Decided to send the 35 year old EV1-B unit back to FSIP for diagnostics. Bench tested, the unit had multiple failures. Uncle opted for full remanufacture at cost of $579. Installed remanufactured unit in car, did a bit more wiring work to fully implement the design, then successfully ran the jacked up car in forward and reverse by hand operating the FSIP Model 800 Accelerator mounted on a switch board mockup. Now we move forward on to other issues.
A few pictures: It was dark starting work so my uncle lifted my cousin to the ceiling to replace burnt out lights: http://ptandjb.com/eddiesEV1/lightschange0842.JPG We were working on filling the brake cylinder and lines with fluid, uncle is working the brake pedal while cousin trying unsuccessfully to get brake fluid down the lines. Eventually discovered the 35 year old brake lines were blocked by corrosion, so all are being replaced. http://ptandjb.com/eddiesEV1/brakeline0900.JPG Our biggest current issue as we move switching controls to the driver position is figuring out how to integrate the E30-M800-001 FSIP Model 800 Accelerator into the car. While it is 35 years old it appears to work just fine, I guess it is probably comparable to current FSIP Model 810. http://ptandjb.com/eddiesEV1/accelSW0847.JPG The FSIP Model 800 Accelerator has two switches and a trimpot. The spring loaded accelerator arm so far we pushed manually by hand in testing the wiring and motor. As shown the top of the arm is moved from right to left. As the arm movement begins the ACCEL START switch is closed. As the arm moves left the trimpot send command for increased speed. We did not bottom out the arm to make the 1A BYPASS switch with the wheels turning for fear of excessive speed with the wheels jacked up. That function will be tested later. My uncle machined a provisional floor accelerator pedal which he shows below the now disconnected Model 800 Accelerator. Here we are stuck. How do we integrate this accelerator with a foot operated pedal? We do not have a clue. My uncle who previously owned a machine shop for decades can build anything. Also will consider other recommendations for implementing the accelerator function. While my uncle has been mentioning retiring now and then he said finishing and driving the car first is a requirement. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180913/b2553ae7/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
