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have you ever accused a good friend of stealing?
yeah, me neither, but if I did it would go something like this: about 2 years or so ago a really good friend of mine asked if I would help him take the engine out of his SUV, so I said sure of course I usually carry some tools in my truck, so I bronged some of my tools, my favorite 30 year old Craftsman ratched, and lets just pick a random socket say a 9/16ths (you know the one you hardly ever use on your truck) and to speed up the process I used it that day at his place, he worked on one side of the engine bay I worked on the other after we were done, right around the same time I drove this truck aka Dusty to my mamas house and asked her if I could park it there for a couple of days [pronounced: TWO YEARS circa 2019 B.C. ahem Before Covid] well I haven't seen my ratchet and that 9/16ths socket since I HELPED HIM !!! which brings us to YESTERDAY: |
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These 450h trans are much more powerful than the bolt ev transaxle gm used in their conversions right?
You'll need a trans cooler for this? I look forward to seeing how well it holds up with no ICE in a pickup |
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so I couldn't sleep at night not knowing the exact precise weight of the old power plant so...
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mandatory stare and compare
black and blue |
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so first we weighed just the chain for you Super Geeks, and yes the scale has some super duper eliminate the weight feature but it sure wasn't working as expected
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and did we just pay another $50 bucks to find out this thing weighs only 17 lbs over the maximum 660 lbs of the first scale (which by the way we can not return since the return deadline has passed - BONUS!)
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and here is what the new(ish) 2010 Lexus GS450h transmotor (as we are calling it cause it has two electric motors inside) weighs in at
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and here is what the old spinny thingie weighed
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and here's what the new Lexus GS450h unmodified (will need the rear U joint replaced for a GM style one) drive shaft weighs
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and a mandatory stare and compare
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and here is what the Inverter weighs (the inverter translated Direct Current from the battery pack to Alternating Current for the motors, these are AC motors inside that transmission)
think of the Inverter as a Carburetor / Distributor combo |
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and then we took the ol' engine out for a baff
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and made her wear a shower cap
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then we spent 6.5 hours with the pressure washer
first 5 of which were spent figuring out why there was nothing coming out of her at all, and then fixing her [I'm looking at you "unloader valve"] this is after the first pass just with plain water (no soap... yet) |
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you know what they say... Good enuff for ducks, good enuff for trucks !!!
and gentlemen I have tried everything over the last 30 plus years, from Simple Purple Green Power this to orange peel that and oven cleaners and all that jazz and nothing works better than good ol' dish soap, and it's FREE "... Honey.... we're out of dish soap - again!" |
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then I spent an hour getting gas, cause we are now a household of three with exactly 2.5 vehicles at the moment
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then it was simply, Wax on... Wax off
and well, what do you know? we got part numeros (them numbers confirm it's a crate motor and not one from 1971) and I think there's a date code on the other side |
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and Ta Da... good enuff for the girls we go out with
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now keep in mind I washed it just to sell it, cause... yeah, I'm that guy!
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Coming Out-----------------------------Going In
35 lbs AC/heater delete------------------0 38 lbs front bumper-----------------------3 roll pan 30 lbs rear bumper------------------------3 roll pan 71 lbs exhaust--------------------------275 lbs transmotor 35 lbs fuel tank--------------------------40 lbs inverter 673 lbs engine/trans--------------------24 lbs drive shaft 16 lbs drive shaft-----------------------360 lbs battery pack* -------------------------------------------34 lbs charger* -------------------------------------------?? lbs dc-dc converter ======================================= 898 TOTAL roughly----------------------741 TOTAL roughly (so far) using two 2018 BMW 530e plug in hybrid battery packs, that is twelve 28 lbs cell modules rounded up to account for cabling possibly going with a Tesla Model S Gen 2 onboard charger[/HTML] |
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Good stuff, enjoy your humor! Following along
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I'm a little surprised you're going to have more weight than that 350 boat anchor if you try to add enough range to get out of town and back.
I'm waiting on permitting and some other buildng projects before i build a nice solar array to fuel an electric vehicle of some sort.something along the lines of the white zombie electric car would be cool |
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got dirt ? |
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and I'm getting the feeling that this is NOT what the wife meant when she said she wanted our back yard to be a bit more RUSTic
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so I finally decided to put my big boy pants on and hang the driver side door on properly, so I removed the front fender and noticed this bracket had a funky bend to it, I wonder if that had something to do with me not being able to align that door properly, I don't know, we shall see
the top pic is the bad diver side, the bottom is the good passenger side |
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then I pressure wash just with cold water from a garden hose, no soap at this time, this blows off what it can and reduces the amount of crud the soap will have to eat and fight later not all dish soap is created equal (I am looking at you .99 Cent Store, lol) Dawny is the shizzle it works, so I use it, what color of Dawny don't matter I prefer the green though, but last time I used the blue just as well, I don't delute it in a bucket or anything like that but by now the engine is wet and their are tiny puddles of water in some cavities to mix with the soap, plus I am in California so our soap formula is most likely way weaker than yours as it may cause cancer in this state like everything else once the engine is wett I go crazy with the dish soap and brushes just get it on everywhere then I pressure wash it off and some stubborn grime stays on, so that's where and when you hit it with 0000 steel wool and more dish soap and then repeat with the pressure washer pressure washers also are not all created equal (electric pressure washers could not remove a bugger off my finger) so use a gasoline powered one please time of year matters, do this job outside when it is HOT, not in the Winter if you can pics of another engine that I did on my '74, hope this helps |
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Perfect thanks for taking the time to type that all out I’m a old 1 finger texter and Typer I have done a lot of engine and grease cleaning in my day never tried this application and for the area I want to clean will be much easier that years of grease gook on a motor thanks again
Jess Ps nice work on the E truck |
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here's what that little mouse looked like when I was done with her, now that took more than just dish soap and a pressure washer, but it was all done under a shade tree by yours truly no hot tank or machine shop involved |
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