Hi All -
Well, I finally got around to having one more look at the EV1 and
those manuals that the school got with the car. I opened up the garag,
put the 60 amp MaxiFuse in the 12V system and hopped in, closing the
door and sealing me in. First thing I noticed was an eerie blue glow
coming from the base of the "shifter" - D, N, R, and P. I punched in
the code and when the "Valid Code" light came on I hit the "Run"
button. Like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, the shiny spacecraft,
forgotten for years, hidden in a dark and dusty garage, magically came
to life with a low whirring hum, blink of lights, and a few beeps.
Lights all across the dash below the windshield blinked angrily at me
as if to sadly ask "Where's my battery pack?" The odometer read 573
miles - this forgotten machine was practically brand new!! Most of the
12V accessories seemed to work, but the heat/AC didn't work at all (see
below) and the display didn't want to do anything but flash in dismay.
After pushing all the buttons and trying out the stereo (you're right
John Plasma, it lacks something compared to Sniffer's...) I regretfully
pushed the "Lock" switch and climbed out, the door closing with a
Sci-Fi hiss behind me (or so I imagined), and headed back up to school
to return the keys to the garage.
Today I also got a chance to have a look at the "manuals" that I have
been referring to. Here's what we've got, and I'm curious no know
whether these are anything special or if lots of other folks have them
(excluding the 39 other schools that GM also donated EV1s to).
In the front of a large 3-ring binder there is a page outlining the
donated EV1:
"Disabled or removed:
-Left and right junction blocks
-brake torque control module
-charge port com card
-batteries, including battery pack module, wiring harness, and auto
disconnect
-power control module from the power electronics bay
-heating/ventilation/air conditioning control module
-airbags and actuators"
The binder then had a section on each of the following:
-specs
-engineering
-propulsion
-electrical system
-batteries
-inductive charging
-brake system
-structure
-chassis
-aerodynamics (CD=.19!!!!!)
-ride and handling
-exterior panels
-interior
-preview drive
-manufacturing overview
-awards
-testimonials
-demographics
-environmental study
-presentations
-website
-SLIDES (neat!)
What interested me most were three VERY large blueprints:
"-EV1 Vehicle Layout: Passenger Compartment Front View Section
-EV1 Vehicle Layout: Front Compartment FRT View Section Thru FRT
Wheel Center
-EV1 Vehicle Layout: Side View" (my personal favorite, it must have
been 8 or 10 feet wide - around 3 meters for any metric minds out there
=) )
Each blueprint also had written on it "Information is approximate and
for illustrative purposes only" although they looked pretty good to me
We also have the "1997 EV1 Service Manuals:"
-battery and charging system
-propulsion system
-electrical
-HVAC
-brakes
-chassis
-body collision
-battery charging system supplement
-SIR
-special tools
Many of these were HUGE, like 2-4 inches thick. Way cool.
Lastly, there are boxes of EV1 pamphlets and posters, one of which I
snagged and duct taped to my dorm room wall =)
Looking at what they claim to have removed/disabled, I am thinking that
it would be rather difficult to get this thing going again, although I
do not see any legal reasons why it couldn't be made to run, just not
on public roads...
Seth
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