Well, I finally have been able to log in to my own site after about two weeks of trying. The google people changed something about the blog and I could not remember the old password...Anyway.
I have been driving the EV for a while now and have found out some stuff.
First do not believe everything you read about driving conversions. I think most people who convert cars are much like religious zealots. They will do anything to make you believe that they have the only solution.
First, everywhere I read, the car is supposed to be quiet. Bullshit! It is quiet if it is not running, but the controller and transmission will whine when driving.

There are other things, like nobody reminds you of just how hard it is to steer a vehicle with manual steering at slow speeds.

Oh, and like you can drive it 2nd fro 0 to 60 odd without changing gears.
Oh yes you can,,, but it will take you about a km to get to 50km (without the ammeter going way past 400 amps), and everybody in a km radius will hear the whine.

I just drive it like a normal vehicle now, start in 1st, then change to 2 nd at about 30, then to 3rd if the traffic allows.

I do not have a clutch so have a little problem, if I get caught slowing down in 3rd and the light changes to green. But that I knew beforehand...nobody told me just remembered what it was like to drive a manual without a clutch.. Back in the 60s.

On the other hand, it has been quite simply to figure out what is wrong if it will not run.
Electricity. If none to the contactor terminals, no voltage? then:
kill switch circuit breaker, fuse, fuse, fuse, fuses good? then:
contactor themselves .

So far I have not had to go past the contactor.

A small loose screw was getting jambed in the lower contactor face. Three times before I got smart and took the contactor out. And there it was.

Got a camera, so when I get my fuel gauge back I will ake some pictures....videos even!