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Jimmy's Electric Adventures

DouglasVB

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I just love that Eletrek style and color 😍 We need more cars like this in the world.
 

MountainGoat

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One of the other Electreks I've seen had "Mercury" written on the hatch handle but yep it looks like the Pinto hatch for sure!
That one would be off a Mercury Bobcat.

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Hatch on the Electrek appears to be from a 1980 Ford Pinto, which is not 'obscure' if you're old enough ;-)

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I said the same to Jimmy last weekend. I thought it was a Pinto/Bobcat (Mercury version) hatch.
 

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What are the dimensions of the motor, and can you post some other pics of it to get an idea of how to hold it?

It is approximately 11 in diameter, 17 inches long. It's just a big cylinder. I attached some more photos, I can get more tomorrow.

Need to machine clearance for a typical front CV axle. I can get exact dimensions tomorrow.
 

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I pressure washed the engine bay and the motor and transmission and got everything cleaned up. For the most part. I will be putting it on the lift to finish de-ICEing it tomorrow.

Also all the ICE paraphernalia is for sale so come by to help or buy stuff. I will give good prices to the club but expensive on craigslist of course. Fuel Tank fuel lines charcoal canister sensors filler neck etc etc.

Josh (@MonPetiteShoe) will be taking apart the LEAF motor stack tomorrow and exposing the motor itself if anyone is interested in helping with that.

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That's just how it marks its territory!
 

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That's probably the side with the grenaded birf. When we gon bust it open? I want to see the carnage.
 

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I finished removing all the rest of the ICE stuff and Josh killed it and got the motor stack taken apart.

Check out the stark difference between the new powerplant and the old:

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All this is for sale:

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When people say they're worried about EV reliability, they should look at these pics. There are way, way fewer moving parts in an EV to go wrong, and the parts that do exists are generally incredibly robust and don't even need servicing. Just think about all the various fluids that need to be "baselined" in an ICE vehicle vs an EV.
 

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Is there a classifieds thread for that stuff? I'd take the exhaust (minus y-pipe/cats) if it isn't too beat up.
 

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Is there a classifieds thread for that stuff? I'd take the exhaust (minus y-pipe/cats) if it isn't too beat up.
Yep the exhaust and other ICE stuff is for sale. Haven't listed it officially except on craigslist. I will send you a PM.
 

DouglasVB

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When people say they're worried about EV reliability, they should look at these pics. There are way, way fewer moving parts in an EV to go wrong, and the parts that do exists are generally incredibly robust and don't even need servicing. Just think about all the various fluids that need to be "baselined" in an ICE vehicle vs an EV.
I'm a huge EV proponent but my main concern with doing a big swap like this is parts availability if I'm on the road and something blows up on me. I think that's a dumb concern though as long as I don't have too much custom stuff because the Nissan Leaf, for instance, is incredibly common and there should be spare parts at many local parts stores. I guess if it was something like the motor control board that could leave you stranded for a few days while you get one shipped in from somewhere.

With my 22RE, just about any parts store anywhere will have what I need in stock or at most a day away. Of course the rest of my 💩📦 is hacked together enough that it can take weeks to get something such as a dual t-case adapter if mine were to say... rip itself in half while I'm driving on the highway 😅

Then again, EVs are incredibly reliable. So probably much lower chance of anything breaking in the first place.
 

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@MonPetiteShoe is coming over again Saturday to help some more with the electric 80. I have lots of jobs from big to small to take care of for anyone who is interested in helping at all. Hoping to start mocking up the custom t-case mount Saturday.

I still need to get my Electrek motor machined that's a big hurdle right now before I can work more on that car.
 

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I have been filming a lot of my work and have been putting together a little YouTube show. My first episode went live today. Please check it out! I'm also looking for any critiques this is my first real try at making a show. Please subscribe if you want to see more of these! @OHUZJ100 has been helping me out with the videos also which has been huge!

 
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