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]

Fuck yeah! WOOOOO! We're now tied. If you ignore that my inverter isn't mounted and I don't have a battery pack, or a windshield, or doors, or that mine has never run outside of manual mode and never with the pedal, then it's a tie! I might still be ahead of you on brakes and mistakes though. Ha ha...

That looks really good! Hm... did you accoount for the movement of the loaded axle? It should have like 0.5cm movement in its loaded position. Just saying because i didnt think of that the first time and i had to shave the CV side down on the lathe!!! yes sir, I installed them while the Prius inner...

lsh3rd wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:24 pm Correct... the car the transaxle came out of is this way... except it's much longer on the passenger side.

thank you gentlemen, it appears the Greg has over corrected

Electric VW Rabbit First Wheel Spin

MattsAwesomeStuff wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:35 am I've heard that when joining axles the wrong way, to never cut them square. You cut them at 45 degree angles. That way if the weld seam shatters, they're still forced to spin each other, where a square cut would not.

I know of two ways to join CV axles... and both of them are wrong!

there is a lot of cool sh!et in this thread and the humor is on point !

don't tell nobody but this ol' Rabbit is a fun little car to work on

I hope the angles will de-extreme themselves once the axles are no longer drooping and are under load

well this really urks the Greg, apparently the Prius transaxle butt ie it's differential is offset to the passenger side, so by putting the transaxle in the middle of the motor bay, now the driver side drive axle (pictured on top) is longer than the passenger side Can the Greg ignore this or will he...

Paint It Black And Put It Back !

Passenger side CV Axle joiningship

EVBMW.com ZombieVerter VCU First Power Up & Firmware Upgrade https://youtu.be/_JRa_uFyVkY List of authentic Damien Maguire's ZombieVerter Videos with some points of interest Jan 10, 2024 - ZombieVerter VCU Software V2.04 May 10, 2023 - Lab Update: ZombieVerter VCU Firmware V2.0 VCU Ignition Sta...

this is such a fantastic build, I hope it picks up again, and boy do I miss my '68 Rustang now

this is queued up to how I hope to make it straight(ish)

On this episode of You're Doin' It Wrong : we join in holy matrimony the Prius inner CV axles with the Rabbit outer ones, [for test purposes] First the driver side , note this one is now a tad longer as The Greg decided to drop the Prius transaxle more in the middle Politically Correct Centrism Styl...

And expectation led me to belive i was going to see the actual use of that damn contraption together with a chapter of english wheel and tap hammer application :). Well done. ha ha, well some Shop Secrets I will just take to the grave so is that convex or concave now with that crown? IMG_3096.JPG I...

MattsAwesomeStuff wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:24 pm A bead roller?

Pffft. Man I thought you were one of us. That was a job for a ball peen and a 2x4 with a groove cut into it.

Go back to your ivory tower with the other professors and chortle about caviar prices and crystal sculptures.

bwhaaa haa ha, did I mention I had an assistant !

84 VW MK1 Rabbit Seat Pan Rust Repair With The Wife

The ZombieVerter VCU is there cause we have to plug the MG2 connector in before the driver side bracket goes on, foolish design I know, letters shall be written to the Manufacturer

apologies for the shadows, it's what you get with a West facing garage

I can't believe all my friends scheduled their reverse vasectomies on the same Monday afternoon, fools, so while they're sitting there in the clinic waiting rooms I got a chance to install this transaxle IMG_3422.JPG IMG_3424.JPG IMG_3426.JPG Note To Self: Patten this before the Euro Boyz steal it a...

this is gonna be a game changer ...