If I were being reasonable I probably wouldn't have started this in the first place. So far I haven't done anything that would outright make going back to ICE impossible. I'm still expecting to succeed, but wanted to record in the archives what I learned so far for the benefit of the next newbie pondering the idea.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:32 PM, David Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > This is just a suggestion and I almost hate to make it but... What about > taking a step back and simply fix up the ICE engine and reinstall and > return the tractor to proper function as cheap as possible. Set aside and > look for a better donor tractor to convert. I find decent older garden > tractors for reasonable prices frequently. I just sold a John Deere 8 HP > that was in beautiful condition for less than $200. I bought it for $ 50 > bucks at a yard sale and all it needed was a carburetor, battery and > ignition switch. Found I didn't have time to mess with it so I put it on > Craigslist and it went away in a couple weeks. I still have one of those > MDK K-Mart 2 cyl tractors that runs and drives and I am hoping someone will > come along and give me what the motor is worth and haul it off, as it is > not suitable either to build an electric tractor out of. I have a vintage > Allis Chalmers that I am looking to convert that I picked up for next to > nothing, that thing is > built like a brick. Anyway if you find you can get an EV tractor up and > ready for the season simply sell the ICE back up tractor. Don't know if > this helps but just another take on the situation... Dach. > > > > > "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" - Theodore Roosevelt > > > > > On Monday, December 30, 2013 5:06 PM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter < > [email protected]> wrote: > > You might have made an assumption that when you build your EValbum.com > site that you 'have-to' have all the correct info ahead of time, like > once the site is made, you are locked-into what you entered. > > That is not true. You can enter what you want, and easily go back later > and add or change what you have. If you do not know what to enter in a > field, you could put: custom, more-later, tbd (to-be-determined), etc. > > So, I commend you create a page now, and update it as info/detail become > available. > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > > - > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013, at 01:23 PM, Michael K Johnson wrote: > > While I haven't yet created an evalbum page (stuck on a few answers, like > > what to name the project...) ... > - > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131230/8600b6a1/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140101/c6c5d127/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
