Yesterday I removed the motor from the Electric Booger. It was like removing a starter from a Peterbilt. Took a grand total of 50 minutes, which included dismantling and removing the front battery pack.
I took the opportunity to inspect my coupler. There is no way to get at my coupler when the motor is installed, so I was going on faith that it was still good. Close inspection reveals no noticeable wear after 1200 miles.
Maybe a bit rusty, so I will definitely put some grease in there this time.
I scribed a line around the old sepex motor before removing it from the adapter plate. I then gave the adapter plate and drive end cap from the new motor to my machinist buddy to drill and mount. I don't trust myself with this one.
Today I messed around with something I should have done right from the beginning: grille blocks. Here they are, made from the same chunk of plexiglass that covers my rear battery pack:
Contrary to popular belief, these ones are not for aerodynamics (although they may help me beat my top speed record of 60 mph). Instead they are meant to keep the rain off the front batteries, whose connections get corroded up pretty fast.