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Old 04-16-2022, 12:32 PM   #801
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decided to shave off a few protruders to ensure flatability
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:35 PM   #802
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trying to look all official and shiet
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:36 PM   #803
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just some scrap piece with a "speed hole" in it
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:37 PM   #804
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one of many, many, trial fitments (FYI, if frame rail hurdles ever become an Olympic event, I will bring home both the Gold and Silver medals for team USA)
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:39 PM   #805
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Westward HO! The bracket looks good, and the cable seems to have healed up.
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:42 PM   #806
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I need one of them 90° drill extensions to drill out this one and single hole in the frame cause the firewall is in the way even with the cab unbolted and slid further back, and I don't feel like unbolting the bed of the truck
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Old 04-16-2022, 01:16 PM   #807
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another day another template (and one dull razor)
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Old 04-16-2022, 01:17 PM   #808
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not my favorite tool, still trying to learn how to use it as sometimes I am a surgeon with it, but most of the time a Barbarian
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Old 04-16-2022, 03:30 PM   #809
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top tip on fillin in them holes, anything bigger than tiny I like to use some backing plate on it, this is a flattened out piece of copper pipe you can source at your local plumbing supply, works great as the filer rod won't stick to it
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Old 04-16-2022, 03:31 PM   #810
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A Note On The Side:

if you are good with working with wood, or simply enjoy working with it,
you will be really good with working with metal as it is more forgiving,
you can bend it and you can straighten it,
you can also cut it as many times as you like and it will still be long enuff, ha ha (if you get my meaning, unlike wood)
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Old 04-16-2022, 03:33 PM   #811
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Top Tip: on punching holes, lay a piece of paper or card stock over the holes and with a ball peen hammer gently tap tap tap the holes perimeter and it will punch out the perfect hole for you to transfer over, also great for making paper gaskets, works around edges as well for that perfect border cut
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Old 04-16-2022, 05:48 PM   #812
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decided to shave off a few protruders to ensure flatability
Flatability always prevents warpability. Hard drive magnets FTW!
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Old 04-16-2022, 08:33 PM   #813
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Hard drive magnets FTW!
ah damn bruh, YOU GOOD !!! indeed they is, so darn strong I got scars to prove it
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Old 04-16-2022, 08:36 PM   #814
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and let's glue it on there
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Old 04-16-2022, 08:38 PM   #815
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well now for the moment of truth, will this thing come out?
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Old 04-16-2022, 08:43 PM   #816
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over the last 20 years I have seen more painting products get banned in California than I care to mention, you know the good ol'

May cause California in the State of Cancer warnings!

I about lost my shiet when I found out we can no longer buy Denatured Alcohol here !!!


so this is the latest thing I have tried lately, works pretty OK, and it has that familiar smell like it is just rebranded Mineral Spirits or Acetone?

maybe one of you Walter Whites can set me straight on the ingredients
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Old 04-16-2022, 08:53 PM   #817
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and I got it covered with primer just before the rain that night, I really like this RUST-OLEUM primer it covers well, makes me feel like a PROFESSIONAL and you can get it at Home Depot or Lowe's at half the cost of what they sell the same stuff at the Auto Parts Stores
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over the last 20 years I have seen more painting products get banned in California than I care to mention, you know the good ol'

May cause California in the State of Cancer warnings!

I about lost my shiet when I found out we can no longer buy Denatured Alcohol here !!!


so this is the latest thing I have tried lately, works pretty OK, and it has that familiar smell like it is just rebranded Mineral Spirits or Acetone?

maybe one of you Walter Whites can set me straight on the ingredients
I had the same problem so i had my son pick me up a can of it in Arizona. At least some states use common sense.
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Old 04-17-2022, 07:13 AM   #819
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out of curiosity, why are you mounting that so far back into the firewall? Seems like it would be kind of tough to get at for any maintenance you might want to do on it.
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Old 04-17-2022, 09:21 AM   #820
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out of curiosity, why are you mounting that so far back into the firewall? Seems like it would be kind of tough to get at for any maintenance you might want to do on it.
great question, I am a bit limited on where it can go based on the two orange high voltage cables that connect it to the transmission, but yes it could come out more maybe as much as a foot, but then I need room for my batteries, a charger, and a DC-DC converter, so there are more components that need to go in

I considered mounting it where our stock AC unit went but I did not want to attach it to the firewall as it weight over 40 pounds

do you have any suggestions / ideas for a better location? I am open to any and all advice
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Old 04-17-2022, 12:05 PM   #821
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and here is Reason #197 why I chose the Lexus GS450 transmission as my electric power plant, essentially so I won't have to do this:

In this The Grey Goose : Nismo Electric E46 Touring video Damien Maguire shows us what it takes to attach a first gen Nissan Leaf electric motor to a BMW E46 five speed transmission.
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  • input shaft coupler

Don't get me wrong we loved our 2013 Nissan Leaf which we leased for three years, and of course I love Damien, everything I know about EVs I learned from his videos.

but please take a looksie and anjoy

oh by the way 197 is also the horse power of the bigger electric motor inside of our Lexus transmission, yes there are two electric motors inside of it, the other one is a bit smaller
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Old 04-17-2022, 12:38 PM   #822
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

I am not sure if this is in the works or not, but the two vertical square tubes for your trans crossmember should have caps welded on them so water does not get in the tubes and rust out. Just flat squares welded below the mounting bolts should do it.
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great question, I am a bit limited on where it can go based on the two orange high voltage cables that connect it to the transmission, but yes it could come out more maybe as much as a foot, but then I need room for my batteries, a charger, and a DC-DC converter, so there are more components that need to go in

I considered mounting it where our stock AC unit went but I did not want to attach it to the firewall as it weight over 40 pounds

do you have any suggestions / ideas for a better location? I am open to any and all advice
No, I was just curious. If given the choice I wouldn't put something so far back if it was me. Seems like it would be a pain to work on if you had to is all. Depends on what all has to be serviced regularly, I suppose. If you never or only very rarely have to touch it I guess you'd probably want it back out of the way like you have it. I'm just reliving memories of working on a distributor is all.
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Old 04-18-2022, 10:34 AM   #824
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so when the combustion engine goes away, so does vacuum or the source of vacuum, this means that we loose power brakes, as the brake booster is vacuum operated, here I am starting to work with a replacement electronic booster called an iBooster from a 2018 Honda CRV (there were two generations of this animal, and I believe mine is still Gen 1)

thanks be to Lars and his amazing blog on this topic at EVcreate.nl Electric power brakes

but first the mandatory stare and compare (Chevy on the left, not Chevy on the right)
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Old 04-18-2022, 10:36 AM   #825
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My combustion is showing, is there an electric power steering unit as well?
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