ireland I needed to get back on the car. I have been a bit busy recently and rather exhausted from lack of sleep. I have also been installing some low voltage Solar PV on my trailer, so not idle. Continue reading “Exhausting work”

This wasn’t the plan today. I was only going to check if I had the right splined driver bit to undo the CV joints. Having no idea what sort or size it would be Continue reading “The ICE has left the building!”

It was getting to that point of disconnecting everything to remove the engine. Continue reading “Draining and disconnecting”

There comes the point of no return where a deep breath is taken and the final ties are cut. Continue reading “Last run of the Diesel engine”

Today, after work I started on the disassembly. Continue reading “Disassembly”

I was asked by Kevin Sharpe on the Open Inverter forum to try and weigh the car before conversion starts. Continue reading “Weigh a car”

Despite the threat of rain, and and possible thunderstorms, today this afternoon turned dry and there was hints of blue sky. Continue reading “Driveway shuffle.”

Just a quick post to say that I have finished the area of extended paving slabs. Continue reading “Paving done”