It would a good idea to have a camcorder handy while taking it apart, just so you can reassemble it as it was ;-)
Regards Harsha Godavari Lee Hart wrote: > > Seth Murray wrote: > > > I would be happy to scan all of the manuals if and when I get my hands > > on them and a scanner. A scanner finds its way into my hands and I > > will scan the docs and I can burn as many CDs as needed. > > I would be happy to contribute to this effort any way that I can! I > think it is a golden opportunity to document the greatest electric car > built to date, before GM makes it disappear like it never existed! > > > A WPI grad from a few years back who has been lurking on the list > > suggested a study something along the lines of "Evaluate the > > suitability of Nickle Zinc Batteries in on-road freeway-capable EVs" > > which could certainly work. Right now the car is sort of reserved for > > the upper classmen, but we'll see how things go. > > No matter what the upper-class students want to do with it, any kind of > research project obviously needs a "control". If you're going to > evaluate (say) a different battery, you need to get it working with > plain old lead-acid batteries first, so you can compare the results > before and after. Likewise if they wanted to rip out all the electrics > and make a gasoline car out of it -- they should FIRST get it working > as-is to have a basis for comparison. > > So... the first project should be to get it working as-is, right? :-) > > Next point. An excellent case could be made for taking it apart first, > to learn all you can about how it's built. You can't modify a thing if > you haven't documented how it is already built, right? > -- > Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring > 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering > Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything > leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
