1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

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got Big Sexy back from the shop and popped it right in, fits like a glove

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boring rehash to setup Part II


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sum sneak peakness to my VIP PatreonOnly.rad fans

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that's cute, but can you turn that box around so we can actually see what you are doing?

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this video better be legit.


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Very legit. Well done!
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Isaac96 wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:13 amVery legit. Well done!
thank you I really appreicate you taking the time to say that, sometimes I wonder if my mum is the only one who reads this stuff
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Why should you convert to electric? any questions, ha ha

and that was no where near fill up of the 21 gallon petrol tank
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If the fuel were so cheap here, I would continue to drive with petrol. We get 12 gallons for $100!
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this morning I was greeted by this dreaded hard drive failure on my primary home computer where I keep all my EV Conversion pics and documentation

the Intel SSD 535 Series hard drive just failed

480 GB Solid State Drive

I'm an IT guy but this sucks ballz! I tried to tether it to a working laptop as an external drive but it won't even power up
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Never store important information on the SSD, quite often they fail beyond recovery. You can look at the manufacturer's website for recovery utilities, or contact Intel technical support.
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ladies and gentlemen I give you the self leveling Inver-A-Jack ... now available in rustic white

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naturally the exhaust nipple and the firewall bulge won't allow us to set it on center, I won't tell Johannes if you don't
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Me: for this project I will only use the strongest and lightest of metals, preferably unobtanium or at the very least aluminum

also Me: let's just check the scrap pile first

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so some ideas taking shape

I call it the Tee Pee design
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just checking the Stick Outability
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if you tilt your head just right, it's perfectly level
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side bracketry

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something like this, I guess
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and I guess this is a good place to stop for the night

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so this is how far we got (me and the mouse in my pocket)

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Sorry to hear about your IT issues :-(

Have you compensated for the off-axis EM emissions coupled with the asymmetrical flux linkage distribution and its effects on the variable displacement between transmission housing and inverter envelopes?
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I don't usually stop to check if the cables will reach the component I am trying to install, but when I do, I make sure it is when I am half way through making the bracket...

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I am really not a fan of this run both cables to one side design (ie East), plus one of my cables has a booboo owie so I decided to unwrap it in hopes of heeling it and seeing if it can be rerouted Westward

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so here's what lurks inside
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then it was time to Xerox the driver side on to the passenger side
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looks pretty polywhompus out in the wild doesn't it?
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decided to shave off a few protruders to ensure flatability

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trying to look all official and shiet
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just some scrap piece with a "speed hole" in it
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one of many, many, trial fitments (FYI, if frame rail hurdles ever become an Olympic event, I will bring home both the Gold and Silver medals for team USA)
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I need one of them 90° drill extensions to drill out this one and single hole in the frame cause the firewall is in the way even with the cab unbolted and slid further back, and I don't feel like unbolting the bed of the truck

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