Build your own Electric Car!

Step 2 Remove anything gasoline related

Remove anything related to the gasoline internal combustion system.

That means that you are going to take off:
Gas tank
Exhaust, muffler, cat
Engine
Starter
Radiator
Coolant tank
Fuel lines and filter

and anything else you can think of.

Removing all the extra bits saves weight and cleans up the car, making it easier to paint, run wiring, and do everything else in the conversion.

If you remove parts carefully, you can sell them to help cover the cost of the conversion. I bought the car for $500, but then sold the engine, gas tank, and radiator for $550. Free car to convert!

Make sure to not alter any safety gear. In this case, I was careful to make sure the driver and passenger airbags remain intact and functioning.

Here I am removing the gas tank. I had never removed a gas tank before, and couldn't figure a good way to drain it. What a mess!

Here's a video of me literally lifting out the engine with a pulley and clothes line! Hard to answer my phone with my hands full like that!

Comments

[App Killer]

nice ringtone

[goujosamma]

Fantastic Idea!!! I should start videotaping my self whenever my hands are full of something awkward... Oh yeah, the car is cool to. As a carpenter, mechanic, telephony tech, and pizza guy I can tell you that there are no end to the ways that I have been caught with my hands full by my cell phone!