4 - Preparing the Donor
Cleaning transmission
Today I removed the clutch (I won't be using one), clutch assembly and flywheel. I also cleaned up the filthy transmission. It was literally black on the inside and none too clean on the outside. It looks pretty good now.
One point on going clutchless: Remember there won't be a gas engine constantly in idle, so shifting without a clutch is almost as easy as shifting when your car is turned off. This car's transmission shifted very easily without the clutch when I test drove it, so it will be a good car to go clutchless.
Another point to mention here: make sure you keep, separate and label all your important bolts, brackets, etc... You will need some of these later so you don't want to lose them. Also, you never know what you might need when putting in all your electric components, so you might as well keep that main pile o' parts until you're finished!
Cleaning motor compartment
Now that there won't be an oil-laden, grease-covered ICE in the front of the car anymore, I went ahead and cleaned up the newly christened motor compartment as well. Like the rest of the car, the paint in here is in very good shape. Well, now that you can see under the layer of grime anyway. Now I'm just waiting on the motor to get here so I can start working on the adapter.
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