Well, made a little headway the last couple of weeks on the little stuff. Began by gathering all the components to build Damien's Leaf VCU. The first time doing something like this in over 20 years. Jeeze... More about that later. After the exit of the 2.0l petrol plus tank, I set to stripping the r...

Ah!! Of course... I was leaving C38/35 till later. Brain fart sorry.
Thanks for filling in the blanks on the updated BOM and Y1. I have one or two components that were ordered but cannot find so, small order to be made. Thanks. Hope to have it completed during the week.

OK, so spent the last two nights piecing Damiens VCU board together and have a couple of questions. You can see right away I have not attempted the chip yet. Waiting on a couple of suitable solder tips before I attempt this. Not the tidiest but waiting to do a bit more before cleaning the board down...

Thanks for the advice lads. Have a practice first if you're not confident (you can get practice boards, google "0805 practice board"). Did as you said and ordered a practice board. Have all my parts now so a bit of messing before I attack the main board. Also found me a used 8 x magnifying...

Brill.
Thanks guys. What do you think soldering iron vs hot air gun method? Doable with an iron?

I want to solder this myself, but here is problem with my soldering skill :) Same here Damian! I have been looking at a lot of the youtube tutorials and I think I'll take a shot at the chip but making sure I have all the right utensils to hand. One thing I don't have is that hot air gun thing. I pr...

I looked into the possibility of a spline cutting tool before. My brother is in the injection molding business and has access to the machine shops. If we are confident that 19,2x21,7x20N is the size, I can investigate further and get some collars made that can be used for other Leaf motor users to f...

Hi Fiachra, outstanding work! The car looks great and you have really progressed quickly. I was on Damien and Kevin’s second course in October and would love to follow in your footsteps! I’m converting a 1991 Nissan Figaro, planning to use a Nissan Leaf with Damien’s VCU aboard in the same way (pro...

This is a fantastic motor to convert! Watching with interest.... I like the adapter plate you have designed. I may have to go the same route on my 80 to get over the subframe as the gearbox and engine drop either side of it. On the matching the clutch plate splines, the 1.6l Fiat Multipla has not be...

Hi all After many a year talking about it, I have finally got the wheels turning on my first EV conversion. Following the diyelectriccar forum and evbmw intrepid adventures in the land of reverse engineering for a number of years, choice of machine to convert and decisions on how to power it were po...

Thanks langoo
Yeah, reckoned they may not set the world alight range wise, especially in the audi I have planned. Unless he is willing to let them go for for a decent price, may just hold the budget for something fitting my range and budget.

Hi all

Spotted this today. Are these Lev40n cells worth a punt considering they have sat since its accident in 2017?

https://www.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for ... g/22720579

That's cracking progress. Nicely done👌 Looks very along the lines of how i hope to do the 80 Avant when it arrives. Following the E46 build closely as its Ingolstadt cousin is going to get the same treatment 😁 For the noobs amongst us, will you be putting together a shopping list for the HV junction...

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Can you get LG battery pack modules to fit these E48 pouches into or would it be a DIY solution?

Nice one JB Will be picking up my Gen 1 Leaf motor/dc inverter + loom later this week with the plan to mate it to an unsuspecting tdi Audi 80 Avant so everything you have been doing recently is bang on . Can't wait to get started and fire up a project thread on here. Plenty of ICE upgrade experience...

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Thanks for the link. Agree on the ebay prices, unless you find a complete damaged Leaf for 5k.

Looks tidy.
Did you shop about on ebay or manage to get one from a dismantler in the UK? Keeping an eye out for one myself for my upcoming conversion but any scrappers I have called in Ireland have already had the battery modules and motor removed. Will start shopping in the UK from here on in...

Superb to meet up and have the chats with yourself, Margeret, Kevin and the New Electric crew on Saturday in the paddock and see the Panzer in the metal! Pure class! Came away with a renewed focus and clarity with plenty more ideas on how to get the B4 Avant realistically underway. Very much appreci...

Looking great! Glad to see some relatively modern VAG related conversion going on here. Have a 2003 A6 C5 1.9 Avant that has the makings of a donor. Good to hear how you have found a liking for the CAN on these as this was one of my thoughts on how difficult it was to get around acquiring all the re...

Hi all! Wickow based. Lurker of projects on youtube and twitter. I have been a rebuilder of projects, anything 2 and 4 wheeled with an ICE for years now but I'm a VAG fiend through and through 😁. An EV conversion has been on the cards for a number of years now and Damien's vlogs have been the bigges...