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Postman brought me a boat-load of bus bars for the low voltage wiring in the #EV #Mustang this morning. (I may have gone overboard). There’s three for the engine bay, three for under the dash, and three to go in the boot (permanent 12v, ignition switched 12v, and ground).

They’re much chunkier than I thought. They feel good and solid though.

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An open hand with a black/silver/clear bus bar on it. In the background there are many others still in their bags.

Oh, and I also started making little brackets to hold the battery modules from the top. Just a piece of flat bar, put in the vice and bend it by hand.

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S-shaped piece of metal reaching from the top of the battery box to a stud holding the battery module in place.

Still trying to decide how to bolt the side panels on. I could just drill a hole and weld a nut to the inside. I’d kind of like to use rivnuts though. But I’d need to countersink them so they were flush.

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I think I’m going to use the old fuel tank after all. I changed my mind about putting the batteries in the fuel tank spot. It’ll help to preserve the outside appearance of the car being unchanged.

Here I’ve just dumped 5L of evaporust in there. I’ve been rotating it every day or so to get a different corner. Should make cleaning it up much less labour intensive.

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Fuel tank with top cut off. Brown murky liquid in the bottom. It’s tipped over slight to one side to the liquid reaches up the walls on one side. The exposed areas are green/yellow.

There’s plenty of room for everything - contactors, mid pack disconnect, fuse, HV socket, vent, and LV socket.

I’ll put the sockets on the side I think. Possibly will weld in a little bracket to hold them. The side panels (and top) will be 1mm sheet that will bolt on. They’ll just go around the sockets.

There will be a high voltage junction box sitting on top of the battery box so will leave the top relatively clear.

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View of the battery box with all of the components in their approximate home.

This morning I did the first test stack up to see if everything fit. There’s always that worry in the back of your head that you’ve not left enough room somewhere and while everything might be able to fit actually getting it in might be impossible.

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Looking down into the battery box. One of three modules in the bottom layer is in place. The posts to hold the next one are in place.

View of the battery box with all three modules in the bottom layer in place. One of the modules in the top layer is in place. Orange high voltage cables can also be seen snaking around the box.

Over the Christmas break I turned my battery ‘tray’ into a battery box. Well, something that more resembles a box. It has three dimensions now at least. It’s not perfect, but it’s reasonably square.

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Pieces of angle iron form the frame of a box. Some edges have been welded while others are just clamped temporarily. A workbench is to the right and the side of a car to the left.

I am thinking about getting an old land rover defender 90 ...

But do I

(If you know anyone in Scotland who could convert it please comment below 👇

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Yesterday I setup the BMS and other control systems on this before commissioning.

A customer converted this to electric. Its a Kawasaki Mule quad/sidebyside thingy. The roof is a solar panel so your shade is generating electricity. Its pretty cool!

With its bodywork and tray fitted (And seat!) it'll be ready to do light agricultural work and (almost) never need plugging in.

No fuel, fumes, noise, servicing. Electric is just better! @KiwiEV

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The authour & his dog sitting aboard an electric powered "Kawasaki Mule" quad/sidebyside thingy. The roof is a solar panel . There is no bodywork so it looks like a random collection of wheels and pipes. Immediately behind is the authour's work truck (Tesla S) with its boot and bonnet open. Background is suburbia. Concrete drive, wooden fence, houses, blue sky with fluffy clouds.
Dog is not convinced this is a great idea.

Want to convert your Axia to EV? Now you can but it is not for the faint of heart #cars #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #evconversion #howto #icetoevconversion #jabatanpengangkutanjalan #jpj #roadtransportdepartment

https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/09/malaysia-ice-to-ev-conversion-guideline-jpj/

Nhiều người nghĩ rằng việc hoán đổi xe máy xăng sang xe điện sẽ rẻ và tiết kiệm, nhưng thực tế lại không hẳn vậy.

Chi phí để "độ" một chiếc xe có thể lên tới 15 triệu đồng, gần bằng giá mua một chiếc xe điện mới. Đáng lo ngại hơn, xe hoán cải thường không có chế độ bảo hành rõ ràng, tiềm ẩn nhiều rủi ro.

#xedien #xemayxang #chuyendoi #chiphi #canhbao #tieuhoa
#ElectricVehicle #EVConversion #Motorcycle #Cost #Vietnam

https://vtcnews.vn/hoan-doi-xe-may-xang-thanh-xe-dien-tuong-re-nhung-ton-kem-

Cải hoán xe xăng sang xe điện – giảm phát thải nhưng nhiều người vẫn lo ngại về cháy nổ, chất lượng bộ chuyển đổi và thiếu quy chuẩn kỹ thuật. #xeđiện #cải hoán #xanh #an toàn #Vietnam #EVconversion #green #ElectricVehicles #Sustainable #CleanEnergy #Safety

https://vtcnews.vn/cai-hoan-xe-xang-sang-xe-dien-y-tuong-xanh-nhung-nguoi-dan-van-so-chay-no-ar985976.html

Brought the #Mustang to #DublinMaker over the weekend to exhibit it as part of the #OpenInverter stand. Loads of interest in #EVConversion from adults and kids alike. It was a wonderful event. There were five of us on the stand and we were swamped for the whole two days. It was great fun!

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View from the rear of 1965 Ford Mustang stripped down to just shell and wheels sitting on the back of a trailer. The ramps are still in place on the trailer. The setting is a laneway that is very overgrown with brambles and other vegetation.

View of open air area under a roof. On the right is an Audi 80. The bonnet is open and you can see in the engine bay. People are standing around looking at the car and other vehicles in the background.

View of an open air area with a roof overhead. A 1965 Ford Mustang is in the foreground facing away from us. Lots of people are standing around looking at the car. Kids are climbing around inside.

⚡️ Happening TOMORROW!
Join Engineers Ireland’s Electronic and Computing Division and TOG Hackerspace for the DIY Electric Vehicle Meetup.

🛠️ Learn about EV conversions
🤝 Connect with engineers & makers
🍕 Stick around for TOG’s monthly social!

🗓️ Saturday, Aug 17 | 🕑 2–5pm
📍 TOG Hackerspace, Dublin
🔗 https://www.engineersireland.ie/Events/event/10477

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The spacers aren't quite tall enough. So I added some washers to add a little height.

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End-on view looking at one module stacked on another. The spacers have some washers stacked on top to raise the top module about 10mm higher. You can see clear through the gap between the modules.

I welded nuts to the tray and cut up some threaded rod to the right length.

I got some 30mm threaded spacers to go between the layers of modules.

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Metal tray sitting on a work bench. Nuts are welded to the tray. Small length of threaded rod are in each nut, sticking straight up. Hex shaped spacers are screwed to the top of each rod.

I made the tray during the week. It's just angle iron (30mm x 2.5mm) made into a rectangle and a bit of sheet welded in to make a floor. Not beautiful, but not terrible.

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Rectangle made out of angle iron sitting on a work bench.

Same rectangle but with the middle filled in with sheet welded in place.

Good progress on building the front battery box. The mounting hardware is all in place and here all six modules are attached to the tray that will make up the bottom of the box.

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3/4 view of a garage workbench. Sitting on the bench is a metal tray. Sitting on top of that are six shoebox sized battery modules, 3 on top of 3. Tools and parts are scattered about.

I roughly measured the distance from the diff to the motor. Anyone know a sliding driveshaft that’s about 1520mm long? Or how to actually search for that? Anywhere I look just has search by make/model. Boosts appreciated.

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Greetings from inside the engine bay 👋

I plonked the hood down on the … hood hole (?) temporarily so I could measure how tall the stuff I put in the engine bay can be.

At first I tried to climb in and lift the hood over me, but there was no room for me to scrootch down with the motor, the steel, and the wood in there.

But then I came to my senses and realised I could just lie on my wheely trolley thing without having to risk life and limb.

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