Jet 007

[Scott Johnson & Ellen McKay <scottandellen@onemain.com>]

     Thanks to the list members and their good advice, I am back driving 
my 1980 Jet 007. Removing and replacing the motor was not bad and took 
less than 1 day total. The recently completed repairs were as follows...
Rebuilt Clutch $273.66
Rebuild GE 23 HP motor $987.13. This included steam clean and bake, dip 
& bake, turn & undercut commutator, replace bearings, replace brushes, 
stone commutator, insulate brush covers, test, and paint. The brushes 
were $295.00 of this total.
   I also paid a visit to the auto recycler and found parts for my car 
on two year models Plymouth Horizons, a Dodge Rampage small pickup 
truck, and a Dodge Terismo (sp.) All these Mopar products had 
speedometers, door latches and clutch linkage parts I needed that are no 
longer available from the dealer.
Subject:

Re: Jet 007
From:

"Evan Tuer" <et@enterprise.net>
Date:

Wed, 8 May 2002 01:15:55 +0100

To:

ev@listproc.sjsu.edu


On 7 May 2002 at 17:49, Dave Goldstein wrote:

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>  >
>  >    That is why Jet Industries always advised drivers and 
>  > mechanics NOT to slip the clutch, but to use the clutch
>  > only for shifting between gears.  I know this because I 
>  > took several factory training courses from Jet around
>  > 1980 during the heyday of the DOE EV Demonstration
>  > Program, and I have repaired a few Jets since then.


Dave, sorry, I didn't read your previous post closely enough to pick 
up that you had a lot of experience with this particular type of 
conversion, so I defer, and, I agreed with your other suggestions 
anyway.
  Might I enquire though whether such failures were more down to 
coupler design rather than actual clutch failure? - I have a lot of 
faith in clutches  [:)] 

Anyway good luck Scott, let us know what happens..

regards,
Evan.