Well, I installed the EV switch on my 06 today and although it went fairly easy; it was BLOODY. I didn’t even know that I had sliced my hand until I felt something dripping down my arm. Fortunately, I caught it before it dripped. After alcohol and a bandage, I used a file to file the edge off the metal part so it wouldn’t happen again. I should have done this first but like I was unaware until I seen …“Blood Mother, Bloodâ€. In conclusion, the switch works great. I’m not sure why I wanted it, but now I have it. :lol: Norman B
John, it's not a good idea to drink alcohol when you're bleeding. Otherwise, congratulations on getting the switch installed.
Hey, it happened to me too, although not as bad. It's a hard place to work in. I'm glad it worked after all that.
DH comes home with a new injury every day. i suggest you don't work on cars for a living :lol: congrats on the install, you should be proud of your battle scar.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Apr 14 2006, 05:12 PM) [snapback]239860[/snapback]</div> I usually end up bleeding when I drink alcohol. Big mouth, small fists.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Apr 14 2006, 05:52 PM) [snapback]239877[/snapback]</div> Why thank you, cute little black Prius girl! When I was young I was going to be an auto mechanic, but then I saw a typewriter repairman. I looked at his hands and they had some ink on them but he was working in air conditioning and had a white shirt and tie on. He also had a little tool bag and was talking to a very cute secretary. Then I looked at the auto mechanic, he was dirty and sweating and working in a hot garage. The only person he was talking to was a mean looking service manager wanting to know when he would have that >?+#!@& car finished. I looked at his tool kit which was as big as a small car. Hopefully things have improved since the 60’s. Later I went into nice clean computers. I’m not sure now which one would have been better?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(grasshopper @ Apr 14 2006, 06:08 PM) [snapback]239886[/snapback]</div> many shops now have a/c, thank goodness they do where DH works. now it's the service writers who are constantly bugging the guys about when the cars will be done, and the tool kit is bigger. but hey. if ya don't mind 12 hour days, coming home smelling of gas or transmission fluid or whatever else, getting yelled at by the DW about oily handprints all over the walls, springing twice the cost of my undergrad degree on tools to get started and investing thousands more yearly, living on small commission during the slow months, getting the occasional royally screwed treatment (10 hours work on a 3 hour job or the like), having a 50% thankless job, and you enjoy the occasional blood spurting 10 feet from the site of injury- it's totally for you. :lol: it's all worth it though if you derive great satisfaction and inner peace from taking very big broken machines and making them work again, making sure people are safe in their vehicles, and getting very dirty in the process. i don't know you well, but i'd guess that as a computer expert, you're probably better off where ya are.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(grasshopper @ Apr 14 2006, 02:01 PM) [snapback]239854[/snapback]</div> I learned long ago that if a project doesn't make me bleed, it wasn't done right, or it wasn't worth doing. Sometimes I get all worried because I hadn't cut myself and the job was done. Fortunately, I often manage to nick an artery while putting the tools away in those cases, so we're good to go. If you're like me (and really - who doesn't want to be?) you'll be fooling with that EV switch constantly. You'll wonder how you got along without it.
heh.. if you think the un-deburred stuff around the ECUs is bad, try muckin' around in the battery box. It's like those cheap PC cases where you can cut yourself to ribbons trying to install a hard disk. . _H*
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(grasshopper @ Apr 14 2006, 02:01 PM) [snapback]239854[/snapback]</div> When I cut my hand on that same ECU bracket I put a band-aid on the sharp metal (not my hand, I needed the extra freedom of movement)
Yes I too given a blood sacrifice for the installation of my EV Mod. I think it may be required to make the Mod work. With out the blood you may never get it to work. B)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas @ Apr 14 2006, 08:05 PM) [snapback]239935[/snapback]</div> The EV switch didn't get me bleeding. However, try the block heater if you want to lose a pint or two. It's like sticking your arm in a hole lined with razorblades. - Tom
I just did my install of the Coastal EV switch. After reading all the horror stories of the installation issues I was a bit scared. But surprisingly, it went without a hitch. Had the thing done in about 25 minutes (no bloodshedding on my part). One part that took me a bit longer, though, was getting in those wire taps. What a pain. But it eventually worked and now have to get used to my new stealthy car. I do have battle scars from the sat. radio install when I had to take off most of the front panels. Those edges are lethal. Are there any slashing deaths by Prius' that anyone is aware of? But then again most of the other cars are probably the same way, except noone knows it because they don't have the cool mods that we have...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(grasshopper @ Apr 14 2006, 03:01 PM) [snapback]239854[/snapback]</div> After reading the pros and cons of the EV switch (including the apparent need for a blood sacrifice) I think I may want one for my new ’06. I do have two questions: 1. Does the installation and use of the switch have a negative (or any) impact on my warranties, regular or extended? 2. Where does one order an EV switch? Thanks for your help. Mike
Hmmm... I think there's something going on here. Even MY tame, mild-mannered Prius bit me and drew blood while I was installing my EV switch! (cue Twilight Zone music)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jbarnhart @ Apr 14 2006, 07:53 PM) [snapback]240005[/snapback]</div> I control your vertical. I control your horizontal. I can turn your view to a soft blurr ....
