First drive (It's a secret)

[Mark Brems]

Took the wife out late last night for the first spin around the neighborhood (covertly, under the cover of darkness).
The little '74 behaved like a champ, and the wife giggled like a little girl. I will need to adjust the shift linkage,
steering wheel angle, and door latches, but other than that I am waiting for the trim to be finished and it'll be
done and driveable!  Moving faster than my blog, so I'll need to catch up.

McB

[Richard Rodriguez]

Hi Mark,

Congratulations. 

I just passed the 20,000 EV miles mark and my wife still will not get in my car. :-(

Richard

 

 

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[Eyec...@aol.com]

 I congratulate you all.

 

I am in the third year of my DC conversion and have learned a great deal from this forum. Unfortunately my 75 needed total brake and body work that took the past 2 years.  Since then I have it working with minimal voltage until I pass inspection here in Delaware. BTW, no one in my family will ride with me, though I am on a first name basis with all who work at the local towing company.

 

Recently, the motor area started producing a high pitched squeal, loud enough to be heard a block away.

 

I tried reseating the brushes by running at a low rpm over time with no improvement.  When I disconnected the motor from the tranny, the squeal stopped.   Next step was to reconnect outside the car and indeed it squealed again.  Putting an 1/8 inch spacer between the 2 halves of the adapter plate removed the squeal!!!

I tested it vertically and horizontally outside the car and it was perfect.

 

I just reinstalled it into the car and the squeal is back.  I plan to drive it some to see if something that is out of alignment magically will fall into place.

 

I am baffled since there is no play between the motor and trans.

 

Very discouraged.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks

 

George in Delaware

 

 

 

In a message dated 8/17/2012 3:01:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mcb...@gmail.com writes:

Took the wife out late last night for the first spin around the neighborhood (covertly, under the cover of darkness).
The little '74 behaved like a champ, and the wife giggled like a little girl. I will need to adjust the shift linkage,
steering wheel angle, and door latches, but other than that I am waiting for the trim to be finished and it'll be

done and drive able!  Moving faster than my bog, so I'll need to catch up.