Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO

[Bikezion]

Awesome thread! I would love to build a Tesla powered buggy!
Have you seen this? Nikola Motor Company | Premium Electric Vehicles

 

[FlatSix911]

Awesome thread! I would love to build a Tesla powered buggy!
Have you seen this? Nikola Motor Company | Premium Electric Vehicles

Nice ... another must have!

 

[Eugene Ash]

The experience alone is enough to satisfy PMP certification hours, write a work and life balance book and a thorough repair manual. I'll buy it instantly just for entertainment value alone.
Hope your wife still feeds you, we need you as a shining beacon of balancing mastery and enlightenment!

 

[e-FTW]

The other day, I happened to catch a glimpse of my car through the door to the garage, straight on from the side. Only the rear end was visible, and the hatch was open. And in the dark, I could not really see the raised hatch, just the body of the car... A light went on in my head:
TESLAMINO!
Do it.

 

[Johan]

I found this image online while "looking around the Internet"... Very strange indeed:

Pictures Combined Using Neural Networks

Ostagram

Did you do this Howard???

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

Makes me think of the final scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE

Sorry I havent posted in a while. Been so darn busy. Checkout what a typical Monday is like in the world of Harold...

My schedule.

Monday

515AM gym

645AM water grass

7AM Prep kids drop to school

9 to 5PM work

630PM to 645PM water grass

7PM to 8PM Mixed martial arts

815PM to 915PM Game of thrones

930PM clean basement package and ship parts at fedex answer angry emails as to why people's parts havent shipped

11PM to 12AM troll online forums on phone in bed

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

If you moved the donor car from the parts lot to your lawn, you'd have less grass to water and a shorter commute
Immediate time saver!

 

[BigAirHarper]

Thankfully you're making time for GOT. This week so was good. Valar Morghulis

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE

Dropping donor car drive unit.

Thanks for playing

 

[SpeedRacerM5]

First time poster here. Really enjoying the thread and project.

This looks just like the donor car. You didn't list it did you? First time I've seen copart list a car as stripped.
2015 TESLA MODEL S 85

 

[SpeedRacerM5]

First time poster here. Really enjoying the thread and project.

This looks just like the donor car. You didn't list it did you? lol. First time I've seen copart list a car as stripped.
2015 TESLA MODEL S 85

Should have added an lol in there.

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE... welp. there went that camera...


Anyway. let me update you as to the status of the donor car. Seems like there wasn't a whole lot of interest in the cheeky gifs so I'll go back to photos again.

These are some random pics of the DU slowwwllllly dropping

Seriously dreading getting this thing back up into my car by myself... because rest assured my friends will dissappear when I need them most.

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE


prepping the pack for removal

ok. removed.

4 hours later... still working

 

[Saghost]

UPDATE


prepping the pack for removal

ok. removed.

4 hours later... still working

The pack is clearly dropped in the second picture. What's causing you problems? Is something still attached to the pack?

 

[Btr_ftw]

The pack is clearly dropped in the second picture. What's causing you problems? Is something still attached to the pack?

Nothing is wrong, now that the pack is out I was focusing on the interior of the vehicle

 

[Galve2000]

Can I just say.... WOW!!

 

[JRP3]

What would be neat is a pic of the drive unit with a bunch of dimensions, between mounting points for the subframe, rotor face to rotor face, dimensions of the the motor/inverter/gearbox, anything else that might be important when considering mounting in a non Tesla vehicle

 

[hcsharp]

What would be neat is a pic of the drive unit with a bunch of dimensions, between mounting points for the subframe, rotor face to rotor face, dimensions of the the motor/inverter/gearbox, anything else that might be important when considering mounting in a non Tesla vehicle

Are you near a Tesla store? Most of them have an open frame with the drive unit installed. It's easy to measure it.

 

[GoTslaGo]

Are you near a Tesla store? Most of them have an open frame with the drive unit installed. It's easy to measure it.

If I recall, jrp3 is in central ny. Dearth of tesla stores and centers there. Something which imho needs to be remedied.