I have seen photos of some sparrows that had narrow tires. I have a few questions: 1. Why did they make the tire/wheel larger? a. performance b. safety.. prone...
Having never seen the front suspension of the sparrow, how is it designed? Does anyone have any photos the front suspension? Does it use a sway bar? Does it...
The early Sparrows with the Narrow,19" tire & wheel package were considerably more unstable. These wheels were a limited production run and the tire not much...
Kenneth, There is a sway bar. Coil-over shocks, Upper and lower control arms. They use rod-ends or heim joints to connect to the body. The sway bar is...
If some batteries are old an can hold a charge but the others are dead is it best to replace them all to keep the system running right? Where is the best place...
In general, replacing only some of the batteries in your pack will have the effect of bringing the new batteries down to the quality of the old batteries....
Yeah I am there Jake...but I had the Myers battery management thing installed nearly 2 years ago (Rick was here in WA and did it) and thought that would help....
Hi Joanne, Not sure what the Myers BMS is... but, I do monitor my mixed band (old and new optimas) with my home cooked system and my Sparrow does just fine. My...
Mechanically sound, and currently needs nothing to run. This unit has had the Zivan charger upgraded to a PFC-35 ($2700) from Manzanito Micro (which will...
... I only replace batteries one or two at a time and have never replaced the whole pack. I have been driving my sparrow nearly every day for 7 years. As soon...
I have just picked up a Sparrow #327, from someone in Ohio and am transporting it to Georgia. It will need replacement batteries since the originals are now...
It's all about distance. My 14 little silicone batteries have worked great for the 14 mile one way commute that I have - both freeway and some stop and go...
If you don't want to ship it to Ohio, how about driving it to Kingston, WA? (You can even charge on the way at the public charging station in Edmunds before...
My main point was that replacing one battery at a time, as they fail, leads to a situation where you never experience more than 12 (or maybe 15) miles of...
Oh look, a Sparrow that's been through a fire. How timely for the discussion that we've been having. The seller says that the fire had something to do with a...
... Which is the whole reason I started building Battery Monitors for EV's. After having problems with my Sparrow, I saw the need. -- -- John G. Lussmyer...
40Ah x 2 in parallel. 44 in series. This is all covered on the Sparrow wiki. - Jake From: John Brecher [mailto:jlbrecher@...] Sent: Friday, July 03,...
... Getting back to the OP and Durstwilliam-- I totally agree with Jake et al. that you need to buy a new pack if most of the batteries are old, regardless of...
2006 #08 Myers Mine has/had the experimental Discovery battery pack. After killing the pack - my fault - i looked at lithiums Vs replacing the pack with either...
Silicone Batteries? I'm also interested in the best batteries to use. I don't own a Sparrow, (I joined this group because I almost bought one), but what I did...
... So, have you asked on the Electric Vehicle Discussion List? Or a S10 Electric specific list? (one is bound to exist somewhere.) -- -- John G. Lussmyer...
There's no such thing as "the best batteries to use." There's only "the best batteries that fit your exact situation." Corbin used Optimas for several...
... Really depends on the fire, and where it started. (I had one that was reduced to a puddle of loose fiberglass fibers with some metal lumps in it. That was...
This isn't a Bondo job. It will take a lot of difficult fiberglass work to put this one back on the road. And it looks like the fire has taken out some of the...
What specific battery did you use for the replacement set? I have just purchased this sparrow that has originial batteries and have just got it to its new...
I've admired these vehicles for a while --had a the chance to test drive one and EVEN almost bought one from a local dealer before Corbin filed bankruptcy.......
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