My 82 EZ GO "best bang for the buck" refurb progress

[MxChris]

Originally Posted by yurtle

Another trick would be to use paint or a Sharpie (gotta be fast with a Sharpie). Simply paint the hinge and you should easily make out the holes on the seat bottom.

Yeah that occurred to me as well but with the black vinyl I figured I better find something white.

[MxChris]

Busted out the box of model paints:



If you apply the paint fairly thick and work quickly you should have almost no brush strokes visible.

[branman1971]

Impressive Bro!!! My 82 3-wheeler next ok?!

[MxChris]

Originally Posted by branman1971

Impressive Bro!!! My 82 3-wheeler next ok?!

You bring the beer.

[mazdawg(Mikey)]

Originally Posted by MxChris

I wanted to install the new hinges I picked up today. After struggling with the seat by myself for 15 minutes I got pissed and thought through how I could make this easy on myself. I came up with this, sidewalk chalk:



Even with someone holding the seat it invariably will move just enough so it's not where it needs to be. So I set the seat aside and rubbed in some chalk into the screw holes then scraped a little extra so it would be a small mound of chalk in each hole:



Gently got the seat into position resting the back edge on the back of the seat support rail, eyeballed it and slowly put the front edge down. I pressed firmly on the seat above each hinge to get some chalk on there then flipped it over and this is what I ended up with:



Just enough chalk to tell where I should pre-drill my holes to make starting the screws a million times easier. I got a screw started on each end then used a bungee cord to hold the cushion place while I got the rest of them in. I was lucky enough to get a good result on the first try, I can see this possibly taking a couple tries though.

Genius!!!

[MxChris]

Thanks!

Last night I did more paining with the model paints, sometimes it pays to hang on to stuff. A couple quick coats of metallic silver and then a couple coats on the lettering with the enamel paints:

[MxChris]

I'm finally starting on the electronics today, need to get as much done as possible before I go back to work tomorrow. I used JB Weld to affix 2 corner brackets to the top inside the dash cavity, then cut some .50 home depot scrap plywood to fit how I liked. I also decided I'm going to put my voltage reducer and fuse block to the left of the radio so I cut another piece to fit that spot:





Nothing too exciting but progress is progress. Took a lot of dry fitting but the radio fits TIGHT, just what I wanted.

[MxChris]

Oops double post...

[MxChris]

Spent a couple hours on wiring, followed crash test dummies' diagram to a T (Thanks again!):



No go, I will have to troubleshoot tonight and see if I made a stupid mistake or if the 30 amp reducer is bad.

[yurtle]

Your wire colors match mine. Make sure you have 36 (or 48 volts) + on both the yellow and red when the key switch is on.

Only thing I'd add is a fuse on your red wire.