SCORE!!!! Craigslist find

[McDesign]

well - gonna' have to modify my plan for the kids trikes, slightly. Now I'm thinkin a couple of eighteen-wheelers, with a motor and controller for every wheel - I've got enough stuff.

All one big score today totally filled my pick-up - anyone see anything they need? I really only need part of all this!

Forrest

 

[def215]

HOLY e-Scooters parts heaven!

i wish you posted this up earlier. i needed one of those motors and ended up purchasing one on ebay.

looks like you can have tons of fun with all of that.

can i suggest building a scooter train out of all that or the 18 wheeler that you suggested...lol. that would be a sight to see.

 

[neptronix]

holy smokes. Looks like an investment, lol.

What was that, a thousand bucks or so?

 

[swbluto]

For some reason, I associate you with high quantities.

 

[BiGH]

jebus!

what are the specs on the motors?

 

[Evoforce]

How long before you get to park the car in the garage

 

[McDesign]

How long before you get to park the car in the garage

LOL! Baby had to sleep outside last night - probably only the second time in a few decades!

 

[torker]

Just the car, not you I hope Looks like someone went out of business. And now you are in business...Man I'd be motorizing everything, Let's see I'll use these 2 on the garage door and these on the mower and this might even work for a motorized recliner

 

[liveforphysics]

If I had to take a wild guess, is that a late 60's early 70's ferrari 246 with cooling ducts modified for rally?

 

[McDesign]

I wish! It's actually my much-modified '78 Mid-Engineering Kelmark (tube frame; 'glas body copied from an actual 246), with a Chevy V8 and a Corvair/Saginaw transaxle.

Forrest

 

[TylerDurden]

Very Scary.

I had a Corv-8... '66 Corsa convertible, 327 Vette engine, stock exhaust. Quite the sleeper.

The Kelmark is a nice setup.

 

[spinningmagnets]

The motors look like they're from TNC http://tncscooters.com/partsdb.php?type=ES

MY1016...brushed...24V...2650 rpm unloaded...They might be either 250W(13A)...or 350W(19A)...they are $28 and $35 new (+ tax and shipping)

 

[spinningmagnets]

Christmas is just 4 months away. You "could" make a few of these?....(there are threads on DIY carbon fiber/fiberglass fairings). If you can sort through the pile and find a 350W that runs, would you take $20 plus shipping? (zip 66441, Kansas)

 

[McDesign]

Christmas is just 4 months away. You "could" make a few of these?....(there are threads on DIY carbon fiber/fiberglass fairings). If you can sort through the pile and find a 350W that runs, would you take $20 plus shipping? (zip 66441, Kansas)

There is one 350W I've found, IIRC - let me take a look at it this weekend - I'm gonna' try and catalog and repack all the "good" stuff.

So far, the motors and controllers and throttles and all look identical to the stuff on this site -
http://www.electricscooterparts.com/motors.html

Forrest

 

[amberwolf]

Depending on cost and shipping to Phoenix, AZ, I could use as many of the throttles and brake levers as you can spare, as well as the turn signal/horn switches, if they have them. Iv'e got experiments I want to do on various control schemes but need hall sensors and magnets from throttles and also for some need brake switches to do them.

Even the controllers could be useful, as they are probably identical to the scootngo I once modified to run my friction drive bikes (and CrazyBike2 for a time), by putting bigger FETs and drivers on an outboard heatsink.

EDIT: oh, and some of the chains and main sprockets/freewheels from the rear wheels.

Man, I could go to town with all that. I can imagine a really crazy bike with several motors in series/parallel. :lol: VroooOOOOOM Run them all at 48V from my Curtis. Heck, I could use so much of that stuff I don't think they make a box big enough to ship it. Nor could I afford to buy it. :lol:

But whatever's cheap enough that you'll part with....

 

[Lessss]

I've asked him to post an inventory list. He said he'd get around to it.
They're brushed motors but hey what the hell.

 

[amberwolf]

Yes...I used a 250w motor just about identical to those along with much of the rest of a ScootNGo I salvaged for parts to build my first ebike attempts...which did actually work but quickly burned out the motor as I had no clue about gearing, power, etc. Was fun while it lasted, though. :lol:

I'm still grinning at the idea of the 18-wheeler built around those wheels and motors.

 

[liveforphysics]

I wish! It's actually my much-modified '78 Mid-Engineering Kelmark (tube frame; 'glas body copied from an actual 246), with a Chevy V8 and a Corvair/Saginaw transaxle.

Forrest

That's a way way more potent engine setup than any 246. Do you know the weight?

Does it run something better than the VW suspension?

 

[spinningmagnets]

A lot of teen scooter enthusiasts have over-volted their 24V stand-up scooters. I've never played with a small brushed motor before, but from what I've read...

They do OK on 36V, but on 48V you will likely encounter some problems. If you have modest speed needs, and you use the higher RPMs (supplied by the higher voltage) to drive a gear-down, you will keep the same top-speed, but the overall torque will be improved (less amp-draw per-MPH, less heat).

If you pump in more amps than they are designed to shed (bike bogging down on a long/steep hill, heavy rider, headwinds), the brushes will be damaged. Adding fan-cooling helps (a little). If you had access to a free trash-day 3-speed hub as a transmission, it would dramatically reduce low-RPM amp-draw and heat.

 

[swbluto]

A lot of teen scooter enthusiasts have over-volted their 24V stand-up scooters. I've never played with a small brushed motor before, but from what I've read...

They do OK on 36V, but on 48V you will likely encounter some problems. If you have modest speed needs, and you use the higher RPMs (supplied by the higher voltage) to drive a gear-down, you will keep the same top-speed, but the overall torque will be improved (less amp-draw per-MPH, less heat).

I'll give my honest opinion. The "200Watt" MY1018 variety ABSOLUTELY SUCK! The steepest incline I was going up was 3% and I was going up it at maybe 9 mph, and it was only like 15 feet tall. After continuing down a 2% downhill at 15 mph, the thing just started smoking and it started making a horrible raspy noise. I measured the motor's casing and it was at 170 degrees fahrenheit. Apparently it overheated.

I replaced it with a 230 kV 63-64 HXT motor and it hasn't complained coasting up hills like that at 25+ mph, yet. (Even after climbing 200+ feet)

However, if you're able to use multiple 200-350 watt motors, you might get some serious power capability.

 

[McDesign]

I'm off Fridays, so I played around modeling some of my new parts to fit them into my models - Noodling with dual FWD - looks easy to package. Then maybe dual motors on the rear . . .

 

[liveforphysics]

That looks wild! I'm digging it! Super short wheel base combinded with minimal rake angle makes for some squirly fun handling at speed.

 

[Arlo1]

Interesting Im in need of some parts. Throttles for sure.

 

[McDesign]

Okay - finally got through all the boxes and bins; made category piles - gotta' figure out what some of this is! Got three types of controllers, and then a pile of something that looks like a solenoid on/off switch instead of a throttle - I think. Will try to quickly get these checked and up for sale.

I'm a bit leery about selling electrical stuff that I can't really verify its workingness - I'm contemplating selling two-for-one, in the hopes that a least one or a combination of the two will be acceptable for use.

I did find what I hoped I'd find - four sets of discs and calipers, four sets of drum brakes, four matching forks, and four rear wheels with 80t sprockets (for 36 or 48 volting!) and lots of chain. Twenty-eight front wheels with good tires; twenty-five rears with smaller sprockets and good tires. About thirty-two 250-Watt motors, one 350, one 500, and one 750. Perhaps 50-60 each of twist throttles, brake levers, and right-hand grips. Maybe a hundred tubes of various sizes

Forrest

 

[amberwolf]

Is that pile in the upper right lighting units? Those could be useful too, even if they do not have working lighting in them (or if it's little incandescent bulbs). LED taillights or signals would be really nice, but I doubt there are any good ones.

Looks like keyswitches in the pile a little closer to the camera, the blue stuff?

But definitely could use throttles (even or especially if the plastics are broken, since what I really want are the halls and magnets), the ebrake handles, the turn signal/horn switch units. Those kinds of things are usually very cheaply made but the parts I can use out of them might be worth it if they are being sold really cheap.