Converting to an Electric Vehicle

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Remember to remove the fuel lines which can also be full of
gas and a fire hazard too. Be careful with all of the gasoline
devices. If you are not lucky enough to be doing your
conversion on a truck all of these items have to come out
from underneath which can get messy under your car.


Every accessory was removed, fans, air conditioning (be
careful with the Freon and recycle it). Leave the small rad, if
you have one, but remove the engine radiator carefully.


The engine comes out easily by unbolting the mounts and
using 2 chains on your hoist, one front and one back. Have
someone help you with this for safety sake.


The front of the engine has to clear the front of the engine
compartment and that puts your engine at quite an angle.
Make sure that all transmission fluid (if you are removing it)
is drained.


It might be easier to disconnect the transmission from the
engine once it is out and mount the electric motor and then
reinstall it with the hoist if you can. Do a bit of preliminary
testing and measuring to see if this option is possible.

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