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

[lsh3rd]

What? it's non conductive and fully adjustable

Some may say, "it's not a real solution - it's just a crutch".

[Gregski]

Some may say, "it's not a real solution - it's just a crutch".

[Gregski]

on this episode we finally removetize the old BMW high bred 9 kWh battery pack

... and create a tripping hazard in our threeeee car garage

[Gregski]

sometimes you have to take the little wins, like hanging up a shelf, am I right fellas ?

"Squint" from Tilt Construction LLC knocked it out in only a couple hours

[Alibro]

sometimes you have to take the little wins, like hanging up a shelf, am I right fellas ?


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Just so long as it doesn't fall of the wall first time you set a screwdriver on it.

[Gregski]

in this video The Greg removes more stuff off of his electrically converted Chevrolet (pronounced: "GMC") pick up truck in order to be able to access the Lexus GS450h transmotor input shaft

well hopefully this is all that had to be removed...

[Uppertown]

Just so long as it doesn't fall of the wall first time you set a screwdriver on it.

The shelf will be fine; the screwdriver will simply roll off and impale itself in one of Greg's batteries

[Gregski]

The shelf will be fine; the screwdriver will simply roll off and impale itself in one of Greg's batteries

[Gregski]

new trans plate time - NTPT

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

Picking up the hand crank drill off of the drill press platter got me.

Seeing you trace out a pattern in the middle of the sheet had my hoarder's anxiety blaring a klaxon.

[Gregski]

Picking up the hand crank drill off of the drill press platter got me.

Seeing you trace out a pattern in the middle of the sheet had my hoarder's anxiety blaring a klaxon.

Ha ha, I appreciate that, as I went to 7 different Thrift stores looking for a "vintage" hand drill, only to find out my buddy Pontiac Mike had one but he lived all the way across town, so a joyful cross town trip later during rush hour, that beauty was mine.

[jerrymic]

Best damned French film I’ve watched in years. Le Magnifique Le Greg

[Gregski]

Best damned French film I’ve watched in years. Le Magnifique Le Greg

ha ha, thank you, and Rotten Tomatoes agrees

[Gregski]

GMC Electric Truck Lexus Transmission Plate Improvements watch me improvetize my crappy aluminum plate using a $300 dollar steel template

please forgive a slight overlap with this other post you may find useful: GS450H Adapter Plate

[Gregski]

Happy Holidays You All

[Gregski]

so first attempt at locking out the input shaft was a small failure




below you can see the circumference of the circle I etched

below I raised the Ninja star about 1/2 an inch off the plate to make it sit further inside the bell housing and on the input shaft, this was still just for testing purposes

[Alibro]

Will there be much torque on the plate or is the concern more about stressing the bearings if it's not perfectly aligned?

[Gregski]

Will there be much torque on the plate or is the concern more about stressing the bearings if it's not perfectly aligned?

both, equally important I recon

[Gregski]

after one too many sleepless nights The Greg made some significant progress on Rev. 2.0 of our input shaft mechanism, using this handy LDR 311 F-112 Galvanized Floor Flange, 1-1/2-Inch, complements of our friends in Vietnam, or as I like to call it the Lexus GS450h transmission plate too big of a hole reducer thingie

here it is as found in our local Ace Hardware store plumbing section

[Gregski]

alright, I aint gonna lie to you, it's not a snug fit... yet ! but we got a solution for that

this gets us in the ballpark but it's not a snug fit, we can do better...

[Gregski]

turns out a simple rubber band set was the secret weapon for perfect alignment

naturally the second one snapped off the shaft into oblivion during the photo shoot, so just picture two of them on here

[johu]

as my highly decorated professor once said: every fool can come up with a complicated solution, only true masters find a simple one

[Gregski]

as my highly decorated professor once said: every fool can come up with a complicated solution, only true masters find a simple one

thank you... I think

[Gregski]

did I mention I was tickled pink when I discovered OUR custom transmission crossmember was going to clear all North, South, East, and West boltuators

[jrbe]

turns out a simple rubber band set was the secret weapon for perfect alignment

Thats a first for a rubber band aided fix that i've seen! Nice!