Clean up

I haven't posted in a bit, so I thought I would update today. I have had a couple busy weekends, so no progress made on the car yet. On Saturday March 27th I cleaned the garage quite a bit and also put the car up on jack stands. For anyone who is used to working on cars this may have taken 20-30 minutes, but since I had never done it before I was a bit nervous. I checked the internet and put a couple jacks in place, but then checked the internet again for my specific car and got some better instructions. All in all it took me about three hours. I could not get the back end up as high as I wanted so I found a couple 2x4s that were nailed together and put that between my jack and the jack point. It helped a bit but it is still not as high as I want. That is all that has happened. My work is getting very busy right now, so research on the net during work is limited. I still haven't called to get price quotes on package systems. Need to find some time.

Removing the ICE Pt. 2 - James is the Man

Mechen and a simple human

James came over on Saturday and brought a hoist, so we jacked up the car and he figured out how to remove the drive axles. I guess we could have read the manual, but as I have stated before, he can figure out anything. Me, on the other hand, can't figure out how to move multiple pictures around this blog, so I only have one up right now. I have three more pictures and a small video to add later tonight. Anyways, back on topic, James brought a heavy duty strap and wrapped it around the engine since it was missing a hook. This worked great. I don't know how I would have done this on my own. James is incredible and he loves to do it. He should be called Mechen, as he controls the mechanical universe. So now that I have propped James up and made him a god, I'll get on with my post. With the engine all strapped in and the exhaust and drive axles removed, it was just a matter of pulling the chain and hoisting it up out of the engine bay. We lowered the car back down and I pushed  it back while James lifted the engine a bit to get over the front crossbar. Success!!

Next we will need to remove the fuel tank, fuel lines, and any wiring, or tubing related to the engine. After that I will need to clean the engine bay up a bit. I also need to clean the garage some more in order to create enough space to permanently roll the car in and jack it up. Sometime in the next week or so I may call up a few EV parts suppliers and get some quotes on a package deal. That's it for now.