Thursday, June 11, 2015

Back Seat Battery Mounting 1.0

The sheet metal underneath the back seats has multiple mounting points for attaching the back seat to the car.  Rather than weld or drill to provide new attachment points, the preexisting brackets were utilized in an effort to secure what will be a temporary back seat battery frame and box.



Picture DSC03688 of the white sheet metal attachment point (center of picture) at the rear outside lower corner of the back seat frame area.  A slot on the top aspect receives a metal extension shown in picture DSC03689 that is located on the rear underside of the seat.



Picture DSC03689 of the metal extension on the underside rear of the back seat.  This clip inserts into a slot on the top of  a sheet metal attachment point at the rear outside corner of the back seat frame area (Picture DSC03688).



Picture DSC03674 of the sheet metal fixture that is located on the top front of the car frame under the back seat.  This piece is designed to snap into a recess located on the front underside of  the back seat cushion shown in picture DSC03690.



Picture DSC03690 of the slot located at the front underside of the back seat.



Picture DSC03687 of the partially inserted aluminum backing plate.  A 6061 aluminum wafer was fabricated ( 0.625 x 2.875 x 0.3125" thick ) and drilled with two holes ( 1.5625" center to center) prior to being tapped ( 5/16" 18) to accept two 3/4" long hex head bolts.



Picture DSC03753 showing both 5/16" x 3/4" bolts installed into the backing plate.



Picture DSC03675 showing a 34" long channel (Home Depot Superstrut 8-1400-HS) bolted to the fully inserted aluminum backing plate at each rear mounting point.



Picture DSC03678 showing a threaded rod fully inserted through mounting point at the leading edge of the rear seat and bolted to a battery frame that was fabricated from welded aluminum channel.



Picture DSC03681 showing the installed back seat aluminum frame that will be used to support the temporary battery pack.

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