Mr_o_uk’s Mildly Modded Metruck

Here is the latest version of my headlight bracket…

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Hub took some drilling and hammering to get to the studs in. My design needs adapting if I ever make another. But it works.

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Painted the front hub and wheel black so that it ties in with the rear wheel

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Have been working away, so haven’t progressed much. Other than creating some spacers on the 3d printer to mount the controller under the seat.

And also fitted the front tyre and wheel after being painted…

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So now I have a rolling shell anyway!!!

Gonna get something in and test all the electrics work before, then will require each control/ button one by one to make sure I don’t break it!

I cut the lock loops off the bottom of the seat, used some rivnuts, created some 3d printed spacers and got the controller mounted.

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Test 1 undertaken…

I’ve plugged everything in (using all the old indicators and switches etc). And it works…

Can’t seem to upload any videos, so have uploaded a gif.

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So now my plan is to swap out all the switches etc one by one, and test, so I know I don’t mess anything up.

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Working my way through the switches… think I’m getting there…

Started to look at the ignition but it’s swapping from 4 pole to 2 pole on the old Met ignition… so gonna need some sort of relay…

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I can’t drill the buttons in to the neck plastics yet, as I don’t know where the Speedo is gonna sit.

Looks like there isn’t enough space between the plastics and the frame to put them high up.

So I need to get the Speedo mounted to see where there is space.

So have designed a mount. This is version 3. Will print it and see what happens…

Have cut the original mounting points off the Speedo and am sandwiching it within these two pieces.

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Still have a fair bit to do, but here are some photos of how it sits at the moment.

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Still working on the electrics…

Speedo mount position mocked up:

Headlights wired up:

The indicators aren’t working now I’ve swapped them over… might be a load thing… will try a variable relay. Went with the same button LEDs as on my Met and fender mounted.

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It’s all connected up to the new switches, and the R1 taillight.

Everything works except the front indicators. Not sure why at this point. Have ordered a variable relay to test, but the rear indicators work, so not sure.

Have been spending time getting the loom in the right place…

Seems to work fairly well with the rear floorboard in place.

Have drilled the start and sport mode button in to the next plastics.

I wanted the lights and high beam on the other side to mirror but they foul the cables when turning, so I might mount them on the bars if I can find a nice looking set.

I’ve put the parking button and charging dock on the front of the rear plastics. Not sure if I like the location of the charging dock, but I’ve cut it now so will leave it there for the moment.

So need to sort…

  • the speedo mount final design.
  • a cover for the controller
  • some fixings for the side plastics.
  • a number plate mount
  • a kick stand
  • hopefully some set backs

And the big one:

  • the battery, and battery cover.

Could try and get the stock battery to fit, or could get a custom one…

Either way, I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to run the stock floorboard which I wanted to. Unless anyone has any bright ideas?

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I think you could maybe start with the floorboard plastics cut the space out and then make some kind of cover that goes over the original. Honestly, can’t wait to see what you do.

I’ve found a local company who will make custom batteries. So I’m going to see if I can make a battery that fits below the floorboard. It might just be limited on range. So need to make a tray. Doing that in autocad at the moment.

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Meanwhile. I’ve fitted more buttons in the neck for lights and high beam…

And I’ve spent some time getting the old ignition switch to work with the new one. The old one just connects A to B when on. The new one has C connected to D when off. And then when on, C and D disconnect and E and F then connect. So I’ve had to split it in to two relays and use a NC relay for C to D and a NO relay for E to F. I’ve then fed a positive through the old ignition switch to both relays to switch when on.

Although I can’t find a permanent 12v so am using a 9v battery to feed through the ignition. I may have to do this permanently if I can’t find a permanent 12v!!!

It works though!!

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I’ve also been working on some brackets to hold the under tray in place - as the rear brackets for the Met can’t be used on the ruck rear frame.

I added ‘legs’ to these so they don’t rotate when tightening up.

The 4 smaller rings are spacers for the push buttons in the neck. May just give a bit more room for the cables to move.

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I had some underglow lying around that I was going to install on my Met last year. So fitted that!! Naff, but fun and you can’t see it as its hidden inside the frame. Blue tooth controlled.

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Battery tray first pass. Will print and cut out of cardboard to test.

I did use the stock mounts for met on my project. Cut the adaptor up and cut out some metal on the inside of the lower frame. Used longer bolts to mount to frame and threaded them onto the bolt. Wish I took some pics. I’ll try to grab one tomorrow. Great work btw. Now if you could come up with a way to mount the little upper piece of plastic to mount w a vapor is pay for that 3d bracket