Anyone know where I can get a workshop manual for an Excite 64

[T1 Terry]

I'm new here, so be gentle. I am in Australia, so you can't come around and egg my house for what I want to do :lol:
I recently bought a stat write-off MG4 from a salvage auction and want to use it as a donor to convert my '74 VW Kombi to electric.
A workshop manual or You Tube videos on how to dismantle the whole car would be very helpful, both to avoid damaging anything and avoid making an ass of myself ....

T1 Terry

 

[leonkernan]

Index of /MG4/Manuals

 

[Ian Key]

Sounds like quite a project. You'll have to post it on Youtube as you go along or get a TV company interested.
Good luck and I hope you know what you are doing around EV batteries and the high voltages they produce.

 

[kiwi]

It's not an MG4 but it is MG, and it is Australian:



This bloke has a few related videos worth a watch.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

There is an Aussie at reinCARnation on youtube who has a series converting the MG electrics internals into a Porsche. Really good info.

 

[Rolfe]

I'm new here, so be gentle. I am in Australia, so you can't come around and egg my house for what I want to do :lol:
I recently bought a stat write-off MG4 from a salvage auction and want to use it as a donor to convert my '74 VW Kombi to electric.
A workshop manual or You Tube videos on how to dismantle the whole car would be very helpful, both to avoid damaging anything and avoid making an ass of myself ....

T1 Terry

Calling all Australian members, collect eggs and meet at Terry's house this afternoon...

 

[Archev]

Calling all Australian members, collect eggs and meet at Terry's house this afternoon...

Ohmlettes anyone ?

 

[siteguru]

You might get some resistance to that

 

[Ian Key]

You might get some resistance to that

Get your hat and go ohm before you get hertz

 

[stevegus]

Shocking

 

[dsimpkins]

I'm new here, so be gentle. I am in Australia, so you can't come around and egg my house for what I want to do :lol:
I recently bought a stat write-off MG4 from a salvage auction and want to use it as a donor to convert my '74 VW Kombi to electric.
A workshop manual or You Tube videos on how to dismantle the whole car would be very helpful, both to avoid damaging anything and avoid making an ass of myself ....

T1 Terry

That's a huge project, and I wish you luck with it. Rear wheel drive EV for a rear wheel drive VW, makes sense to me. Please keep us updated with progress.

 

[Rolfe]

Yes, seriously, it's a really interesting project and do keep us up to date with it. Pictures would be good!

 

[T1 Terry]

Index of /MG4/Manuals

Wow, thank you very much, that should keep me busy for the new few yrs just reading all that stored knowledge, and I've only opened the first two links

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

Sounds like quite a project. You'll have to post it on Youtube as you go along or get a TV company interested.
Good luck and I hope you know what you are doing around EV batteries and the high voltages they produce.

Thank you for your interest. I've been playing with my two Priuses, so only around the 200vdc range so far, only managed to get myself once with the extended range 74 cell LFP battery, that was enough (around 270vdc) to learn not to use the metal body to hold your balance while touching a cell terminal, disconnect the negative terminal first 40 plus yrs as an auto mechanic and do a dumb thing like that ....

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

It's not an MG4 but it is MG, and it is Australian:



This bloke has a few related videos worth a watch.

Thank you Kiwi, I will watch them in the breaks between rewiring the 240-vac electrical system in my just purchased motorhome so all the circuits are double pole and the 15 amp ones separated from the main GPO circuits. Then I can finish wiring up the 24v 5kva Victron inverter, I've at least finished sorting the 12v circuits and 24v circuits and routed them separate to the 240v stuff ..... some people seem to like living on the edge when it comes to wiring, I'm not one of them :lol:

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

There is an Aussie at reinCARnation on youtube who has a series converting the MG electrics internals into a Porsche. Really good info.

Thank you Big Al, I'll add those to the watch list

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

Calling all Australian members, collect eggs and meet at Terry's house this afternoon...

Ohmlettes anyone ?

You might get some resistance to that

Get your hat and go ohm before you get hertz

Shocking

Great to see such an informative site has members with a similar warped sense of humour as I have :lol:
You'll need a good throwing arm to get from the road to the house, the ferocious mexican hunting dog will attack if you get too close (chihuahua)

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

That's a huge project, and I wish you luck with it. Rear wheel drive EV for a rear wheel drive VW, makes sense to me. Please keep us updated with progress.

Thanks, it sounded straight forward ... until I started reading the links to all the PDF's @ leonkerman put up for me to read I'm not sure how they got all that gear in one vehicle and still have room for seats :lol:

T1 Terry

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[T1 Terry]

Yes, seriously, it's a really interesting project and do keep us up to date with it. Pictures would be good!

When I get started, there are a number of forums I have to post the progress on, including the AEVA forum (Australian Electric Vehicle Association) where I'm a member.

T1 Terry

 

[Archev]

Great to see such an informative site has members with a similar warped sense of humour as I have :lol:
You'll need a good throwing arm to get from the road to the house, the ferocious mexican hunting dog will attack if you get too close (chihuahua)

T1 Terry

Wishing you the best of luck with the job there - hope you’re keeping pictures for the before and after story.