[johnsiddle]

Originally Posted by Woodsmith

Arch is 'Archer', that's her name, most people just call her Arch. Not sure what she would make of being called 'manly' though.

I'm not sure what the pump would be worth, I'll dig it out at some point and see if I can get it to you first. Would it be worth that Land Rover axle you found? We can do a trade on that if that suits.

Tell her I was only joking, girls should not swing sledge hammers anyway.
I doubt that axle will be cheap enough for a trade but I will call down there later and ask.
John

[Woodsmith]

Originally Posted by johnsiddle

Tell her I was only joking, girls should not swing sledge hammers anyway.
I doubt that axle will be cheap enough for a trade but I will call down there later and ask.
John

I have the pump, reservoir, plumbing and the control boxes. The loom will need to be sorted for the connectors though.

[johnsiddle]

Originally Posted by johnsiddle

Tell her I was only joking, girls should not swing sledge hammers anyway.
I doubt that axle will be cheap enough for a trade but I will call down there later and ask.
John

Hi Woody,
Went to the scrappers today, he wants £100 for the Landy Axle, a bit steep I fear.

On the steering pump front, I dont need a controller I am building my own as we speak they have two Saxo pumps in the yard for £20 so depending on what price the fleabay one goes for I know I can get one for £20.

Put antifreeze in my heating system today to try it out (just basic pumping) of course it leaked and then I had to re-arrange the pump to stop it cavitating with the air that was in the heater rads, but all is Ok now.
Also found a oneway valve for my vac system (my converted plumbers one leaked too much) that was free. Just waiting for my vac guage to see what I am getting.

[Woodsmith]

I can pick up an axle for half that amount, if I was able to pick up an axle! I will chase that up today.
Thanks for asking for me.

[johnsiddle]

It was a big day today for my Volvo, he took his first steps as an EV, albeit with just a 12v bat on the passenger floor and some long jump leads.

But still it pulled well in 1st and second, just as far as my next door neighbors drive and back again. Dead quiet as if I was being pushed.
It was a bit difficult steering with no PS and timing the brake with pulling the crock lead off the battery. Brakes worked well.

I then treated him with a shampoo and wax, he feels much better now...

[Woodsmith]

Fantastic milestone! Well done!

I walked today, without sticks, but with the orthopedic boot. That is my milestone.

[johnsiddle]

Originally Posted by Woodsmith

Fantastic milestone! Well done!

I walked today, without sticks, but with the orthopedic boot. That is my milestone.

You will have to get Arch to give you a shampoo and waxing to celebrate.....

[Woodsmith]

Originally Posted by johnsiddle

You will have to get Arch to give you a shampoo and waxing to celebrate.....

LOL, I'll mention it to her.

[johnsiddle]

The latest on the project, as you can see from the pics the motor is now turbo powered, so should go like a rocket.

I won the saxo PS pump on ebay for £18 plus a fiver at the scrappers for some pipes and wiring harness.
I spent a day trying to decide where to mount it and finally settled on just in front of the gearbox. I am now waiting for a refrigeration flare adapter to arrive to join the two pipes. The pump controller I made had a relay mounted on the board but the harness has one fitted, so I removed mine.

I have given up trying to get the ECU to think the ICE is there and working so it will drive the rev counter. Instead I have built a Tacho from a tacho chip and fed it into a bargraph chip. I have mounted some high power leds behind the dial to light up the digits up to 5000 rpm with red ones coming on from 3500 rpm. I dont think I should try to run this motor above 5k or even anywhere near, 3.5k should be OK though cuz it has good banding on the armature.

I have given the motor about a 5 degree advance which should be OK as a start.

The next step is some serious controller building, I have ordered a pre-programmed PIC chip as the basis for the controller so we will have to see how that works out.

Watch this space....

[johnsiddle]

Power steering done, works a treat.
Rev counter working.. not perfect but gives an indication of revs.

Pic chip arrived so now to start the electronics...

How's the leg Woody??????