Kaylor Motor Install

We got the Kaylor motor installed yesterday. I went out and purchased a nice new stock pressure plate for the beast but did not change the throw bearing shaft. For a stock setup there is just no need. I pulled out and did a basic setup of the controller as well. I am building another bench test to be sure every thing is working before placing them in position for going on the road. It is only a test and the road test will be minimal. I will be placing the cells in the rear seat area and will be strapping them together so they don't move. I still need to work on the brakes before venturing out on the roadway. This is one of the reasons for the bench test while installed in the car. I have no clue about the condition of the brakes at this moment. Those are easy breezy for me. The mechanical stuff my be stuck and be a pain in the butt but brakes are simple. I have enough stuff here to replace the soft lines if needed and the flex lines from the master to the brake fluid reservoir. I have new shoes and pads as well but they would come from the Buggy. That would put the buggy project back a bit again. Oh well. I did a quick video of the install.

One other thing I noticed while putting this thing together was that this particular motor has split brushes. The ones that Helwig sells with the rubber tops. These don't have rubber tops but they are split brushes. I thought that the Helwig split brush was a new concept but its not. I think that the rubber top is but not the split brush. It is also interesting that the other starter/generators I have do not have split brushes. Anyway I thought you'd all like to know that split brushes are not a new fangled thing.

Pete :)