The C5 Repair Blog
My repair blog full of details, pictures, tips and timeline of the restore ! in time-reverse order, i know my english is far from perfect... if you feel something must be improved let me know ! 
contact me; later on i will make some sort of index organized by hardware under analisys. Sorry for some mispelling errors, somethimes i just can't find the words...
All the good things come to an end...
posted on june 30, 2007 BY Camp0s
Finished ! last bit of works and i'm ready to go !
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Back to top POD Repair: the last and succesful
posted on june 29, 2007 BY Camp0s
Just repaired the last thing for the POD...
Misc Photos
posted on june 9, 2007 BY Camp0s
Some necessary photos
Gearbox 360°
posted on june 7, 2007 BY Camp0s
Full photoset to the gearbox
Electrical Power-UP
posted on june 3, 2007 BY Camp0s
First attemp to power-up the system on a testbench: result, the motor works, the bar display only little...
Tires, Motor Cooling2, gear bearings, wheel
posted on May 29, 2007 BY Camp0s
Just some summary photos on various stuffs...
Motor Cooling
posted on april 24, 2007 BY Camp0s
Reassembled the Front Weel with a new piece for the brake and removed orange strips... my C5 now looks "naked" :(
Yellow Strips
posted on Febraury 23, 2007 BY Camp0s
Some light assignement: remake of yellow wheel marker
Front weel
posted on Febraury 23, 2007 BY Camp0s
Reassembled the Front Weel with a new piece for the brake and removed orange strips... my C5 now looks "naked" :(
POD Mods
posted on Febraury 23, 2007 BY Camp0s
Mods to the POD: put a 47Kohm resistor (more detail yet to come) and moved power of the LM358 from 12V to regulated 5V (yet to know if everything will work).
Motor Workshop
posted on Febraury 23, 2007 BY Camp0s
Time to see what's inside the motor ! it was easyer to unmount than advertized elsewhere. Just follow pictre to get an insight on.
Front Wheel Workshop
posted on Febraury 21, 2007 BY Camp0s
Some minor Work on the front wheel ball bearing and rear wheel cover adjust...
C5 Total Disassembly
posted on Febraury 20, 2007 BY Camp0s
After school exams where off, i just crossed the last line: totallty disassembly of C5, to get rust out (really few), some metal body fix, electrical analisys, gearbox (sigh) discovery...
Body washing
posted on January 28, 2007 BY Camp0s
It must be done: wash the body now that is off.
Control Box Inspection
posted on January 25, 2007 BY Camp0s
A rapid incursion in a sensible part: the motor control box !
Body removal
posted on January 23, 2007 BY Camp0s
And finally, the body was removed !
Drive Weel Analisys
posted on January 22, 2007 BY Camp0s
Some detail about the driving weel, closeup photos and so on.
Pedal Axis Cleaning
posted on January 19, 2007 BY Camp0s
Cleaning the pedal axis...
Pedal Axis Workshop
posted on January 18, 2007 BY Camp0s
Removing pedal axis...
Pod analisys
posted on January 14, 2007 BY Camp0s
Some work on the POD...
Pedals workshop
posted on January 10, 2007 BY Camp0s
Pedals unmounting.
First rust removal
posted on December 28, 2006 BY Camp0s
Deeper unmounting and initial rust removal.
Under the hood
posted on December 17, 2006 BY Camp0s
After a long stop, it was time to get back on track !
nothing of curious, just first part of the disassemby.
First repairs going on
posted on November 22, 2006 BY Camp0s
Removed trunk, cleaned and greased the lock. Rebuilt in alluminum the holding clips. Removed lights.
Initial condition
posted on november 20, 2006 BY Camp0s
Some photos and comment on the initial condition of the C5.
I found IT !
posted on november 18, 2006 BY Camp0s
I found it !
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