SuperTruck: Firing up the Diesel

July 16, 2013

A few days ago, my friend Steve stopped over to help lend a hand on the DIY Open Source Plug-In Hybrid “SUPERTRUCK” project. At the heart of the project are two things, a diesel engine, and a big forklift motor. And while I’ve learned a thing or two about DC motors the last few years, […]

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Pirated DVDs!

July 9, 2013

I just found out that my BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR instructional DVDs are being PIRATED!!!! The DVD chapters are appearing as whole videos on YouTube! People won’t pay me money for them anymore when they can just watch on the web for free! I should know. As you might guess from the photo, I’m […]

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E15 Motor Rebuild

July 7, 2013

After looking over the Elec-Trak E15, I saw that one of the blade motors didn’t spin very freely. I went about removing the motor from the deck to see about opening it up, finding out the problem, and rebuilding as needed. Unfortunately, I got stuck on NOT being able to remove the hub that the […]

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E-15 ELECTRIC LAWN TRACTOR

June 26, 2013

 While I was away this past weekend at the MREA Energy Fair, what was REALLY exciting was getting a phone call from a friend who WASN’T there. Instead, he was at a motorcycle swap-meet where he saw an original Elec-Trak E-15 electric lawn tractor for sale! He right away thought of me and gave a […]

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MREA Energy Fair!

June 25, 2013

Whew, what a weekend! I got very busy very quick with work and hadn’t had a weekend off in three weeks, THEN went straight to the Energy Fair! I’m just catching back up right now, and finally had a chance to download my photos and reflect on this past weekend’s largest energy fair in the […]

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The eGallon

June 12, 2013

I’ve been busy working out of town the last few days, but when I got back, I had an e-mail waiting for me essentially asking “Hey, what do you think of this new eGallon?” Wait! One more new thing to confuse the public over electric cars!?!? I followed the link sent to me to the […]

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Electric Cars with Ed Begley, Jr.

June 4, 2013

Whew! This was a whirlwind weekend! Between traveling to the Mother Earth Fair, giving presentations, drag racing electric cars, and dodging giant slugs, I sure wished I had just a little more time. Which is why I was glad that I spotted Ed Begley, Jr. BEFORE the start of the Fair on Sunday morning. He […]

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SuperTruck: Fitting Engine & Tranny

May 27, 2013

Nothing quite like trying to fit together two things that were never meant to go together! I mean, I know it CAN be done, I’m just not sure how… I spent some time in the garage today trying to get my Hybrid Truck diesel engine and manual transmission to fit together. I already loaded both […]

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So THAT’S how a clutch works!

May 22, 2013

Later this week, I’m planning on dragging all my SuperTruck project parts (engine, tranny, other tranny, bell-housing, OTHER bell-housing, clutch, flywheels, etc, etc.) over to show to Hot Rod Jim. Jim made the adapter plate for my Geo Metro, based on the oily tagboard tracing I gave him, and also helped out chopping the motor […]

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Redneck Battery Lifter

May 16, 2013

I found myself today to be terribly frustrated. That is, until I took the Redneck approach to battery upgrades! Spring is finally here and the grass is growing…. FAST! Last week, I mowed, and could tell that my old electric riding lawn mower battery pack was getting old. I couldn’t mow for more than 15 […]

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