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Old 09-08-2008, 09:48 PM   #567 (permalink)
bennelson
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UG.

Tried doing some more work on the car. (yep, raining today too.)



Very frustrating. I don't have a real engine hoist. The motor is too big for me to even move by myself.

Still waiting on getting the end of the motor machined.

Tried wiring up the charger - can't figure how to hook it up. The DC part is real straight forward, but the AC part is weird. It has three wires - red, black, and green! That's not right for 110v AC OR 220 AC!!!

I used the continuity tester to see which terminals connect when you turn on the power. I checked to see that those are the ones power goes to. Plugged it all in, and I just get an "Fault" error!

GRrr. Gr... grrrrr...



Actually, I did get SOMETHING done. I drilled holes through the rear battery rack into the body of the car and got it bolted down. I used threaded rod to connect a top-front angle iron to the rear bottom angle-iron, I tightened it down. That should at least keep the batteries from sliding around.
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