[DRIVING] 1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE

[Gregski]

So that's Saturday sorted, Wot you doing on Sunday?

LoL, and what time will I be picking you up from the airport Ali ?

[Gregski]

so decided to get a head start on the weekend to see if Ali can make a liar out of me, since I think I can't assembly this 3D puzzle in a Saturday


steering column and the seats are back in (yes the seats got a bit dirty, but ask me if I care, too excited to drive the thing!)

and these horrid aftermarket Mexican tail light lenses are on, boy do they suck

[Gregski]

got the BMW 330e OEM battery box back in, but before I done did that I decided to lighten the load a bit and remove some unnecessary appendages

this oblong coolant hole will be perfect access to get the Outlander charger cable to the Safety Box inside this battery pack, of course it will get water tighted sealed [eventually]

this Flux Capacitor had to go

[Gregski]

unplastification of the stock OEM BMW 530e battery pack high voltage orange cable to something something was next, I honestly have no idea what this ran to in it's stock configuration but in our case it will run to the Prius inverter


see it pays to always ask if they can throw in some cables or wires

fingers crossed she will reach

and perfection, she made it all the way to the Prius inverter

[AMP3R]

What is the overall diameter of the cable?

[Gregski]

Honda Fit Throttle Pedal for the DIY EV VW Rabbit from Pick-N-Pull





2009 Honda Fit throttle pedal - $9.99

[Gregski]

I also spied this rather interesting pedestal floor mounted yet firewall suspended twisty metal rod throttle pedal in a 2007 Honda Cervix, which I thought was worth a share, I was amin' at pullin' it but I left my deep socket at home

[Gregski]

Me: ah yes what a lovely summer Saturday, I'm just gonna work on the Rabbit all day in my West facing garage

Mother Nature: Like Hell You Are !!!

[johu]

Spoiler:



40°C

Yeah that is hot

[Gregski]

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What is the overall diameter of the cable?

the overall thickness including the orange conduit is 11 mil, I will measure the internal copper strands once I cut this one

here's a link to me cutting the same cable for my truck

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[Ghia66]

Love that you are using so many OEM parts!

[Gregski]

a little progress on the high voltage Mitsubishi Outlander / BMW 330e sBox wirebility

[J0hannes]

unplastification of the stock OEM BMW 530e battery pack high voltage orange cable to something something was next

You didn't happen to measure the length of this BMW battery cable?

[Gregski]

You didn't happen to measure the length of this BMW battery cable?

11' 7" and you may find this thread interesting: I bought a BMW 530e hybrid battery pack - Now What?

[Gregski]

Mitsubishi Outlander Charger BMW 330e Safety Box Marriage





The Outlander charger needs it's capacitor pre charged so we will leverage the OEM BMW 330e Safety Box (contactor box) in the same way it pre charges the cap in the Prius inverter

pay no attention to the + - markings those do not correspond with these skinny orange charger wires

[Ghia66]

ZombieVerter VCU Prius Inverter Connection

some say this video may cure your insomnia ...





it's going to look like this for both the 3rd Gen Toyota Prius and Lexus GS450h inverters

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I have finally have an inverter so I can catch up on the practicals!

[Gregski]

Mitsubishi Outlander BMW SBoxin' DIY EV Conversion

[Gregski]

loading up the battery pack with five battery modules, each one of these little suckers is good for at least 5 miles of range

this is a dinky battery pack out of a hybrid BMW 330e, I know that, it is great for prototyping and testing, it's not meant to be the be all end all

[Gregski]

so cut one of the stock ends off of the OEM BMW 530e high voltage battery pack cable and crimped on some ring terminals. this is how we will connect it to the Prius inverter

remember: the smaller the task the more tools you'll need

[nkiernan]

Would there be a part number marked anywhere on this particular cable??

[Gregski]

Would there be a part number marked anywhere on this particular cable??

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I think that's the #5 below, so 61277544893 also please check out this post I bought a BMW 530e hybrid battery pack - Now What?

#1 HV battery, B+ cable Part Number: 61278649869 Supersession(s): 61-27-8-649-869
#2 HV battery, negative cable Part Number: 61278649871 Supersession(s): 61-27-8-649-871

#4 HV battery, negative cable Part Number: 61277544892 Supersession(s): 61-27-7-544-892
#5 HV battery, B+ cable Part Number: 61277544893 Supersession(s): 61-27-7-544-893
#6 HV battery, B+ cable Part Number: 61277544894 Supersession(s): 61-27-7-544-894
#7 HV battery, B+ cable Part Number: 61277544895 Supersession(s): 61-27-7-544-895
#8 HV battery, B+ cable Part Number: 61277544896 Supersession(s): 61-27-7-544-896
#10 Cell Module Connector Part Number: 61278618444 Supersession(s): 61-27-8-618-444

[Ghia66]

loading up the battery pack with five battery modules, each one of these little suckers is good for at least 5 miles of range

this is a dinky battery pack out of a hybrid BMW 330e, I know that, it is great for prototyping and testing, it's not meant to be the be all end all


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This is such a great alternative to tedious battery box construction!

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[Gregski]

Mima used to say it's always a good sign when liquids are going in! Turns out the leak in the video was from the overflow port at the top of the coolant reservoir and a funnel took care of that issue.

you may also find this thread useful: Prius Gen 3 Inverter Transmission Cooling System Diagram Dumbed Down

trying to use as much OEM stuff as possible, so here is the water pump from the same 3rd gen Prius as my inverter and transaxle, it's a simple 4 wire jobbie with: ground, pwm in, pwm out, and 12v, not necessarily in that order, I hope to get the pwm fingered out but for a test drive I may just run it at full speed, what say you?

side note: I have recently taken up an unpaid internship at the Jamie Jones Institute of Cameratology (via his remote extension online course offering)

[Woodfie]

Nice use of OEM

[Woodfie]

One question please.
Are you looking at running just Mg1 at this stage?