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It's good to hear you got the insurance sorted. I tried Admiral Multicar for my EV conversion but no joy. We've had Admiral multicar for a long time but they couldn't figure out how to put 'EV Conversion' into their system. They did give me a great quote for the van I recently bought though so...

The DSG gearbox ion the Octavia was very nice in many ways but (I guess) because it had clutches rather than a torque converter the engine could not build up revs before engaging the auto clutch. It was fine on the flat but pulled away really slowly on any incline. I wasn't sure the The 1.8 K...

Stay away from Motorways. ☺️

My first Auto was a Skoda Octavia with a DSG gearbox and a 1.5 litre turbo diesel engine. It was hopelessly under powered until the turbo kicked in so pulling away from an uphill junction was downright scary. It wasn't possible to hold the brake and build up the revs as the accelerator didn't do...

Is it possible the starter is still engaged?

Brilliant mate, :D well done on such a huge project. You must be well chuffed to get it running but even more so that it runs so well. Believe me I understand the concern that doing the conversion might result in a car that drives but is not pleasant to be in. :oops: I was listening closely to...

This is the one that just keeps on giving. 😊

We're driving again! 😀 During testing I was poking about at the wiring and suddenly one of the relays in the relay module triggered and after a few minutes more poking I figured it looks like the relay module is faulty. This is the offending module. Ignore the missing jumper, I had to pinch...

Thanks mate, every little helps. :) I'm not too concerned as it will probably be something stupid I've done like a disconnected wire or some such. I spent months working on the startup procedure to get it reliable as it seems to be very fussy about what gets powered on first but I've added so...

Sadly these are the latest additions to the "Shelf of Shame" :oops: RIP little fellas In reality they're not completely dead but injured enough I wouldn't trust them for anything much. The digital pins 10 and 11 are no longer working and probably others too. This is what I am using now...

Stretch a length of string down the side of the car so it touches the back wheel and just touches the front. It will give you a rough guide on how far out of alignment the front wheels are. If they are a mile out then maybe that's the issue but if close then probably not. You can get pretty...

The shunt has pack negative and positive so is able to send out the pack voltage by CAN. The inverter does the same. By plagiarising the work of others I have a ready made way of reading the CAN from the shunt and inverter so although the charger might be able to do the same I'm sticking with...

Another thing I discovered was that the circuit I built (on the previous page of this thread) to sense when the charger plug is pushed in and send a Gnd to power my Arduino Nano, sends positive 12V when the plug is not in. :oops: I suspect this may be what killed my first Nano. :(

Yes mate, it's currently triggered by the brake light switch and as I was writing the post above it occurred I could use it but I need to confirm it won't pull on the brake lights but I guess another relay would sort that. I think there is an ignition switch for the inverter too which also...

Over the weekend I discovered that disconnecting Gnd from the accelerator pedal to prevent the car driving away while the charge cable is plugged in is NOT A GOOD IDEA! At one point during testing I turned on the ignition and the motor suddenly revved without warning. Thankfully I had the car...

The good news is the new Nano is working and the circuit that detects when the Charger is plugged in also works. When I plug the charger in the Nano gets 5V and powers two relays which stay on until the charging sequence completes. There are still a few things to sort out but I'm finally...

I'm sorry to hear that GG, I love motor sport and everyone knows it can be dangerous but it's always gut wrenching to see someone get hurt. it never occurred to me that these connectors could be so dangerous but if you look at the tip of the plug in the photo it clearly sticks out beyond the...

Want a laugh guys? Here's a top tip, if using these connectors to connect your 12V then DO NOT try to plug them in live. If you do then don't be surprised if you let out the blue smoke The hole on the left isn't meant to be there. :oops: Turns out the positive of the plug sticks out a...

None taken. :) The replacement is built and ready for testing tomorrow so here's hoping I don't do the same again. ;)

Is the noise from the front or back?