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Good to hear from you, Man of Kentβ¦.
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SGKent
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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Gracias senor Abscate, Y tu?
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Balidas
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| lil-jinx wrote: |
| a L-bracket and a hose clamp instead of welding ,would be adjustable, |
Absolutely that will work. Thanks. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
| Most mechanical brake switches mount inside the car, and therefore are not sealed from the elements. |
This is true and the thought had crossed my mind briefly but I have yet to look into this more deeply.
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| Also, some had a reaction of the switch contacts to (I think) teflon in the switch body, causing early failure. |
I was not aware of this.
That would make sense. When we installed an electric vacuum pump in my buddies car, because of the cam he was using, I don't remember ever installing a reservoir. He may have done so later on but I don't know. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| Balidas wrote: |
| ...........In the meantime, I have have to eat, I am starving. |
Posting while experiencing low blood sugar often results in regrettable statements, careful.  |
funny. Quite funny.
Saw our first Buzz on the way home yesterday from the hospital. Very nice looking car. Will probably get one when we sell the 1977, if we sell. The oil leak appears gone - and other than needing new tires due to their age of being over 10 years old, and a brake fluid change the 1977 appears as good as life gets. The Buzz for us would be better than any resto tesla bus, but go for it and enjoy it. There were a couple bays around on the forum that are used to drive to the store, or go to the beach. Unless someone has free charging, and too much time on their hands, long distance EV bus trips are not likely to be in a bay owner's future. Sounds more like a science experiment, or maybe what BusDaddy mentioned. |
I've read a review and seen a bunch of pictures of the Buzz. Nice but, until they build an electric vehicle that can self charge and not need to be plugged in, I'm not interested. |
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tommu
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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I've read a review and seen a bunch of pictures of the Buzz. Nice but, until they build an electric vehicle that can self charge and not need to be plugged in, I'm not interested. |
I'm waiting for my bus to fill itself with gas.
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SGKent
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| Balidas wrote: |
I've read a review and seen a bunch of pictures of the Buzz. Nice but, until they build an electric vehicle that can self charge and not need to be plugged in, I'm not interested. |
I'm waiting for my bus to fill itself with gas. |
let me know when that happens  I'd love the feature too.
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Balidas
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| tommu wrote: |
| Balidas wrote: |
I've read a review and seen a bunch of pictures of the Buzz. Nice but, until they build an electric vehicle that can self charge and not need to be plugged in, I'm not interested. |
I'm waiting for my bus to fill itself with gas. |
Aren't we all. In the meantime we could have one of those refueling planes come down and fill our tanks as we roll down the road. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| tommu wrote: |
| Balidas wrote: |
I've read a review and seen a bunch of pictures of the Buzz. Nice but, until they build an electric vehicle that can self charge and not need to be plugged in, I'm not interested. |
I'm waiting for my bus to fill itself with gas. |
let me know when that happens I'd love the feature too. |
It will be a stampede. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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This end piece here, whatever it's called needs to go,
I don't see any way to mate this to the brake pedal pushrod. Upon close inspection this piece looks like it can be screwed off so I put a couple wrenches on it and spun it around, having to force it a bit.
Afterwards I watched a video and the guy did the same thing I did on his iboost except, his piece didn't screw off either but it snapped off. So, that is how that is done.
At this point the only idea I have to connect the iboost rod to the brake pedal pushrod is to machine a coupling, one end is threaded to the pushrod and the other slips onto the iboost rod. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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Now for the electrics. The gen 2 iboost is only a three wire hookup. A 12 gauge constant hot hooked directly to the battery on a 40 amp fuse, a 12 gauge ground and a switched hot on a 5 amp fuse.
All this connected to the ecm through the big connector.
Also connected to the ecm through the big connector are 4 small gauge wires, 22-20 from the pedal travel sensor...
with this connector...
If someone decides to do this and you source your iboost from a parts car, grab that harness. More then likely the constant power wire will be yellow and you will have to splice in enough length to reach the battery and maybe splice enough for the 5 amp switched.
If like me you get the connectors with pigtails or no connectors at all, you can buy a ready made harness like this...
From these guys... https://www.retrofitinnovations.com/category/parts
The power wire on this harness is 18 feet long. That should reach the battery but don't forget you'll need a fuse. So if necessary, that can be your splice point.
Instead of a fuse, I'm thinking to use this...
from here...
https://www.amazon.com/RED-WOLF-Inverter-Trolling-...iewsAnchor |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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If you get a stock harness or connectors with pigtails, there are 5 small wires out of the big connector you can eliminate, we don't use them.
If you have no connectors and don't mind building a harness, you can get this kit...
https://tulayswirewerks.com/product/bosch-ibooster-gen-2-connector-kit/
Altho I am not too happy with this kit. If this picture is correct then I see some parts missing that I have with my originals.
If like me, you're not a big fan of splicing, especially in this situation, then depin and start new. In either case, here is a pinout...
I pulled this from another forum because somebody added those lines showing the corresponding pin locations for each connector. Also you can see which wires can be eliminated from the big connector. |
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Balidas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Tesla Tech? In a VW Bus?? Oh yea! |
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Now, if like me, you get frikken frustrated because you can't figure out how to disconnect the big connector from the ecu and you're about to pull out the BFH, step back, take a few deep breathes, relax and watch this video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pakPMejDRzY&t=51s
This will help tremendously.
In building a wire harness, I've read 14 gauge wire could be used for the power and ground but personally I wouldn't do that and as a rule Tesla uses 12 gauge.
Recently I watched a video where the guy was building a harness for his gen1 iboost. For that he had to add an extra 14 gauge that went somewhere or other, but what caught my attention, he used 10 gauge for the power and ground so I decided I will do that as well.
For the four wires to the pedal sensor and I think the 5 amp switched, 22-20 gauge is recommended but I'm using 18 gauge.
Matter of fact I ordered GXL wire from Wirebarn. I just learned about GXL wire and I'm curious about it. |
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