Wiring

The main wiring is almost finished - all the small pieces are in place and the two main runs are in place - just not tied down yet. It should be movable by the weekend!

Vacuum System

I boxed up the pump today - I stuffed the box with insulation to dampen the noise, and the pump sits on rubber feet as well. Hopefully it'll be very unobtrusive. The vacuum cutoff is in and wired as well. I put it close to the pump, hanging off one of the battery boxes. It's large, so finding a spot was tricky. The vacuum check valve runs underneath the accessory box to connect to the reservoir by the firewall.

Wiring to the pump cutoff switch

The pump is in place, the cutoff switch is in place, the ground wires are in, the accessory battery is in. The little red key in the lower right corner of the top box is a main battery cutoff switch.

The console back in - it still looks like vikings have been at the cockpit, but it'll snap together soon... I hope...

It's Alive!

I spun it today for the first time. Two bad sets of jumper cables made it a much harder job than anticipated. Forgetting that I had hooked up the driveshaft and left it in gear would have been really exciting if I hadn't just been using a single 12v battery. Running myself over is an old Monty Python skit; wouldn't want to explain that to the Paramedics...

I installed the inertia switch as well today - this will shut the motor down, killing power to the pack in the event of a major collision.

The Instrument Console

Done. Six hours, but it's done.
It looks pretty much like it was always supposed to have a voltmeter and ammeter, which was the whole point, of course!

The cluster getting prepped for the hacking

After the hole saw


Done!
The old fuel gauge is now the voltmeter, which give me battery life; the temperature gauge is now the ammeter which tells me how hard I'm being on the batteries.