Getting Close

I haven't been updating the blog lately due to work pressures.

I've taken the car for a couple of laps around the block. It had very good acceleration but the gear box wasn't changing gears properly - too high revs and hard changes. It didn't have any vacuum on the vacuum modulator and this caused the problems. When I connected the vacuum up it changed low and soft. The rod from the modulator into the transmission was changed for one 3mm shorter and it changed OK with no vacuum.

Had a setback when I connected the wrong cable to the battery charger. It blew up the charger and the BMS. I fixed the BMS but the charger had to go back to China for repair. It's due back next week.

Most of the 12vdc wiring is complete. I just need to wire up a switch to turn on the heater solid state relay. The DC DC converter was mounted into the dashboard with anderson connectors as connections and flexible orange conduit for the 144VDC input. Tomorrow the dashboard goes back in.

The battery boxes need a final tidy up and a perspex sheet mounted inside the lids to protect the terminals. I hope to get the car ready for final inspection in 3 weeks.