Running wire

Today after school, Mike, Mr. Butler, and I began another chapter in the story of our EV. Chassis wiring was on the agenda, but not after placing a new hinge on the driver side door. We’ve been having trouble lately with our door sagging and not closing all of the way. But, with a spare hinge that he retrieved from his house, we were back in bussisness. After fixing the door, Mike and I took our new rear battery rack outside and gave it a coat of paint. From there we caught up with Mr. Butler who had already dived into wiring in our new fuse panel. While he was hard at work under the dash, Mike and I proceeded in placing the loom for our headlights into the front of the car. This wasn’t a real complicated process, however getting the four ways to work properly was. By disassembling the original wiring harness and following a wiring diagram just for the car we were able to eliminate a massive amount of useless wires, thus helping our troubleshooting process and keeping the actual wiring in a neat, orderly loom. At the end of the session, we were able to accomplish action from the headlights, turn signals, brake lights, high beams, flash to pass, windshield wipers and dash lights. I am extremely excited about having all of the basic lights and windshield wiper functions. This is another milestone, yet we are still not finished. Tomorrow we will have working four ways and a newly installed rear battery rack.