My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

so you cut off the square part and what do you have left?

you can't make this stuff up folks:

[Gregski]

and the Toyota Prius electric power steering is back in

[Gregski]

got the Toyota Prius electric power steering installed short video


Truck Update: Steering

[8man]

Moving along now!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

Moving along now!

thanks Robert, yes indeed, I need to go look at what you've been up to

[Gregski]

Gen 1 Chevy Volt charger and DC DC converter, keeping the Chevy GMC, Lexus, BMW, Prius, Honda, Tesla all stock for the purists

DC DC converter serves a similar role to an alternator except it takes high voltage from the big battery pack say 360 volts and reduces it to 14.5 volts or there abouts in order to charge the "12 volt" regular car battery

Why not just use a regular automotive alternator?
This would result in a lot of losses. Lets follow the power chain. We would start at the high voltage battery, feed DC power from it to our Inverter where we would change it to AC power to spin the AC electric motor, then the electric motor would have to spin the alternator using a belt, then the alternator would harness that kinetic (ie motion energy) I think again starting with AC and have to convert it to DC to feed it into our DC car battery.

Remember electricity lives in batteries in the form of DC (Direct Current not AC Alternating Current) it lives in the walls of your house as AC) yes Robert this will be on the quiz

[8man]

What I heard was it's going to have AC, a necessary commodity around here.

Oh, and about that quiz....

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

What I heard was it's going to have AC, a necessary commodity around here.

Oh, and about that quiz....

ha ha, we build Hot Rods around here sir, which means, no power windows, no power seats, NO heated seats, no friggen automatic TILT steering columns, no radios, and no AC, oh and no vanity mirrors on the visors, almost forgot that one

[8man]

Ahh, hard core!

No ac in 100 with 98% humidity on a road trip proves it.

[Gregski]

got a new windshield installed, took the guy three hours, so glad I farmed this out, quoted me $330 but I paid him $400 I don't think he'll do one of these ol' Chevys for a while l0l I'm sharing what I paid cause the quotes I received were all over the place

here's a link to a C10 gest a new windshield

[8man]

What are the seats out of?

You are getting close to cruising around in the heat.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

What are the seats out of?

they come from early 90s GMC Sierras it's what they call the 60/40 seat the 40% being the drive seat and the rest is what I would call a mini bench offered in Smurf blue or hideous red, so both of my seats are both from the drivers side

you might find this thread helpful How to fold down 60/40 bucket seat from 90s GMC Sierra

and here's what they look like recovered in cow skin

[notsolo]

Windscreen? I thought hot rod guys only had goggles and a bandana.....Looking good, great progress.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by notsolo

Windscreen? I thought hot rod guys only had goggles and a bandana.....Looking good, great progress.

lol, but it's California the land of regulations

[Gregski]

so I went to my favorite mum and pop metal house and got me some alumininininumnum to mount on top of the battery tray

this was from their remnants ie left over pile so I did not pick these sizes on purpose we gonna work with what we found, fortunately our battery tray be 30.5" long so these were perfect length

[Gregski]

I don't usually drill perfect size holes, but when I do I make sure my measurements are off by 1/2 an inch !

[Gregski]

pretty happy with the result, wish each of the plates was about an inch wider, but oh well not bad for ver 1.0

[Gregski]

just thinking outside the box


Electric Truck Battery Tray

[8man]

Lookin' good!

[Gregski]

I will fax a six pack of beer to anyone who can find me the following bolts

7/16"-14 full thread (no shoulder)
1 3/4" long
hex head
zinc plated
Grade 5

I need two, not 50, and I would love to get them this week not next month, ha ha

[Pick]

You're in luck, these high-quality, medium strength fasteners from McMaster-Carr come in Grade 5, 7/16-14 fully threaded, 1 3/4" length, zinc plated, hex-head, and 2 ea.

But wait, there's more!

Order now and we'll include an extra 3 bolts! (just pay an additional $5.02 ea) Plus, as a bonus we'll throw in an extra 1/4" in length on each bolt for free! (just trim to achieve the desired length)

2" Fully Threaded __ Coarse ASME B18.2.1, SAE J429 5 92865A675 $5.02
Medium-Strength Grade 5 Steel Hex Head Screw, Zinc-Plated, 7/16"-14 Thread Size, 2" Long, Fully Threaded
Packs of 5

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Pick

You're in luck, these high-quality, medium strength fasteners from McMaster-Carr come in Grade 5, 7/16-14 fully threaded, 1 3/4" length, zinc plated, hex-head, and 2 ea.

But wait, there's more!

Order now and we'll include an extra 3 bolts! (just pay an additional $5.02 ea) Plus, as a bonus we'll throw in an extra 1/4" in length on each bolt for free! (just trim to achieve the desired length)

2" Fully Threaded __ Coarse ASME B18.2.1, SAE J429 5 92865A675 $5.02
Medium-Strength Grade 5 Steel Hex Head Screw, Zinc-Plated, 7/16"-14 Thread Size, 2" Long, Fully Threaded
Packs of 5

I just spat my coffee all over the keyboard reading this, I could hear that infomertial voice in my head from the 80s

[Gregski]

what if ? could I ? would it ?

[Gregski]

Our Mission: Connect the black BMW "Safety Box" to the Lexus Inverter

... using the stock OEM connectors as much as possible

turns out the BMW connection from it's Safety Box to the orange external plug on the OEM battery box is very modular and I luv that

[Gregski]

so this is the empty OEM BMW battery box that's what my batteries came out of, and that's where the orange connector is from