Later that day..
I put on my crumy clothes again and head back down to see what kind of damage I can do regarding thee electronics..
I managed to pull
the relay: easy
the controller: simple once you remove the fat wires
the charger: OMFG this thing weighs a ton, and was INSIDE.. add a long cable that does not disconnect but weaves in and out, and is even held in place at some point by the suspension...
"remembering" the wires for the accelerator box
PMC was bought by Curtis in the 80s.. you see lots of people buying Curtis chargers nowaays
The charger cables held in place by the suspension
The charger's previous location, where the backs eats would have been in a VW..
Retro means old, but cool
Screw you, charger..
But...
Look at that view!
Later in the night, while watching TV, I opened up the controller and took a peak inside, sorry, no pics, but maybe later.. it is essentially a PWM controller hooked up to 3 big ass Motorola darlington transistors and 3 big capacitors.. as far as I can tell, there is no inductor, like a traditional buck/boost controller would use. The battery in line.. well.. the block of metal.. had the darlingtons mounted directly to it, going to another bus bar where the caps are touching those and the common ground.
smal edit:
I forgot to mention about the blower fan hooked up the motor and the raised fan for the controller.. both of which have been removed. Before I got (more) tools I removed these.. I was astounded that the air for keeping the motor cooled was fed by a blower fan.. what a waste of electricity. Seriously, it should be a ram fed scoop/duct.. grantid it wont work when idling, but the motor should not get not neither. No filter on it.. just a squirrel cage fan with some ducting.. I will definitely redesign this to use a scoop, maybe a side one like a GT40 where the fake vents are, but will try not to copy it too much or at least make it look like it fits, as well as at least some kind of cheap filter..
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