Getting a Nissan Leaf Electric Motor from the Junk Yard!

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

As always, check the blog link in the video description for more about this video. 300mpg.org/2020/02/19/nissan-leaf-electric-motor-from-junk-yard/

[@peterlivingrooms119]

Dear Unlce Benj. I love your videos and I am learning a lot from them. Thanks and sheers from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷🔥💪🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

Awesome, thank you so much for taking us along on your road trip, so cool!

[@Bravo21]

I look forward to your video on the tear-down, etc. Thinking of using two of these motors as power for an all Solar Catamaran houseboat.

[@jamesglenn2006]

Nice find , hopefully it will work on the tractor.

[@dorhocyn3]

How much did it cost?

[@TheMarcball]

Yum yum! Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!

[@popinmo]

loving theses videos

[@jryer1]

Now that was cool, well done Ben!

[@nanakwasi2668]

Thanks Ben, I really need motor for my EV conversion

[@brianmellinger7981]

Way to go Ben nice job👍

[@randyeller8139]

Nice junkyard score with the charger as a bonus! Couldn’t help but look at the Renault C2V that the folks at Diamond at on their front wall and think of what a neat EV conversion it would make. Looking forward to seeing how this works in the tractor.

[@WildmanTech]

This might be just what I need for my '63 econoline pickup conversion! I'll check your website and contact you there.

[@mrpurepure7641]

Please share me a link where I can get a cheap Nissan leaf motor

[@justthinkalittle8913]

Can you please tell me where I can find building instructions for the open Revolt five hundred amp and 1,000 amp speed controllers? The website has links that don't go anywhere. I'd really like to learn how to build speed controllers myself. Thanks

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Here's a download link of the files that I included on the ROM disc of the original BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR DVD set. It includes some information on the Open Revolt controller, including a 47 page assembly guide. Unfortunately, the Wiki is web-based, and most of the information for posted by individuals who did NOT maintain where the data was stored. Some of the links will work, some won't. It's a shame so much of that was lost. Try this link for the build document. spaces.hightail.com/space/yAgjus2F8L

[@justthinkalittle8913]

@@BenjaminNelsonX thank you very much. I'm trying now to find the board schematics and other information to build my own charge controller. I have no idea where I'll look now.

[@mrpurepure7641]

Good job sir

[@1dh11]

You will need a Govenor to maintain motor rpms as the load on the motor changes. Input shaft of the trany should turn close to the same rpms as it would do with the gas engine.

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

I figure we can make some throttle electronic mumbo-jumbo do that.

[@granthaney2570]

SCORE hope the motor doesn't run to fast for that the old h and m tractors had a frame rail that bolts to the trans bell maybe or might bolt to yours something to ck out IH made a lot of stuff

[@inso5078]

It looks a lot like an internal combustion engine. Very different from Tesla motor

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Nissan intentionally designed it to look that way. The early version even had a "valve cover" on top!

[@inso5078]

@@BenjaminNelsonX What was the purpose?

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

@@inso5078 I couldn't tell you exactly why Nissan chose to make this look so similar to a gas engine setup. Perhaps it was just to make people more comfortable with electric motors. Maybe it worked better at their factories in terms of how the drivelines were handled and installed. An electric car really can be designed in so many ways. I'm sure that in the future we will have electric cars no longer limited by traditional automotive designs based on engines and driveshafts, but for now, electric cars will still pretty much look like the gasoline powered ones.

[@NakedSageAstrology]

I have a 2014 Nissan Leaf I plan on turning into an electric motorcycle, do you know how much the motor by itself weighs?

[@offgridwanabe]

Wow be a nice tractor when done.

[@jontscott]

Are you going to build a custom 3 phase controller or re-purpose the one that you bought with it?

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Building a 3-phase variable frequency drive from scratch would be beyond my skill level. However, there are a few ways to MODIFY the existing inverter to make it simpler to use with common DIY components. I'll probably be looking at either modifying the Leaf inverter, or possibly modifying a Chevy Volt inverter.

[@jontscott]

Whatever you end up doing should be fun. (Including the first wheelie!)

[@brianmellinger7981]

Yay J 1772

[@DualTasticToday]

Ha Ben love your vids so informative. I want to ev a Ford ranger 4x4 my question is I want to hook up a 35 ac hpevs induction motor. My thinking is I dont need a transmission the motor is 10k rpms to hook directly to the transfer case. Do you think I need a transmission.

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

You don't need high SPEED to go straight to the driveline, you need high torque. A motor that spins at a lower speed, but with higher torque is a good match for a "direct drive" type setup. At home, I have an Azure Dynamics AC55. That motor is designed to go straight to a driveshaft. It was formerly mounted on a 13 passenger van. That motor provides 280 newton-meters peak torque, and 140Nm continuous torque. It also runs at 2,000 RPM nominal. Looks like the HPEV AC35 provides about 120 Nm peak and 55 Nm continuous. (Go to the following for charts: www.hpevs.com/hpevs-ac-electric-motors-power-graphs-ac-35.htm) In other words, it looks like an HPEV AC35 would provide about half as much torque as a motor that I know to be appropriate for direct driving a vehicle. Even then, it's not like the Azure Dynamics motor was squealing tires.... It also looks like the AC35 peaks at about 82 horsepower. My old Chevy S10 had about a 100 HP 4-cylinder engine in it, and was fine for regular driving and light towing. I bet a lot of people would prefer more power in a truck. If you want to do a conversion with the AC35, you would want to use it with a transmission/gear-reduction. More likely than not, you would like a more powerful motor than that. A quick look through the EV Album shows that trucks using HPEV brand motors only used the AC50 or AC51 motors. www.evalbum.com/mtrbr/HPGC I think another really fun option for a 4x4 truck would be to buy TWO Nissan Leaf Motors with matching inverters and gearboxes. Put one on front, one on back. Boom! All electric 4x4. No transfer cases needed!

[@twoeightythreez]

If you use the LEAF gear reduction unit (just spool the diff) you could probably hook directly to the transfer case.

[@glendooer6211]

Lucky you did not break the rear door glass.

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Not luck. I simply measured my space with a tape measure, gently closed the hatch the first time to confirm clearance, and made sure it was well strapped-down.

[@pulesjet]

Quite a sizable unit, eaaa? Cool how it's all one unit though. Charger, Inverter and Motor ? What is the Invertor for ? AC to Battery DC charging ?

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

The inverter converts DC power from the battery to variable frequency AC to turn the AC motor.

[@ericduff22]

im in oshkosh, they sell leaf batteries there?

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

They only had one Leaf at that junk yard. I had to just check again right now. Sure enough, they DO have the battery pack from that car (as of when I'm making this comment, Feb 20, 2020.) They did NOT have photos of that when I ordered my parts. I think they must have taken photos of the battery after removing my parts from the car. You can use www.car-part.com to search junk yards for whatever parts you are looking for.

[@statewidefilms]

Looking good ..

[@syedshahab397]

Veri nice bro I need this Indian with wiring in Pakistan how to possible

[@DuncanAitken]

Nicely done, Ben! How are you going to interface with the controller? Will you be building on the work Damien Maguire has done (github.com/damienmaguire), or are you getting a replacement board from Paul Holmes?

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

I got a controller board from Paul Holmes for a Chevy Volt inverter. I might try pulling the inverter from the parts Volt and give that a try!

[@onamissionnz]

How much did you pay for this champ?

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

LMAO, You Remind Me Of Me In How You Do Things! I Have Carried Large Couches, Tables, A Freezer, Pallets & Such Home Rachet Straped To The Roof Top Of My Car In The Last Year... ;~)P

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Hey, if it works, it works!

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

@@BenjaminNelsonX Butt The Cops Really Eyeballed Me A Couple Times, Just Shook Their Heads & Drove Off Without Stopping Me! LMAO

[@FirstLast-tx3yj]

@@BenjaminNelsonX can i bump the amps up using the vcu that you bought??

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

@@FirstLast-tx3yj The Thunderstruck VCU just allows you to use the inverter and motor as though it were still in the Nissan Leaf. It's essentially stock. You can tweak the regenerative brakes and a few other tricks, but it doesn't change the main character of the motor, including its maximum power.

[@brianmellinger7981]

Are you gonna put that in the tractor

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

Hoping to, yeah.

[@twoeightythreez]

I wouldnt mind EV swapping my 2002 Frontier

[@syedshahab397]

I have one vehicle in Pakistan defender Jeep I want to fix in defender Jeep all Nissan leaf parts

[@Tuckerclan]

Well, not so much like a Lamborghini. Maybe more like a Fiat 850. LOL

[@FFVoyager]

They butchered a 2CV to hang on the wall! 😢

[@BenjaminNelsonX]

It's a junk yard, so I'm sure that was a car that was wrecked on one side. They would just cut it in half and keep the good side for a display.

[@orelygarcia]

💖💯😎👍👍

[@randyeller8139]

Nice junkyard score with the charger as a bonus! Couldn’t help but look at the Renault C2V that the folks at Diamond at on their front wall and think of what a neat EV conversion it would make. Looking forward to seeing how this works in the tractor.