It's way, way stronger than the spindly thing that the previous owner was using to tow their horsebox.

Latest update on the charge control setup. It works! :D I've done lots of testing and so far no major issues so I figured maybe it was time for Mk2 https://store.arduino.cc/products/uno-r4-wifi When I was connecting all the wires to the Arduino...

Absolutely free way to lift suspension. Take all unnecessary components off and up it goes ! Biggest difference was made when the insulation tape was taken off the wiring loom. Have a great DAY 👍 See photos. .

Only if it breaks and causes an accident where someone is seriously injured or killed. Many years ago I remember having tow bars fitted at some guys house. He had a cottage industry making and fitting tow bars at the weekend and I can't imagine...

I've never changed an exhaust in any Freelander and they were all as old as yours. They must have been well made.

Today I found a hill steep enough to test the hill descent and it works! Forwards and backwards.

Another Hippo 🦛 on the way to wherever Hippos go when they leave this earthly realm

Cheap aftermarket master cylinder can cause the bite point to be on the floor making it hard to push in far enough. I had this problem and sorted it by extending the rod that the pedal pushes by a few mm but it was a pain. In my case I replaced...

I work at a scrapyard so we do get a fair share of end of life vehicles but this was the first 3 door Hippo since I’ve been there. Been waiting for one for ages, kept thinking I had to buy a couple of tyres then got lucky. Still got the sports...

I posted on 16/03/25 smugly about replacing my starter motor. What a fool…. Three days later the new one stopped working altogether. So after much cursing, blood sweat and tears put the old one back in. Started first time and continues to work...

Gee, you're up early. I'm addressing the slightly leaky roof this week. I'm changing it from the horrible shallow single pitch, to a nice 35° gable style roof instead. The forcast is for it to be dry this week, so perfect for getting the roof...

Might have got in after a works leaving do......

LOL, you on the sauce at 3:47 this morning? 🤣

Very good sir! Point of order noted. Apologies for my tardiness. I probably ought to have said in a most likely VERY well built garage in the proud ancient county of Armagh but I was a bit lazy. In my defense 20 miles is in the commuter zone...

I'm actually surprised that a Chinese factory let something leave looking like that. I've ordered tons of Chinese PCB over the last decade, and never seen anything like that. Wave soldering pretty much eliminates bad solder joints, but maybe...

Yes mate, I only noticed it after replacing the module and was looking for a cracked track. As I said I can't complain too much as I chose to go with cheap Chinese components knowing the chances of failure were there.

In fairness most of the issues in this entire process were caused by me not knowing what I needed the software to do and it took a while to figure out the hardware requirements too. I still haven't tested it at a public charger so I guess that is...

Next time ask it to run some unit tests on the code - should minimise bugs :)

I don't know what you do for a living but if I was writing computer programs I'd be concerned. Or anything that can be done sitting in front of a computer for that matter. It was only a few months ago I tried to get ChatGPT to write something...

I'm liking your approach here. You've done all the heavy lifting of the actual build and are now thinking about everything and getting to grips with all the little day to day usability improvements. Manufacturers spend millions on this kind of...

You'll not be surprised to learn of another issue that only came up while testing with the battery nearly full. I set it to charge remotely while I was able to watch it and was pleased to see it working as described right up until the charge...

Oh Oh! I spoke too soon 😲 I've been doing lots of testing to confirm all is working correctly and discovered two separate issues so am working through them now. The first was when I tried to adjust the cut off voltage where the car stops...

Just a wee update on driving and charging. The car has been driving great since the 12V relay module was replaced. :D I've only driven around miles 60 since but it's been flawless. TBH I had always questioned the wisdom of using ultra cheap...

Today I got the hill descent working it wasn't anything complicated. It seems to work with either the original 1.8 cluster or with the 2.5 cluster that I have. I had unpinned the power feed from the plug that goes into the interior fuse box...

Yesterday I had the wheels aligned. The nearside rear was a pig as the suspension is all original on that side but the guy used Oxy to heat the nuts and they moved easily. All the rest had been loosened before so were not too bad but the job...

Maybe try Green Light next time. However you *must* have five off-road mods in addition to EV mod, things like snorkel, suspension lift, winch etc etc and you might have to prove that you have them, however they are a lot cheaper than Adrian Flux.

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...

Got our insurance sorted yesterday. Everyone says that Admiral multicar doesn't do modified car insurance, but, it seems that if you have insured all your cars and your home with them for seven or eight years, and it's renewal time, and I suppose...

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...

When my daughter bought her first car she wanted a Mazda 2/Demio. The 3rd gen version about 2010. They were all 1.3 autos and were terrible piles of pooh. She had been driving our 90's 1.3 manual Toyota Starlet and even she was devastated at...