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Stick Shift for Electric Car

June 14, 2023

While I love our 2023 Chevy Bolt EV overall, it IS missing something…Can I fix it with a DIY solution? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p-DfLzuQ7PM One thing a bit unusual about the later version of the Chevy Bolt is that it does NOT have a traditional gear selector. Instead, it has a number of “power-window-style” switches to pick the […]

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SuperTruck: Mercedes Manual Transmission

August 7, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip up to a salvage yard several hours drive away. The reason why is that I finally found a manual transmission that would match my diesel engine out of the 240D. My original concept for the “SuperTruck” hybrid was to mate up the old 4-cylinder diesel to […]

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SuperTruck: Steering

July 21, 2013

So how DO you steer a DIY hybrid pickup truck without the engine on? That’s just one of the many challenges to figure out while working on a DIY project. In general, most cars nowadays use power steering. Power steering uses a hydraulic pump to assist turning the wheels, and that pump runs from a […]

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