[CorkLandie]

Ok, so, a small update!
Bought myself a vertical milling machine which needed a bit of TLC, And got a chunk of Aloominum (6082T6) Water jet cut locally so i could make my own adapter plate:
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Lots of double checking on the DRO later and we had this
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I'm tremendously pleased with it for a number 1 prototype, it mounts up really nicely to the transfer box. I have to mill a pocket out to allow one of the bolts to be tightened up from the side and i may add a small through hole to allow oil to drip out if the oil seal ever starts leaking (it's a land rover after all...)
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I've also completed a City & Guilds level 3 training course for EV & Hybrids, this was really helpful on the theory side of things, and the place i went to do the training at (ZeroEV near Bristol, UK) were excellent. I got to ask tons of questions about my conversion and got some real honest, down to earth advice. So i recommend them!!

I also showed my adapter plate off and they gave me the chance to fit it to a real Hyper 9! Pleased to say it fits, and the bore in my adapter plate is a really nice and snug transition fit
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The dude i've asked to give me a quote for machining the shaft adapter is really busy so i may as well get the tooling and make that myself too.

The quest continues

Cheers

 

[CorkLandie]

Hi
I seem to be at an almost identical stage of my Series 3 rebuild and conversion to an EV…
Fortunately it looks as if you have done most of the hard work of adapter design already!
Would it be possible to grab a CAD copy of your design for a donation to the vertical milling machine fund?
I seem to have found a fella who can manufacture the adapter for me but needs either my transfer box or a CAD package… 🤔
Great work so far!