ZombieVerter VCU - CAN1 Connection The Zombie supports three different CAN channels, this is the first one. It requires two wires one for CAN High signal and a second for CAN Low signal. Usually this two wire pair is twisted together aka a twisted pair. This requires two pins. Pin #27 - CAN Low wil...

ZombieVerter VCU - Start Connection In addition to the three wires above a fourth wire is needed to put the Zombie in RUN mode. This requires a momentary switch, think of turning the key in the ignition switch to the Start position and have it automatically spring back after the starter starts the ...

ZombieVerter VCU - Ignition Connection In addition to the two wires above, we need a third wire, this wire when disconnected turns the Zombie OFF. However when connected it does NOT change the mode at all, for that to change see Start Connection below. Pin #15 - positive / 12 volts (fuse recommende...

ZombieVerter VCU - Permanent Power Connection This is the minimum wiring required to access the Zombie via it's Web Interface. Requires two pins. The Zombie is always "on" maybe a better term would be enabled, this is required to detect charge mode and facilitate timers. Pin #55 - negativ...

ZombieVerter VCU BMW Safety Box Control Part II

while I'm literally waiting on the paint to dry I decided to have at the Zombie controlling the BMW Safety Box https://youtu.be/llivN5qcz-Y IMG_3751.JPG things weren't working, so T-Bone my trusty assistant, suggested we plug more skinny wires into the Zombie IMG_3755.JPG and that did the trick IMG_...

but if we were to fandangle them sideways like so, they fit with room to spare, and whom ever cut this current hole out got it almost nearly perfect [clairvoyant he is]

never too early to plan your next battery pack upgrade so if we were to go to the 6 modules from the BMW 530e which would be 12 killer whales instead of the current 7 (provide we get one from July 2019 and up) this vertical formation would not fit behind the rear seat horizontal frame rail IMG_3648....

Ghia66 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:55 pm Certainly not living up to the HARDY brand name!

ha ha, right? more like HARDLY !

[rant] last time my new leather gloves fell apart I knew something was off, I could have sworn I just bought them, so this time, I wrote the Born On Date on the new pair and check this out, they fell apart only one week later, or am I just working too hard and they can't keep up with my Chuck Norris...

and then I decided to go with one that [ahem] fit, as in 2010 Honda Fit

first we tried a 2010 Toyota Prius pedal to keep it in the family IMG_3583.JPG because of the wiggliness in the Rabbit firewall I had to make a block for an offset IMG_3587.JPG IMG_3589.JPG nice thing about metal is that you can weld up the holes you don't want IMG_3592.JPG IMG_3594.JPG IMG_3596.JPG

VW MK1 Rabbit Electric Throttle Install

P~a~r~t~s

How many times have you been installing a heavy switch or router, struggling for several minutes to screw in a cage bolt only to hear the tinkle as the cage nut decides enough is enough, jumps out of it's mounting hole and drops down the inside of the rack never to be seen again. :( you mean as in ...

I HATE those slide on cage nuts. Hello ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to design a device that combines the frailty of sheet metal with the frustrations of loose hardware, we introduce... slide on cage nuts. They'll be just like captive nuts, but they'll break and strip all the goddamn time and the...

Oh Really Please Tell Me More.JPG Oh, I will... The " U s" further manifest themselves throughout the Open Inverter web interface software Open Inverter UDCing.jpg udcmin - [pronounced: fuel tank is empty ] battery pack minimum voltage the VCU will still request torque at udcmax - [pronou...

and now a lesson on German Electronics from the guy who should not be giving a lesson on anything let alone German Electronics this is a 2018 BMW 530e hybrid battery pack IMG_4630.JPG why the hell does that say U= IMG_4636 arrow.jpg The letter "U", often used to denote voltage supply, is s...

can you spot the little mod?
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Agree, harvest those extra leads and you may have enough extra to only need to buy the cheaper bare connector for your next conversion :) stop reading my mind, I just bought that extra plain connector Tom recommended, my OCD could not handle having a black permanent 12 volt power lead, we must shuf...

working on a Logo, because that's important

This connector is easy to de pin, just get the TPA cover off, short sides small screw driver or de pinning tool and should come up easily. Then two bars on each of side of the pins, small pressure on the wire when doing it ensures it stays released so you can do one side at a time. https://de.aliex...

with less than 10 days left till our Randomly Made-up Conversion Deadline aka the RMuCD

... we got another thing checked off our list

and she's in

"laces out" ie header / connector pointed down so that agua don't get inside of it


I am sooooo tempted to snip all these "extra" [pronounced: I have no idea what they do] wires

Electric VW Rabbit VCU Bracket






this is my hammer, and this is my backup hammer

I am very pretty proud of myself how this turned out... [eventually]