Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO

[unreliantrobin]

and here is an actual photo of the pack...





as if by magic, the damage was only contained to a few cells

Looks like a lovely swamp, but full of wonderful lithium smells.

 

[unreliantrobin]

I agree.

Part of the reason I got hysterically angry at you guys is feeling punished for something I had no involvement in, and that wrath was hoping to express to Tesla that not everyone is going to go about repairing vehicles so carelessly.

I view it opposite, it's to early to open it up. I doubt tesla plans to have a parts ban forever. I think it's a supply and demand. If you were to stockpile parts then Tesla is competing for resources. And the upside is they are able to protect the brand which protects owners interests. Your taking about pissing of very few people in comparison to becoming another delorian or bricklin

Have you noticed that the parts ban is also damaging their own brand?

This "Tesla is out to screw us" sentiment is a different kind of brand damage, and one probably equally as detrimental as the media's yellow journalism.

You need the support of tinkerers to succeed in the automotive industry. It is far too early in Tesla's tenure to be closing the door on such a vital and important market segment.

Then also the current design making it such that any slight damage totals the car and goes for auction at 1/10 the retail value in salvage auctions is going to put the hurt on insurance companies who then will raise premiums on the model S, and make it impractical to own a Tesla vehicle in that sense.

I can understand both sides of the story here. From what I know it seems the real issue is with the certified body shops. I have heard that these shops do less than adequate work and that a shop that one might trust to do the work is not certified and cannot be certified, because there is already a certified body shop in the area. The main issue here is that these CBS are the only people who can order restricted parts (Body Panels/ Electronics). I know I have a few shops that I know and trust and don't want to take it a shop that does half a** work. But at the same time you would think that Tesla would allow more certified shops in the area so that these shops do not create such a monopoly. I would love to see some competition so I could get parts if my car were to break.

 

[Btr_ftw]

Honestly, Im just glad we got the chance to bring back Tesla's parts purchasing policy for a fourth time.

We should revisit this every 16 pages or so.

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE


Gave my friend at tesla the vin number so he could check the car out, his words were "stay away dude, run far and fast, car was last alive 4 months ago, car is F***ED, had 47 faults before dying, internal faults with HV battery, only part
of the pac was working before end of life, definitely water in the pack"




This is before I told him I had already bought the car

looks like my friend was right, only part of the pack was working

 

[Zaphod]

Check out this big ass pack fuse right here.


Here is the big fuse on top of said ice cube tray to further reference

can you put the fuse next to the stick of deodorant found earlier in your thread for size comparison? that would really bring it home for me. :tongue::tongue:

 

[Btr_ftw]

can you put the fuse next to the stick of deodorant found earlier in your thread for size comparison? that would really bring it home for me. :tongue::tongue:

I'll see what I can do?

Taking requests to see what I can put the fuse next to for size reference.

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Here is a closeup pic of the board on the battery module itself

 

[L-P-G]

Have you seen this?

Tesla 70D Parting out

Maybe worth if for parts you can't repair.

 

[wk057]

I'll see what I can do?

Taking requests to see what I can put the fuse next to for size reference.

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Here is a closeup pic of the board on the battery module itself

Wow, early pack. The next revision of that board has a connector and not hard wired cell sense leads.

 

[Btr_ftw]

Wow, early pack. The next revision of that board has a connector and not hard wired cell sense leads.

I'll take your word for it.

I'm trusting you here, don't let me down

 

[danielp]

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Here is a closeup pic of the board on the battery module itself

Could you maybe sprinkle some salt on it? I'm not used to seeing such pristine PCBs in this thread, so I'm feeling a little uncomfortable.

 

[Btr_ftw]

Could you maybe sprinkle some salt on it? I'm not used to seeing such pristine PCBs in this thread, so I'm feeling a little uncomfortable.

I'll take a pic of one of the "other" ones shortly

 

[wk057]

I'll take your word for it.

I'm trusting you here, don't let me down

Here are the boards from a pack built about a year later than yours:

Front of BMS Module board (one of these on each of the 16 modules)



Back of the BMS Module board.

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[Btr_ftw]

Thats quite interesting actually. was it an 85 pack?

 

[wk057]

Thats quite interesting actually. was it an 85 pack?

Yup. They only hard soldered the cell sense wires on the early packs. I'm sure that got very annoying, thus the switch to a connector.

 

[spaceballs]

BTW if you guys want to know how many nuts, bolts and screws you have to remove to get to this point, see this pic below...

stopped counting around the 250 mark, this does not include the bolts to remove the pack from the car or the undershield screws removed to get access to the pack.

Yeah were about to start, it does have a lot of screws/bolts to remove.

 

[wk057]

Yeah were about to start, it does have a lot of screws/bolts to remove.
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I don't think it's going to fit in the Roadster.

 

[markwj]

Yeah were about to start, it does have a lot of screws/bolts to remove.
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First pictures of Roadster 3.0 battery upgrade (with Model S cells)?

 

[Btr_ftw]

Yeah were about to start, it does have a lot of screws/bolts to remove.
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Before you start, I know a few members that are willing to tell you what you are already doing wrong. :tongue:

 

[EcoHeliGuy]

Before you start, I know a few members that are willing to tell you what you are already doing wrong. :tongue:

Ha ha.

 

[Btr_ftw]

That top cover? Oooh baby. I have pics and a short vid of how I ripped mine off.