Kevin Kayden
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:11:20 -0400
2015
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>From what I remember, the capacitors were more prone to failure on the NiMH, but the PbA trucks could have capacitor failure too. Now, all these years later, all original capacitors would be highly suspect. According to Jeff, these parts were a compromise to limitations, and...
Ryan Dela
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:10:39 -0700
2015
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Hello everyone, My 97 is out of commission with out of balance Nimh batteries. When I bought it the battery pack was serial number 001. When it returned from EV bones it had serial number 004 in it :-( so it is an oldie. The time has come to retire the batteries and move to li...
Ryan Dela
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:10:39 -0700
2015
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Hello everyone, My 97 is out of commission with out of balance Nimh batteries. When I bought it the battery pack was serial number 001. When it returned from EV bones it had serial number 004 in it :-( so it is an oldie. The time has come to retire the batteries and move to li...
Jack Parette
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:22:10 -0700
2015
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I have been working on a truck that was doa and I never drove it yet. Purchased 100 calb 60s (same power half the weight, suspension popped up 1.5"). Made a spoofer circuit for feedback of the 26 12volts. Having some problems with high voltage interlock faults. Have been study...
Robert Ogle
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:48:55 -0700
2015
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Good Morning, It is good to see people are still paying attention to our list (Hi Steve!)! I am afraid that I don't have good news, either. The trucks are non-op (as Jeff Thomas would say). It got to be too difficult to keep them charged with the batteries falling out of balan...
Greg Rohrauer
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:30:02 -0400
2015
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Step one would be to check for power and ground and a pulse resulting from each output with a voltmeter. You will need to jack up only one wheel and spin it very slowly in neutral, otherwise the motor itself won't turn over, rather the differential will. Once, I had the encode...
George Richards
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:14:01 -0700
2015
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Hi Greg, Thanks very much for your info. I did notice the DTC 089 tell you to do a High Voltage Test but the DTC 090 does not. I don't know why sense they seem to be related. I don't have a 2 channel scope to monitor the square wave output of the speed sensor or a speed genera...
Greg Rohrauer
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:10:49 -0400
2015
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It’s a square type wave 0-12V. Signal A leads B by 90 degrees going forward, and the opposite in reverse. I notice DTC 089 is the same except "forward control circuit failed power up". In the diagnostics section for this DTC it first indicates to check phase winding resistance...
George Richards
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:01:05 -0700
2015
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Thanks Jose for the pictures. I do have the shop manuals for our trucks and I've read all about the DTC 090 but all they want you to do is replace the "Power Inverter Module" which of course you can't get. What I need is the normal return signal values form the slip A and B te...
George Richards
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:15:54 -0700
2015
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Hi Jose, Thanks for the reply. I've cleaned and checked the connection at the sensor but it did not help. As for the slip signals, what should the readings be? Thanks Again, George...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamovarec via S10-EV" <[email removed]> To: <[email re...
Jamovarec
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:48:33 -0300
2015
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Hi George, regarding your question of DTC 090. I just checked it on the service manual, and on the diagram it seems it should be a problem with the drive motor speed and direction sensor, or its wiring towards the PIM (power inverter module). You can check unpluging the connec...
George Richards
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:23:51 -0700
2015
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Hi Kevin, Michael and Greg; I'm also going through the same sort of decision making. I've owned my 97 s10ev since Jan. 2005 and its been great to me. Of course I've hand to change a few things like coolant pump, brakes, radiator fan buffer and of course the all elusive batteri...
Jamovarec
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:26:22 -0300
2015
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Hi Michael I have my 97 S10Ev running perfectly, I use it al least 3 times a week, it has the original lead acid Panasonic Ev 1260 I managed to get from Japan, I normally drive around 25 miles before charging it. I had to swap 2 low modules, recently and will have to install L...
List member
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:16:19 -0400
2015
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Hello to the survivors, Mine has a few bad batteries. (Lead acids) and of course the computer won't let me move it. I only got 12,500 miles from the pack of Deka 12AVR75 batteries, but believe I could get double that since I'm more aware of how to drive it now. Years ago, when...
Greg Rohrauer
Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:58:01 -0400
2015
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Michael; I’m still driving mine, mostly to haul gardening stuff (soil, mulch, sand gravel, shrubs, flowers, tree limbs) or get lumber from building supply, etc. Basically I use it as the pickup truck it was designed to be. The self discharge is getting much worse, and I have m...
Gardner Harris
Wed, 3 Jun 2015 12:21:19 -0700
2015
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Try "theoldcars.com" or [email removed]. Don Blazer has my old truck which I think he may be parting out. If not him then try [email removed]. Gar Harris On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:43 PM, <[email removed]> wrote: > Send S10-EV mailing list submissions to > [email removed] > >...
List member
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:27:35 -0400 (EDT)
2014
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I have held off replying, as this is still very difficult to think about. When Bryan called me it was a total shock. Not only that day, but not able to fall sleep until 5 AM in the morning. Jeff and I enjoyed many days together working on the S-10's and our family's spent time...
List member
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:06:39 -0400
2014
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Hi Bob, This is Kevin in Delaware, not Don. But I've been looking into this too. I found something that may work. It's called a Smart Battery. http://www.lithiumion-batteries.com/products/12v-50ah-lithium-ion-battery/ At $690 each, they're very expensive, but I spoke to a guy...
Robert Ogle
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 09:41:52 -0700
2014
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Hi Don, I would be interested in working with the team on an upgrade for, at least, one of my trucks. I know that Richard Hatfield here in the Palo Alto area was working on an upgrade. They have not updated us on the progress - perhaps, it was too time consuming a distraction...
Steve Hawkins
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:59:59 +0000
2014
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Dear Bryan, That is sad news. Our condolences for your loss. Jeff had helped out everyone interested in EVs in general and S10Es in specific over the years. He had communicated with me on many of my personal projects over the years and was much appreciated. Just a few weeks ag...
Paul Peavyhouse
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:14:30 -0700
2014
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Hear hear! Hats off to Jeff, and a moment of EV silence as all electrons cease to move for a Plank Second in honor of Jeff. You are and will be greatly missed, and the world is a bit more empty now without access to the vast knowledge you had in your head and heart. Deepest re...
Paula Clark
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:30:41 -0700
2014
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Greetings all this is Bryan Sailors partner to Jeff Thomas and owner of the retired EVBones. I am very sad to inform all of you to the loss of my best friend and business partner Jeff Thomas. Jeff passed 3 weeks ago due to a medical emergency while he was camping out of town a...
List member
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:59:22 -0400 (EDT)
2014
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A long time list member contacted me about their interest in doing their own LiFePo4 upgrade We agreed it would be good to post to the list and see if anyone else is interested. I have almost have one done, that I just changed direction on the BMS. The other BMS has had some i...
Gardner Harris
Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:42:17 -0700
2014
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[email removed] Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: [email removed] Date: 2014/07/02 22:45 (GMT-08:00) To: [email removed] Subject: S10-EV Digest, Vol 131, Issue 2 I guess we're all in the same place. My 97 S10E has another bad cell which of cours...
Erland Jørgensen
Thu, 3 Jul 2014 09:19:50 +0200
2014
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Hi Are your EV for sale? Best Regards Erland Jorgensen Stavanger Norway -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: S10-EV [mailto:[email removed]] P? vegne av [email removed] Sendt: 3. juli 2014 07:46 Til: [email removed] Emne: S10-EV Digest, Vol 131, Issue 2 Send S10-EV mailing list...
Kevin Kayden
Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:31:26 -0500
2013
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Here is a posting from several years ago from Jeff Thomas (EV Bones) concerning GM parts availability. If you read down to the end you'll see "otmar" who I guess got 6 before it was too late: Hello everyone, Lloyd here from cold and snowy Minnesota. A few weeks ago driving hom...
William Calluthers
Sat, 30 Nov 2013 02:47:14 -0800 (PST)
2013
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The EV1 parts wharehouse was in Michigan and was demolished before 2012 Parts were dumped at the local land fill. I arrived there too late and missed out - (I would have excavated them if i could) On Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:56 PM, "[email removed]" <[email removed]> wrot...
Greg Brewsaugh
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:57:27 -0800
2013
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I suspect that your drop in range on the new RAV4-EV is due to lower average temperatures lately in So CA. (I'm in Huntington Beach.) I was somewhat alarmed to see the same thing in our 2011 Leaf and Volt as Winter approached. Range came right back up in the late Spring the fo...
Niel Nielsen
Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:52:04 -0600
2013
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Gardner Harris
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:16:05 -0800
2013
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Re: Lithium Conversion I keep seeing Rich Hatfield's question on the no wakeup function of his Li Pack ever since he installed a replacement battery blower. It the lack of a response the result of no one having a verifiable answer or was there a reply which I don't understand...