I couldn’t wait to get some video of the car in action. So I wrestled my wife and daughter out of bed this morning at about 6:30 so we could go over to the shop. We got there at about 7 to find Doug already at work. I grabbed 3x…

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I wrote a few emails back and forth with Allen from Wilderness EV and got some good information. I flooded him with emails on Sunday night trying to give him all the information I could about the installation so we could get the problem diagnosed and fixed. Allen was very…

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Today’s mission was to get all of the components bolted to the shelf, get them wired up, and get another test in. This sounds like it would go pretty quickly, but it did not. First off, it is a pain making the high voltage cables. They are made from #2/0…

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We got in the shop around 1. First thing was to get the motor in the car so I could start arranging the electric parts. Didn’t take too long and we got that in the car and bolted to the transmission. I was itching to apply some power to the…

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Let me start off by saying the old man is doing just fine. The Dr’s gave him a clean bill of health and he’s good to go. First thing this week I went to a local machine shop to get a key made that will allow the motor and the…

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This was a very productive weekend. The first project was to get the brakes working. My brother Matt came up for the day to give me a hand. As I mentioned before, the two brake lines running to the rear wheels needed to be replaced. I won’t go into a…

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Today was Norridgewock’s annual Frog Days (they call it Oosoola days now). I can remember going to this since I was a little kid. The day starts out with a parade, then moves to the town park for a bunch of games for the kids. It’s a nice little free…

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This has been a dreaded project since I first thought of this project. Here’s the problem – modern cars have power assisted brakes. The power assist is provided by a brake booster that’s mounted on the firewall and attaches to the master cylinder. The power comes from a vacuum in…

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I should have posted this last week when I actually got the package, but I’ve been a little behind. Last Friday I got my final package from Wilderness EV. This had all the remaining parts that I needed. You can view the pictures page to see the new parts (all…

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I mentioned before that I was going to bring the adapter plate to a local machine shop to have it cut and drilled to match the bell housing of the Tercel’s transmission. I’ve instead decided to do this myself. I won’t be able to cut the adapter plate to match…

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