Which dimensions do you need?

You can actually get access to all the MG service material for a couple of Euros for an hour. That is long enough to download all schematics, service manuals etc.
Only the parts catalogue can't be accessed unfortunately.

I think the newer sprinter gearboxes are more suitable. Remember that you will only use one or two gears while driving. Six is a lot.


That is potentially true, but there are no adapter plates or couplers for the Mercedes gearboxes yet and I wanted to keep it simple :D
But I also didn't want to ...

We plan to do something similar with my partner's Mercedes L319, but the plan is to use a BMW six speed gearbox with a 110kW Nissan Leaf. There are no other axles available for the L319 and it has a similarly high ratio of 5.857:1, so Lexus gearbox was out of the question unfortunately.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Panigale one of the first motorcycles where the engine is part of the frame? So if you remove the engine, the bike is in two parts?

But then I came across some comments on diyelectriccar that said that you need to use special non-conductive coolant hoses.


Sounds like BS to me. Even if the was a fault, where is the electric potential going to come from?
Usually hose barbs are on metal cases and the metal cases are grounded ...

Oh nice, hopefully we can add that to the ZombieVerter then. You got a DBC file available for the required CAN messages?

You said on Discord that you measured the signals with your analog oscilloscope, can you show some photos of how the signals look there?

Can you also measure the +5V power supply rail?

I have an Outlander RDU and Outlander Inverter that I don't need anymore, also a Prius 2 inverter.
The former two you could have for a very reasonable price, the latter for free.

Let me know if you're interested, I can even drop it off at your place when driving to my partner next time.

Oh, this is exciting. Remember though that the F10 generation already uses a lot of LIN-Bus too.
I don't know if the DDE uses it too, but certainly something to be kept in mind.

Also: why not go Lexus GS450h/IS300h?

What was the issue?

I also see a Throttle2 error. Any ideas of what might be going on here?


The Throttle and Desat errors are most likely not related to each other. Is the M3 throttle pedal a dual pot throttle? If not you might have set the throttle mode incorrectly or the throttle ranges are not calibrated ...

My partner and I were busy the last few days and welded up the engine mounts.

It all started with grinding off the (very light) mill scale and redrilling the rough holes from the plasma cutting:
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I prepared some 3D printed jigs to align everything. I welded some tacks ...

I don't think I can change the title myself, can I?

My wonderful partner cut out the motor mounts today on the plasma table he has at work:
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During the christmas holidays we can assemble them and perhaps even install the drive unit in the car already.
The CV axles however have to wait until january because a friend of mine will modify ...

I measured the width with the milled surfaces around the seals:
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That is 476.3mm from milled surface to milled surface. Keep in mind though that the two CV axles are not totally symmetrical, as there is a shaft sticking out on one side while the other side has a ...

While working on the engine mounts for the MG drive unit in my V70 I, I also started working on mounts for the V70 II that Damien has:
https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=88224#p88224

The position of the V70 II engine mount is more favorable, so it's possible to use the original mounts ...

Long time no update... A lot of other projects came up so this is a bit on the backburner unfortunately.

However in summer I got an MG drive unit for a good price and ultimately decided last month to use that instead of the Outlander motor.
So off to the Laser Tracker we went again to get ...

Unfortunately I have no information about it, but I'm also interested in them because they look very elegant

I started a wiki page about the drive unit(s): https://openinverter.org/wiki/Jaguar_I-Pace_Drive_Unit

Any contributions are welcome, it needs a lot of work still.

The rear drive unit only has four mounting holes, two at the front and two at the rear. I'll try to get some measurements soon, also in ...

I started a wiki page about the Drive Unit: https://openinverter.org/wiki/MG_MG5_Drive_Unit
It is very empty still, so if anyone wants to add some information, feel free :)

Yesterday and today I started to build a replacement for the funky parking lock actuator that is realized with a tree phase ...

davefiddes wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 5:40 pm Not very fruitful day.

Sounds very fruity to me!

Annoying that you have to work with the faulty V1 PCB (and we failed to notify you of the issues we found/discussed in Discord), but good that you got it running

The ADC is very noisy on the V1 board too (as previously noted). I measured 250mV ripple on the VDDA pin without a functioning gate driver PSU.


You can try to add copper straps from ground pads to the mounting holes, for example with solder wick. The more the better.
Important areas are the ...

I finally got around to test fitting the servo hoses and cutting them to length. The hydraulic shop is in the south, so I only get a chance to have them pressed when I visit my partner.

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The 3D printed servo pump holder was nice, but I was never really satisfied with ...

So far I can say nothing negative about Brantho Korrux 3in1. I have no comparison on how POR15 smells, but Brantho Korrux is also an oil based paint with solvent, so I wouldn't necessarily paint myself with it. However once it is dry, it would be even save for children's toys I think.