Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO

[Btr_ftw]

I wonder if "alot of sketchy people coming around and checking it out" are actually just your and your entourage just stripping the car?

That would be a substantial plot twist for sure.

 

[jelloslug]

Did you make any progress last night?

 

[Oyinko]

Did I miss anything?!

The truth can be bittersweet...

 

[satoshi]

I'll put this out there now, here are the 2 things I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to do to this car..

1) Remove the motor
2) Remove battery pack.... and having to go into the battery pack


Unfortunately... this seems unlikely. I will definitely need assistance/guidance from some of the guys in the 'hacking thread" with getting diagnostic info from the pack so hopefully they find their way over here.

Just thinking back to simpler times... and how this adventure has played out thus far.

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE

me - hi do you have any cargo trailers

uhaul - yes, 4x7

me - sorry, that wont fit what I need, do you have any wider ones?

uhaul - no

me - do you have any car transports?

uhaul - yes

me - I'll take that

uhaul - are you transporting items that should be in a cargo trailer on a car transport?

me - absolutely not.

 

[SPXMike]

Well, it's part of a car. That counts.

 

[FlatSix911]

Love the irony ... a huge battery pack at a gas station
BTW - Did you need to secure that from sliding forward?

me - hi do you have any cargo trailers
uhaul - yes, 4x7
me - sorry, that wont fit what I need, do you have any wider ones?
uhaul - no
me - do you have any car transports?
uhaul - yes
me - I'll take that
uhaul - are you transporting items that should be in a cargo trailer on a car transport?
me - absolutely not.

 

[Italio]

Reaching critical mass. Battery has to be gone today.
Everybody is at work so Id be doing this solo.

Sorry man, I'd love to lend a hand again but I'm back on the West coast. Great progress so far!

 

[jelloslug]

UPDATE
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Nice! So it take it that the "scrap it the next day" thing was just a bluff to get things moving?

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

And we KNOW you obeyed the 55mph trailer restriction

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE

ok cool, its in the driveway now...

Tilted the front of the trailer to attempt to slide it off gracefully

hmmm just realized no anchor points.

I'll use my truck as an anchor point and use it to drag the pack off the trailer... you guys have no idea how heavy this stupid thing is...

 

[Saghost]

you guys have no idea how heavy this stupid thing is...

About 1300 pounds, I was told.

 

[Btr_ftw]

About 1300 pounds, I was told.

 

[Pando]

Nice yard! Looks like there's plenty of room for a coupla more tezzies.

 

[jelloslug]

And?

 

[K5ING]

UPDATE

ok cool, its in the driveway now...

Tilted the front of the trailer to attempt to slide it off gracefully

hmmm just realized no anchor points.

I'll use my truck as an anchor point and use it to drag the pack off the trailer... you guys have no idea how heavy this stupid thing is...

Do you have a trailer hitch on your Tesla? Those pictures gave me an idea on how to double your range.

 

[Btr_ftw]

Do you have a trailer hitch on your Tesla? Those pictures gave me an idea on how to double your range.

Thought of that looong ago.

Lots of questions though.

How much would the range diminish if you were pulling an additional 1300lbs?

How do you cool the second battery?

How do you tell the car to take power from a different battery pack on the fly?

 

[Saghost]

Thought of that looong ago.

Lots of questions though.

How much would the range diminish if you were pulling an additional 1300lbs?

How do you cool the second battery?

How do you tell the car to take power from a different battery pack on the fly?

Probably less than ten percent range hit, if it's only the extra weight. (~25% increase in weight/rolling resistance - meaning 80% of the range if that were the only factor, and aero matters more than rolling resistance at freeway speeds.)

Not sure how best to handle the cooling - maybe a standalone system pieced together from a Model S HVAC?

The simplest way to handle switching power would be to somehow rig the two sets of contactors - open the ones in the original battery, then close the trailer ones moments later and drive on just that battery.

 

[SSD420]

Thought of that looong ago.

No posts on your instagram. Does that mean you died?

 

[Btr_ftw]

No posts on your instagram. Does that mean you died?

how about now?