Repairing a Flooded Tesla Model S : HOW-TO

[mike77cos]

Hopefully it's a connection issue...

 

[MP3Mike]

still says 208 or whatever it was before, I won't get an accurate reading until the contactors close, which they haven't yet.

Must be time to get @Ingineer involved to help track down specifics for your issues. (Unless you know things that still need to be done.)

 

[Btr_ftw]

Must be time to get @Ingineer involved to help track down specifics for your issues. (Unless you know things that still need to be done.)

oh I'll need him alright, remember the P85 had lower miles and a different vin, those would now show up on the instrument cluster of the flooded car.

 

[LoL Rick]

This may sound silly, but sometimes it's the little things that stump us. It's not meant as an insult.

Did you step on the brake pedal firmly? With no vacuum assist, it takes quite a bit of pressure on the pedal to "start" the car.

 

[Kimo]

Exciting!!!

 

[MikeNewhouse]

OK, I am sucked in. I have read all 93 pages of this damn post - God Speed and good luck.

 

[Galve2000]

still says 208 or whatever it was before, I won't get an accurate reading until the contactors close, which they haven't yet.

Any plan of attack for getting the contactorsto close? I can't wait for you to truly say


"IT'S ALIVE"

 

[K5ING]

This may sound silly, but sometimes it's the little things that stump us. It's not meant as an insult.

My Dad always used to say "The first 90% of a job takes 10% of the time. The last 10% of the job takes 90% of the time."

 

[Saghost]

My Dad always used to say "The first 90% of a job takes 10% of the time. The last 10% of the job takes 90% of the time."

The version I heard in engineering project management was that the first 90% of the job takes 90% of the scheduled time. The last 10% of the job takes the other 90% of the scheduled time.

 

[e-FTW]

My body is ready

That's the best bit. Would have loved video!

 

[scaesare]

My body is ready

That's what she said.

 

[Btr_ftw]

Any plan of attack for getting the contactorsto close? I can't wait for you to truly say


"IT'S ALIVE"

I hit the pedal with Thor's hammer and still couldn't get them to close. No clicks, Nadda, after talking to an engineer (who has a hard time spelling his username) it's likely a HV fault. So I have to check a few HV locations.

General Drive unit area/wiring
Battery HV cables
HVJB
Both chargers
Charge port door area
DC/DC converter

 

[Btr_ftw]

That's what she said.

Actually no, she never says that.

Ever.

 

[STbreaker]

Man I've been watching this thread for a while and this is legendary. If you get this done, you should go straight to Elon and hopefully they will help you out a bit - at least waive the recertification fee.

 

[Ingineer]

Btr means HVIL (High Voltage Interlock) fault. My guess is the pesky HV Rapid-Mate connector on the pack. If it's not fully seated and compressing it's rubber seal, the HVIL will not close.

 

[mike77cos]

Fingers crossed it's something relatively simple

 

[e-FTW]

Btr: for some reason, I have this image of you floating in/on the Dead Sea, with all the salt you collected out of this car. All. Of. It.

 

[mike77cos]

Any success over the weekend?

 

[MDK]

Which car was the cached 208 miles from last week? I thought you were putting all the parts from the crashed car into the shell of the flooded one, right? So presumably that 208 is the battery level before the crash? Or am I missing something?

I'll level with you here...

I don't even remember anymore. I believe its from the crashed car but I did not label the instrument clusters.

The aquatic car was showing 144 miles before you stripped it, so the 208 miles must be from the white car before it crashed

I'm curious, do you get a picture of and information from the white car when you push the "T" at the top of the display?

Gauge cluster shows 144 miles distance to empty

Edited to add: I only discovered this thread on Saturday, and agree with others that it's a real page-turner of a story. I have spent most of the weekend reading it (which is also why I remembered the battery level was different, because I only read it a couple of days ago when for you it's been months)
Best of luck!

 

[Btr_ftw]

UPDATE....

WHELP...



*Sitting on floor in the car*
*Powers car on, mcu turns on, cluster turns on*


Me - DRIVE

Car - NO!

Me -DRIVE

Car - Frunk open. Bypass?

Me - yes DRIVE !!

Car - ok

Me - drive

Car - can't

Me - why not?

Car - air bag missing , contact tesla , air suspension not working , regent braking disabled , traction control, car may not drive ABS disabled, car may not charge

Me - DRIVE ANYWAY


Car - switches to drive *disengages parking brake*


Car - * immediately engages parking brake shifts to park*


Me - switches back to drive


Car - disengages parking brake


Car - immediately engages Parking brake


Me - powers car off check al over the course of 2 hours HV. And finds THIS cover not screwed in al the way. Turns out this is a pressure switch