Category: Electric Car Blog

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”

First job today was to drain the diesel fuel from the car. This was fairly straight forward and, having watched a few YouTube videos, I was confident in removing the fuel pump sender unit from the tank. Continue reading “Diesel, firewood, and concrete slabs.”

…by sorting out some of the scrap, and useful metal into one of the trailers ready for reorganising the space. Continue reading “Tidying up the driveway…”

Today Damien Maguire asked if I could measure the distance between the two gearbox output CV flanges. Continue reading “Measuring the CV spacing.”

So first entry in my conversion blog.
I have been trying to figure out where to start on this conversion and much of it has been centred on which parts to use, how much they will cost, and how long it will take me to find and adapt them all. Continue reading “And so it begins….”