Paint, Front Batteries, Circuit Breaker...Progress

It has been quite sometime since my last update. The weekends are the primary time to work on the S10, and I have been gone a few, and had more pressing things going for others. So, here is what has gone on since the last blog post.

I completed all of the priming of the rear battery boxes and frame. Following this I applied 2 coats of flat black paint to the same area. Next I installed a set of helper springs to the rear leaf springs. These will enable 1500 pounds of extra load. Then I ran the lines for the air shocks and tested them. This pretty much completes the battery racks until batteries are purchased.

Up front, the 4 front batteries were installed and cabled in series. I also ran the wiring to the controller and the motor. This is all now complete. My attention then turned to the main circuit breaker for the high voltage. I purchased a box from digikey to mount the breaker in. I had a difficult time finding a place inside the cab to mount the circuit breaker box and finally decided to put it under the driver's seat. When finished there will be a line attached to the breaker to a ring mounted by the driver so that the driver can trip the breaker to off if needed. The photos show the breaker during and after installation. I then ran the 2/0 wire to the main contactor under the hood.

That about wraps it up. I have one more 2/0 wire to run from the front batteries to the rear battery box, then I will be ready to buy the remainder of the batteries and install them. I believe the light is starting to be visible at the end of the tunnel! Until next time, I will .....keep moving forward!