It was another day at Humble today. First we tackled welding the rear mount for the motor. But in order to weld rear mount for the motor, we had to take up the carpet in the front of the car. But to remove the carpet, we had to take the front seats, center console, and some interior paneling. The carpet was pretty disgusting, so we sprayed it down with detergent and power washed it. It was pretty gross when all the dirty water came out it.
After this, Calvin asked me to help Adam in the garage to hand him tools. Adam started to align the mounts to get everything welded. The first thing welded was the bar to support the motor. I had to hold the ground clamp in place, which holds onto the piece being welded. It kind of made me uncomfortable since it didn’t have very thick sleeve on today. Then we looked at where the mount placement will be on the transmission tunnel. We came to the obstacle at this point since there was a hole through the metal on accident. To fix this problem, we are creating plates to cover the hole by basically sandwiching these two plates to cover the hole then welding it onto the frame.
While all this was happening, John, Shiraz, and Alex worked on the lip to go underneath the battery box. It is a frame that goes done less than an inch down. It would have weatherstripping on it. It would then form a seal and be watertight. This was made so that no water got into the battery box from the outside. We finished a lot today and worked on the proposal this afternoon once we got back.
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