Well I broke the 100 total EV mile mark. I am learning more as I go. I sent this email to James Edmonson who has logged 20,000 EV miles plus, I believe. This could be helpful to others so I will post it here. Here is how the correspondence went. James, I think I told…
I attached the EV emblems today. Put “EV” in both front fenders under the Saturn emblem. ON the trunk or deck lid I put Lynn Auto Repair in the center and 144 Volt on the left side. The chrome is not so noticeable with the silver paint job but looks fine I think. These…
Install Saturn Splash Shield, Made From Plastic Gas Tank When ever something has to be added and fabricated like a splash shield to keep road water off the electric motor and electronic I try and recycle something that came off the original discarded parts. How about the fuel tank? The plastic tank is very thick,…
Monday My wife traveled to the court house and purchased tags for the EV Saturn. So I plan on driving tonight after work and a few odd “chores”. One chore was to measure the ride height now that the rear springs were replaced. See the details at Changing The Rear Springs and Struts Page Looking…
The clutch worked fine before the conversion but after the transplant the pedal stroke had little resistance and would not release the clutch disc from the flywheel/pressure plate. I guess somewhere during the conversion and moving stuff around the system leaked and failed. On the earlier maiden test drive I could not shift the transmission…
The instrument cluster originally had Four gauges; Speedometer, Tachometer, temperature and fuel level. I want to keep first two but do not need the latter. I want to add three different EV gauges; high voltage, motor amperage draw and low voltage. So I figured I would remove the temperature and fuel gauges and replace them…
The rear springs had to be replaced because of the added 800 plus pounds from the 2 rear battery boxes. I had the rear springs made at Coil Spring Specialties 632 W. Bertrand St. Mary’s, KS 66536 http://www.coilsprings.com/ . Their phone # is (785) 437-2025 It took about 6 weeks to get the order. They…
The Liquid type heater I used verses a ceramic heater was an involved deal. I purchased the components from www.EVAmerica.com at a cost of $500. It was made by Classic Electrics http://www.classicelectrics.com . The components include the: heater box, pump, coolant reservoir, contactor, Anderson SB-50 disconnect, fuses, relays and some mounting hardware and hoses and…
Another Saturday, another list. List: Vacuum Brakes: Mount pump, make a bracket with rubber mounts to cut down on noise. Mount switch wire switch and pump Use feed for switch and pump from original fuse box Install extra check valve Make and install (mount) vacuum reservoir tank with giant clamp Install muffler on pump’s inlet…
Here is the diagram for the 144 Volt 2/0 cables on the Saturn. This diagram includes similar routing of the cables. This includes the 4 battery boxes, inline fuse, control panel, controller, contactors and motor. This does not include the smaller 10 & 14 guage 144 volt wiring to the battery charger, DC-DC, ammeter and…