120V and 12V together

Now I've got the traction pack charging in the car and the DC/DC Converter connected and the Acc. Battery tied in. Still a bit surprised that I haven't popped a fuse or smelled something funny yet. A little contactor buzzing had me searching for a problem but all seems good so far. Paktrakr says I've got one Battery a bit high and one a bit low on voltage. I think I'll wait a bit before I isolate the low battery and juice it up by itself. Of course it is in the rear pack which is a bit trickier to disconnect.
I installed one headlight assembly and tied it into the 12V Bus to see what a little load would do to the system, no trouble. Starting to look like something that might drive down the road someday!
I need to make 3 more battery jumpers, ran out of lugs so I'm using some 10ga. jumpers for testing. I also made the final shock adjustment. All the way up in the rear and all the way down in the front. Still a bit low in the rear but overall riding pretty high for carrying almost 800 pounds of batteries.

Big Day, Big Day

Batteries are in! The "big" part was getting the rear pack in and bolted down. It is an incredible tight squeeze, tighter than I had anticipated. I almost couldn't squeeze the bracket which holds them down into place. All I need to do is wire up the Positive sides which are "easily" accessible.
I dropped the front pack in place which was a breeze by comparison. I noticed the rear is riding a bit low now but I guess that is a classic old VW stance. I have one notch of adjustment on the shocks left so I can get the rear up a bit more.
Now and am very close to having the traction pack wired together and charging in the car.

Back at it

After 4 or more months I finally got back to work on the car today. I want to get the traction pack installed so I can get it charged. I'm not sure what damage I've done to the batteries by having them sit around for two years with minimal maintenance charging. Before I get the batteries in I have to get the rear seat belt retractors in which meant removing the rear fenders hopefully for the last time. I got the rear fender beading started and also painted the area behind the louvers in the rear fenders which had become hazed with primer and red paint from the paint shop.