All projects around driving electric cars.
Continuing the Great Puzzle of M. Every time I decide to mount something back into the freshly painted bus, I find the old part grimy, dirty, and rusty, and I want to replace or at least clean it as perfectly as possible. Und weiter geht das Grosse Puzzle des M. Jedes mal, wenn ich...
I decided to clean the front axle and all parts on and around it. Changing the needle bearing and reapplying fat to the torsion springs included. A fork lift is the perfect tool for pulling the springs. Die Vorderachse habe ich jetzt weitgehend zerlegt. Nach dem ausdrehen der Innensechskantschrauben kann man die Lenkung “einfach”...
Life is so much better with a service lift. Das Leben ist mit Hebebühne gleich viel schöner....
Now that the car body is back in the shop, I am starting to look through existing parts to find out what I can clean and rebuild, and what I need to replace. The electric system is very brittle and has cracks and cuts everywhere. I considered creating my own cable loom, but decided...
Now it is up to chemistry. The first bath removes the paint on the car layer by layer. A second bath neutralizes the acid. The next bath eats all rust. With some luck, the body comes out of that bath with the floor panels still attached. Jetzt ist die Chemie an der Reihe. Das...
So after a lot of work, the little breadbox is ready to ship. The roof has a list of parts included inside the car. Yes, I did forget the front grill. Nach viel Arbeit ist die kleine Brotkiste fertig zur reise nach Stuttgart. Auf dem Dach steht die Liste der Blechteile, die Im Wagen...
After soldering and assembling my 7 segment display modules, I saw a very unexpected behavior in most of the modules. Some displays worked just fine, but some would flip – or half-flip – multiple segments at once. After much testing, I saw that the modules with the green PCBs worked, but the blue ones...
After a long break, I found some time to finally build the gas pumps displays for my electric charging station. I used the pick’n’place machine and the oven yesterday to solder the SMD components. In the evening, I managed to hand solder the jumpers, the displays, and the CPU (Arduino Nano). Today, I extended...
Here is a little collection of picture I took during disassembly. Unfortunately the video that I shot of taking the underside of the car apart was lost with a defective SD card. Hier eine kleine Sammlung von Bildern, die ich während der Zerlegung geschossen habe. Leider ist das Video mit dem Ausbau der Achsen...
