We also acquired a vacuum reservoir at the junk yard for a whole $2. Can you say sweet!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
AC Box
We installed an AC box because Sparky didn't come with one. This picture is before we installed the AC box. We acquired the box used from a local junk yard wicked cheap, something like $12. While both the heater and AC duct were out, we tore back some of the black foam padding you see in the passenger compartment and removed most of the wires going to the engine CPU and now obsolete engine parts.
We also acquired a vacuum reservoir at the junk yard for a whole $2. Can you say sweet!
We also acquired a vacuum reservoir at the junk yard for a whole $2. Can you say sweet!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Pot Box
Our pot box was created using a 0-5,000 ohm's slider pot box mounted with two screws in a 1"X9" box metal frame with a reused spring from the clutch pedal. Total cost $5.00.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Coupler, Our Biggest Hurtle
How to mate the motor to the transmission and spend as little money as possible. Through more extensive research, we determined that we needed a coupler to connect the transmission to the motor, a mounting plate, and a spacer plate.
The mounting plate and spacer plate were easy to acquire at a local metal shop. We bought a 60/61 (tough) 15"X15"X1/2" plate of aluminum for under $50 for the mounting plate on the transmission bell housing. We have yet to buy the spacer plate. The reason being, we'd like to verify the distance between the motor shaft and transmission shaft after the coupler is acquired.
We explored a few different options on acquiring a coupler.
1. Buying a prefabricated coupler, mounting plate, and spacer plate ($1000+)
http://www.evparts.com/
2. Creating our own coupler through local machine shops (I was quoted a minimum of $600).
3. Using a keyed sprocket which we would weld to a thick pipe and then weld to the clutch plate. All has to be accurate to .001" (too difficult if you're not a machinist).
http://www.surpluscenter.com/
4. Use a Lovejoy connector welded to the clutch plate. Again, we'd have to be accurate to .001" (too difficult)
http://www.drillspot.com/
5. Use an Atra-Flex coupling. (less than $200)
http://www.atra-flex.com/
We're going with either the Lovejoy connector or Atra-Flex coupler. These sound like the best and most inexpensive options for our beginner needs.
The mounting plate and spacer plate were easy to acquire at a local metal shop. We bought a 60/61 (tough) 15"X15"X1/2" plate of aluminum for under $50 for the mounting plate on the transmission bell housing. We have yet to buy the spacer plate. The reason being, we'd like to verify the distance between the motor shaft and transmission shaft after the coupler is acquired.
We explored a few different options on acquiring a coupler.
1. Buying a prefabricated coupler, mounting plate, and spacer plate ($1000+)
http://www.evparts.com/
2. Creating our own coupler through local machine shops (I was quoted a minimum of $600).
3. Using a keyed sprocket which we would weld to a thick pipe and then weld to the clutch plate. All has to be accurate to .001" (too difficult if you're not a machinist).
http://www.surpluscenter.com/
4. Use a Lovejoy connector welded to the clutch plate. Again, we'd have to be accurate to .001" (too difficult)
http://www.drillspot.com/
5. Use an Atra-Flex coupling. (less than $200)
http://www.atra-flex.com/
We're going with either the Lovejoy connector or Atra-Flex coupler. These sound like the best and most inexpensive options for our beginner needs.
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