Homemade cars. Page 10

To lift heavy loads to great heights, you can make an electric winch from the gearmotor of the windshield wiper drive. It effectively handles loads up to 150 kg. It can be used for lifting building materials onto the roof, removing small

To convert a bicycle into an electric bicycle, special kits with a motor-wheel are sold. This is a decent budget solution, but it does not allow you to achieve normal movement speed. The wheel motor on a flat road allows you to accelerate to a maximum of

Recently, individual electric vehicles have become increasingly popular, but it is too early to write off the internal combustion engine. For a homemade scooter, it is quite possible to use a motor from a chainsaw, the power of which is quite

LEDs blinking in time with the turn signals, arranged in the shape of an arrow in the rear view mirror of a car or motorcycle, look very impressive. It’s not difficult to make such repeaters for yourself.

Many people dream of assembling a kart on their own, but its production requires a fully equipped workshop with a lathe, electric welding and other metalworking tools. In fact, if you approach the issue wisely, you can collect

If you have a broken car radio, don't rush to throw it away. In skillful hands, it can find a new life and serve for a long time. Using the example of a faulty old “Pioneer 1091” type, we will tell you how to “pump” it.

Owners of cars, motorcycles and cyclists often have to inflate their wheels; doing this manually is long and tedious. An air compressor comes to the rescue, which can be assembled from a working car unit. As

Repairing damage to an aluminum car body on your own is very problematic. This is especially true for fractures and cuts, which can only be welded using argon welding. In its absence, such defects can be eliminated by soldering, but

The main trend in the modern automotive industry is the use of electric drives in production vehicles.It is impossible to organize conveyor production of cars in a garage, but even a novice mechanic can assemble one electric car. IN

When removing the head from the cylinder block, broken pins occur. This is a common problem that can be solved in many ways. The easiest way is to use an extractor to unscrew broken bolts, but it doesn’t always help. In such

This portable mini power station, built on the basis of a motor from a trimmer and a car generator, can be used as a portable charger for any equipment where there is no electricity supply. Also the generator can work

The situation can truly be called classic: you go to the parking lot in the morning to pick up your car. Approach the car and see scuffs on the bumper. Of course, the guilty can no longer be found; few people have the courage to admit

An accident does not contribute to the integrity of the scooter, so a slight impact broke the front fender of my Honda Giorno in half. After a few hours in the garage, I decided not to glue the two halves together, but to simply shorten the wing. Error. The first rain showed me

It will be very cool if you make this mini tester and always carry it with you in the car.After all, with the help of it you can: check the functionality of lamps and fuses without removing them from their seats, find out the polarity and presence

The doors of almost every high-mileage car close poorly due to wear on the hinges. Their locks simply fall down relative to the latch pin and do not engage it. As a result, you need to hit the door hard and also lift it

When replacing brake pads, it becomes difficult to press in the protruding brake cylinders. To push them into place you have to use a hammer, pry bar and other improvised means. Naturally, such vandal methods are not allowed

Electric motorcycles are very profitable in terms of operation, but since they are a new product, they are still expensive. If the appearance of the equipment is not critical for you, then you can convert almost any light motorcycle or

There are many interesting DIY electrical projects that require converting low voltage DC to high voltage AC. This may be needed when assembling a homemade plasma lamp, or just for

Galvanization perfectly protects the car body from rust, since zinc is more resistant to atmospheric influences or mechanical and chemical influences than steel. You can apply zinc yourself using the galvanic method, but do not forget about technique

Many motorists have heard that if you place powerful magnets on the oil filter housing, the filtration of oil from steel shavings will improve. Metal particles that are not stopped by the filter element will then be retained

Replacing the oil filter is often accompanied by difficulty in removing it. It is extremely difficult to unscrew it only by hand. When faced with this problem, you can very quickly make a simple puller that allows you to easily unscrew stuck filters.

Car generators, due to their design, are small in size and have very high power. It would seem that such a tiny thing can easily produce an average of 2000 W of power (there are models up to 5 kW). The generator cannot work as

A car battery does not hold a charge well when cooled. In cold conditions, chemical reactions slow down in it. Even a new battery at 0 degrees Celsius produces only 85 percent of its normal capacity. The stronger

Aluminum is a fairly low-melting metal from which the necessary parts can be successfully cast at home. Let's look at casting technology using the example of manufacturing a car spacer for the A-pillar.