At first I was planning to just make a simple rectangular box. But I figured I could save myself some volume by putting a sloped face on the front of the box. I'll just need to cut off these black plastic mounting tabs from the back of the disconnect. I'll be mounting it from the bolt holes on the front, so I don't need them anyway.
A glimpse into my portfolio for you.
As for the rear pack, it'll be arranged in the original OEM configuration - two modules on top of four.
I'll have a high-voltage junction box sitting on top of the front battery box (on the outside). This will link basically everything together - the front battery box, the rear battery box, the charger, and the inverter.
I'll need to leave room at the front (left of the picture) for the battery disconnect as the top will poke out through the box.
The arrangement of the front pack will be 3 modules on the bottom layer and 3 on top. I had to swap some cables from the other pack to reach as it's not the OEM arrangement. There'll be room at the top of the battery box for the contactors, vent, HV socket, LV socket, and the safety disconnect.
Yesterday I got my two battery packs out on the bench so I could stack them up to simulate how they'll be arranged in the car. One pack will go in the front (engine bay) and the other will go in the back (behind the rear seats). Since one of them will be arranged differently to the OEM configuration, I wanted to make sure the cables I have will do the job. Between the two packs these are all of the cables I had. You can see one has already been chopped in half and lugged.
Today, another high-end BMW from the 1950s, the 501/502 ‘Barockengel’ (baroque angel) saloon. Early cars used BMW’s existing straight-six engines, while later models had 2.6 or 3.2-litre V8s. Note the rear-hinged back doors. I saw these at Techno Classica in Essen in 2013 (black cars) and 2014 (blue car). (1/4)
The P0734 code could suggest something wrong with one of the clutch packs. The only other low-hanging fruit before looking into a full transmission replacement is the transmission wiring harness. The connectivity issues are the main thing making me think this might be worth trying.
Anybody have any other ideas? The few minutes I get to drive the car before it goes into failsafe mode are lovely; I'm so ready to be done with this and to just be able to drive it again. 2/2 #WeirdCarMastodon
I swapped a new transmission computer (EGS) into the wagon today to see if that would make a difference. It didn't.
Curiously, my scanner is only intermittently able to connect to the EGS, and based on codes I'm pulling from other modules (first 2 pics), they're also sometimes not getting signal from the EGS. When I can connect (pic 3), I get a weird GLUE code that nobody seems to understand, and a P0734 code, which corresponds with the trans going into failsafe mode. 1/
#WeirdCarMastodon #BMW
Yesterday I was explaining how BMW didn’t have any mid-range cars going in to the 1960s. During the 1950s, the company offered either small basic models like yesterday’s BMW Isetta, or expensive and exotic high-end products like this, the 507 Touring Sport with its 3.2-litre V8, introduced in 1955. To ‘expensive’ and ‘exotic’, add ‘exclusive’ - only 215 were built. I saw this one at Techno Classica in 2013. Apologies for the slightly blurry phone shot.
@Basmitharts Was it you that I promised the pic of the local CRX graveyard? Judging by the length of grass they are still runners, but the cancer looks bad
*house liquified cos it's about the cars and I probably wouldn't be stoked about having my place posted because of my lawn ornaments...
This Guy’s Casually Driving His Old BMW 5 Series From Germany to Asia and Back
This old BMW is on an overland adventure that most 4Runners and Tacomas only dream of
Took Harry to a swap meet today, flogged some car parts, bought some car parts, the usual thing right? Came back with less than we took there, at least.
I have a tidy bush! I 3D printed a solid hollow cylinder that would allow the crush tube to pass, but not the bush. A bit of wiggling to and fro with the vice and I now have a centred bush with the crush tube just slightly proud of it on both sides. Now to do the other 9......
Today we’re moving on to BMW, which would go on to dominate the executive saloon market. But curiously enough, before hitting the jackpot in that sector, BMW didn’t really offer an upper-medium saloon at all. Its cars were either much bigger and much more expensive (more on that tomorrow) or smaller and cheaper like this BMW Isetta, seen here in police trim at Techno Classica 2013.
Harry the Haflinger just got his new log book for another year's motoring adventures. He's done almost 1200km in the past year and visited many places! And now for more adventures!
Side streets were filling up with cars
It was orange Supra time
Even a novelty Mini came by
Spotted one Beetle leaving
