Sparkfire Rides Again!
After 4 long months, I finally got the EV back on the road. I apologize for not keeping this blog well updated. In the meantime I’ve done so many small tasks, that it was hard to blog about them. Here’s a short list of the things I completed: Fixed the driveshaft Connected the transmission housing [...]
Bad news from the doctors
For the past few months I’ve been driving the EV Spitfire stuck in 3rd gear. “What?!” I can hear you say? “How do you do that?” You say this because you’re probably used to driving a normal gasoline powered vehicle. Let me explain… Internal combustion engines (ICEs) are much different than electric motors. Engines need [...]
Monthly maintenance
Every month or so, it’s time to water my lead acid batteries. It’s not particularly difficult to do this maintenance. It’s not even dirty. But, it does take about 30 minutes. Lead acid batteries have an electrolyte of sulfuric acid. The chemistry between the lead and acid stores and releases the electricity that makes the [...]
