[DRIVING] 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE

[Gregski]

BMW 330e External Connector

if we gonna use the OEM BMW battery box we might as well use the OEM low voltage pig tail




things escalated quickly

[Gregski]

Captain's Log:

Project Date: Day 105

We have not met our 100 day or less Arbitrary Build Deadline, aka the ABD.

[excuses]

• I got swamped at work the past week (yes I work for a living, ITing n sh!t)

• Got two solid days of rain over the last weekend (didn't help with the item below)

• The darn undercoating I sprayed on the floor is taking forever to dry

• Spent 3 days converting to good ol' manual brakes, yes the rears were seized!

• Spent 2 days repairing the OEM steering column - I'm looking at you lower bearing!

• Wasted time making ZombieVerter VCU Videos instead of Rabbiting

[/excuses]

... so I could really use a good ol' Chuck Norris joke to cheer me up right about now...


I swear he looks like he's holding the ZombieVerter!

[Gregski]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness 1 - Roll Your Own Fuses & Relays 1




so from this:

to that:

KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

[Gregski]

EVBMW ZombieVerter VCU Header, Connector, Wire Harness

[Gregski]

56 Pin Header (Male) - Part # 211PL562L0011
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799870142865.html]

56 Pin Connector (Female) - Part # 211PC562S0009
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799870142865.html]

[Gregski]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness 2 - Permanent Power Fuse Block

here we add a four fuse block for anything that will require permanent power like the ZombieVerter VCU and brake lights

[Gregski]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness 3 - Ignition Power Fuse Block

the one where the Greg adds a second four fuse block, this one gets it's power when you turn the key in the ignition to On

The man responsible for the ZombieVerter tells us about Pin #15

[Gregski]

unGermaning the Voltswagen

[Gregski]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness 4 - Start Power Fuse Block





The guy who invented the ZombieVerter tells us about Pin #52

[Alibro]

Is it possible you are mocking the Great One?

[Gregski]

Is it possible you are mocking the Great One?

[Gregski]

ZombieVerter VCU Forward & Reverse





These two pins are used to set Direction

• Pin 53 - Reverse

• Pin 54 - Forward

[Gregski]

just want to share some screen shots with those who are still waiting on their Zombies to arrive

we find the dirmode [direction mode] under the Parameters aka "Settings" section in the Open Inverter web interface for the ZombieVerter VCU accessible via WiFi

Button is our first choice. This option is designed for one or two momentary press buttons to put your car in either Drive aka Forward direction or Reverse. The way this works is you press a button and you are in that mode until you press the other button

[Gregski]

we find the dirmode [direction mode] under the Parameters aka "Settings" section in the Open Inverter web interface for the ZombieVerter VCU accessible via WiFi

Switch is our second choice.

[Gregski]

we find the dirmode [direction mode] under the Parameters aka "Settings" section in the Open Inverter web interface for the ZombieVerter VCU accessible via WiFi

ButtonReversed is our third choice. You would use this if say you took a rear motor from an OEM vehicle and flipped it to install it in the front of your new vehicle. The default forward direction would now spin your wheels backwards, so ButtonReversed takes care of this situation.

[Gregski]

we find the dirmode [direction mode] under the Parameters aka "Settings" section in the Open Inverter web interface for the ZombieVerter VCU accessible via WiFi

SwitchReversed is our fourth choice. You would use this if say you took a rear motor from an OEM vehicle and flipped it to install it in the front of your new vehicle. The default forward direction would now spin your wheels backwards, so SwitchReversed takes care of this situation.

[Gregski]

we find the dirmode [direction mode] under the Parameters aka "Settings" section in the Open Inverter web interface for the ZombieVerter VCU accessible via WiFi

DefaultForward is our fifth choice. This setting tells the VCU that as soon as we turn the key to the Run position we are ready to Drive, without any signals, buttons, switches going to Pin 53. This may be all you need for the Lexus GS450h rear wheel drive transmission as it has a traditional internal reverse gear inside the transmission so you just use the floor shifter to manually put it in Reverse. The motor still spins forward but it is the counter gear mated with the reverse gear that makes the car go backwards. So no wire on pin 54 needed to go in Reverse.

[Gregski]

How to do a ZombieVerter VCU Ver 2.15 A Firmware Upgrade

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

ZombieVerter VCU Forward & Reverse

"You might see stuff like that, where your pin was underneath the pin and looked like it was on but wasn't"

...

[Gregski]

"You might see stuff like that, where your pin was underneath the pin and looked like it was on but wasn't"

...

OMG, as my old boss would say, at least he's consistent !

[Gregski]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness Forward & Reverse Switch





these are the two pins needed for the Forward and Reverse Switch, but there are many ways to skin this cat

the switch is hugging the fuse block just for the photo opp, that's not where it will be permanently mounted

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

I presume you know this, but the reason the pins on a switch are counterintuitive, is because the switch has a pivot in the middle. Like a teeter totter, when one side of the lever goes up, the other side goes down. So the back end of the lever that actually does the switching, points to the opposite side of the enclosure and connects those contacts.

Speaking of switches...

What a dreadful naming convention from Damien. "Button" vs "Switch". They're both switches, one is momentary the other is latching. But I have button-style switches that latch (like clicking in the end of a pen, say, like, the power button switch on most cheap tabletop computer speakers), and I have momentary toggle switches that don't latch.

[Gregski]

I presume you know this, but the reason the pins on a switch are counterintuitive, is because the switch has a pivot in the middle. Like a teeter totter, when one side of the lever goes up, the other side goes down. So the back end of the lever that actually does the switching, points to the opposite side of the enclosure and connects those contacts.

Speaking of switches...

What a dreadful naming convention from Damien. "Button" vs "Switch". They're both switches, one is momentary the other is latching. But I have button-style switches that latch (like clicking in the end of a pen, say, like, the power button switch on most cheap tabletop computer speakers), and I have momentary toggle switches that don't latch.

thank you Matt I can say with 97.2% confidence that half the time I have no idea what's the Difference between button and switch

Many switches masquerade as buttons, and vice-versa. This is fine, when appropriate, and a matter of design choice.

A starter button in a car, for example, is a switch masquerading as a button.

The button that closes an elevator door is a button. The buttons that select floors, on the other hand, are smart switches.

[Gregski]

ZombieVerter VCU Wont RUN

[Alibro]

84 VW MK1 Rabbit DIY Wire Harness Forward & Reverse Switch





these are the two pins needed for the Forward and Reverse Switch, but there are many ways to skin this cat

IMG_4287 Labeled.jpg


the switch is hugging the fuse block just for the photo opp, that's not where it will be permanently mounted

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I was going to use the start position of my ignition switch to enable drive, but in my car the Ign pos 1 and 2 are disconnected from the battery when I do. Probably to ensure the starter gets 100% of battery power but I was disappointed when I discovered this as it caused issues else where.
It's not ideal but drive is enabled as soon as I turn to pos 2.

But I'm not using Zombie so I'm missing a lot of the benefits of it.