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so here's the crap I've been up to the last couple weeks (when not dealing with weddings and graduations, lol)

happy to report the final assembly has commenced, with the help of a few friends we got the drive shaft mounted, the transmission mounted, the cab mounted, and the "engine" crossmember installed, we could not go any further since I am still waiting on the control arm rubber seals, yes $3.00 parts, lol

Top Tip: don't be too proud to ask for help, the scratches you save may be your own, ha ha

hey I know let's check on those $3 dollar rubber seals that are holding up the project and preventing us from putting the control arms back on

how did that saying go again: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

Gregski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:39 am hey I know let's check on those $3 dollar rubber seals that are holding up the project and preventing us from putting the control arms back on

how did that saying go again: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

They are probably outsourceing couriers, not US based .

arber333 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:01 am

Gregski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:39 am hey I know let's check on those $3 dollar rubber seals that are holding up the project and preventing us from putting the control arms back on

how did that saying go again: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

They are probably outsourceing couriers, not US based .

ha ha, right? well this thing has been sitting 12 miles away from my house since Sunday (two days ago) I know this is the US Postal Service but a buddy of mine worked for FedEx and said they would sit on packages if their predicted tracking said they would get there later so that they would not make their tracking system look bad, true story, he had no reason to lie to me

Gregski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:35 pm

arber333 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:01 am

Gregski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:39 am hey I know let's check on those $3 dollar rubber seals that are holding up the project and preventing us from putting the control arms back on

how did that saying go again: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

They are probably outsourceing couriers, not US based .

ha ha, right? well this thing has been sitting 12 miles away from my house since Sunday (two days ago) I know this is the US Postal Service but a buddy of mine worked for FedEx and said they would sit on packages if their predicted tracking said they would get there later so that they would not make their tracking system look bad, true story, he had no reason to lie to me

Here in North Carolina, FedEx wastes time by shipping it back and forth across the state. Why be efficient and leave it in a warehouse when you can send it first to Durham, then Greensboro, Charlotte, Kernersville, and then finally deliver it in Raleigh? (for those of you not from around here, Durham and Raleigh are effectively the same metro area, they share an airport)

USPS, Amazon, and UPS have actually been pretty good for me.

and here she is back on her feet

Looking brand new!

a little motivation

WILWOOD Combination Proportioning Valve (pronounced: adjustable)

me going to plumb the brakes

I hate plumbing.

TheSilverBuick wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:49 pmI hate plumbing.

Oh yeah, that brings up a good idea for a question, what do you ALL hate more plumbing or wiring? I must say that slowly building up your tools to do the job right does squash the hate down a tid bit, the hard part is justifying $300 dollar quality single purpose tools, like this stuff Fast Matt recommends, but I luv the dude.

give me a brake

Matt mentions it as well: use the brake line that was originally used. However, that can be a challenge. Most classic cars use 3/16" or 4,75mm (or 5mm) and Tesla (and I also expect Honda in your case) uses a larger diameter. So I recommend to use an adapter.
Are you going to upgrade the brake switch on the Wilwood with a pressure transducer?

larsrengersen wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:53 am Matt mentions it as well: use the brake line that was originally used. However, that can be a challenge. Most classic cars use 3/16" or 4,75mm (or 5mm) and Tesla (and I also expect Honda in your case) uses a larger diameter. So I recommend to use an adapter.
Are you going to upgrade the brake switch on the Wilwood with a pressure transducer?

Hi Lars thank you for taking the time to post this, (folk's this gentlemen did the awesome iBooster write up on EV Create which can be found here: https://www.evcreate.nl/category/brakes/)

honestly I am learning as I go and following your write up as much as I can and as much as I understand it, as far as the brake switch I have not thought about that yet, so I am completely open to suggestions and appreciate any and all advice, especially from you, please and thank you

just a little stateside fun with drive shafts

What is he up to now?


I swear it was the hottest day of the year that day and I was laying upside down on sharp gravel drilling out rivets to get the stabalizer bar support brackets off the frame, it was so bad I decided to get two of them

next thing I knew I was wire wheelin' like a Boss

the Devil's in the details

media blasted and ready for powder coating and paint

so yeah I was little bit concerned about the EV ending up lighter than the original, so I decided to add an anti swear bar

so motivated by Bill Bayer I decided to take another stab at the Prius power steering doo dad, I was not happy with it under the dash

so here we go time for surgery

The Pull-A-Parter 3000

Sketch Level: EXPERT