For anyone actually following this thread, here is a very quick and dirty video
While I was removing the engine, holding it up with one hand, and removing the last hose that I missed earlier with the other - my cell phone rings!
I couldn't make this stuff up.
My brother, a back-to-college student, is back for spring break. He called me and said he was bored, so I immediately shirked work and invited him over to help me take the transmission out of the Geo.
He hadn't actually pulled a transmission before, but has worked at a body shop, an alternator repair shop, and is an all-around mechanical guy.
With his help, it was a pretty straight-forward event. It was great to have two people there. And this time I didn't have to hoist with a clothes line and pulleys, just picked it right up once everything was disconnected.
I still couldn't get the drain plug out, but did let the ooze leak out once the passenger side drive axel was pulled.
I put the transmission right into the back of the pickup truck, so it is good to go next time I can drive off to meet a machinist.
Hardly anything left in the engine compartment except this weirdo!
We disconnected the pin that connects the wheel hub from the lower support arm and loosened the sway bar.
Then the whole wheel hub could move around. We pulled out the drive axle on the passenger side this way. (Which is the longer one)
Once that was out, we disconnected the transmission mounts and slid the whole tranny towards the passenger side and off the drivers side drive axel.
We mounted the passenger side wheel hub back up the way it should be so the car could get rolled back into the garage.
I figured the car is going to be like this until I get the machining done to mate the motor and tranny, so it needs to roll well enough more me to move it as needed.
I also need to roll it out of the way to get the motorcycle in and out of the garage!
I am in charge of getting some alternative transportation out to our Earth Day event in April.
A ZENN car dealer is coming out to be part of the show.
He asked me for recommendations for a hotel that would be close to the show and that he could get there on slow speed streets with the NEV.
I recommended a bed & breakfast down the street from me, because it costs less than the resort hotel and is a whole lot more interesting as it is an old restored Victorian.
The dealer booked a room there and asked me to check that they have an outlet near a parking spot so he could charge the ZENN while staying there.
I stopped at the B&B. The guy who talked with me said it was no problem, they had outlets right out front.
Then he asked me if I lived nearby and had an electric motorcycle!
WHAt? HUH!?!?
He's an EV'er who read about my cycle on my .Mac page through the AustinEV album.
Turns out this guy at the B&B used to work for Ford when they had their EV projects going. Then he worked for Curtis electric motor controllers. He built a vehicle for the Tour del SOL a few years ago, and both he and a friend have built electric cars! His friend holds the 72V NEDRA record!
You bet I talked to him for a while!!!!!!
I left him my name and e-mail.
I am really hoping to hear from him and be able to use him as a resource for my project.
Guess there are all sorts of electric car people out there, you just need to know where to find them!!!!!!!!
Edit: This guy also worked for Raymond, which was the brand of forklift I bought!
Where are you located? I'm just starting to read up on these EV conversions and am located near Milwaukee, too. I'm predicting gas will get up to $4 in a month or two, and an electric would be a whole lot nicer for my 14 mile every-day commute than the gas...
I am in Oconomowoc, which is right off I-94 straight west about 40 minutes from downtown Milwaukee.
If anyone is ever planning on being in the area, please contact me so I can show you what I have going on for electric vehicles or other wacky things going on.
Would love to talk anytime with anyone about about electric vehicles, climate change, DIY, etc.
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