Stephen Weitz
Wed, 9 May 2012 16:27:22 -0700
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> > From: [email removed] > Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 04:49:08 -0700 > To: [email removed] > Subject: [RAV4-EV] OT: EV-1 Pedestal Charger Available... > > After years of fond reminiscence each time I pull up the driveway, I've just removed my old EV-1 Pedestal charger and it's ava...
Paul Wicker
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:10:07 -0700 (PDT)
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The one with the cap over the bed?is also clearly missing the PIM under the hood. It could be cleverly hidden inside the battery box in the bed, but unlikely. If anyone goes to Chamberburg,PA to personally inspect the vehicles,?addtional condition updates would be appreciated?...
kevin gildea
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:38:14 -0400
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The Georgia s-10 is sitting next to another in photos which already sold about a month ago. The high bidder paid 7,550.00 and also must pay another 10 percent to govliq. ga. sales tax also unless they sent in a reseller form before auction end. The 2 pa. trucks look a bit sabo...
Richard Falk
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:21:47 -0700 (PDT)
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I thought I might make you guys aware of three trucks for sale. The first two look like good parts trucks located in PA. Third one look s good in georgia this. ?????????????????????????????????? I hope this might help Rick http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=5148163&...
Bob Ogle
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:11:16 -0700
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Hello, Steve is correct. I have more than one truck. The original is a 98 NiMH conversion from Jeff/EVBones. Thanks to much help from this list, I replaced the battery pack blower almost a month ago. $300 for the part from Amazon and followed the provided instructions carefull...
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Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:26:53 EDT
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Most likely your stock capacitors are fine. Since your not running as high a voltage as a NiMH pack. Jeff became aware of the higher failure rate when converting the trucks from lead to NiMH. Most of his later upgrades included new capacitors. Don In a message dated 7/20/2011...
Stephen Weitz
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:11:55 -0700
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Hi Don, I know of 7 S10 EVs in the SF Bay Area. Bob has 1.5 NiMH trucks. Bill has 1 NiMH truck. Gregg has a NiMH which needs batteries brought back to life. Scott has 1 NiMH truck in very active use. Richard has an S10 converted to Lithium batteries. And I have an original 199...
Steve Hawkins
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:41:45 -0600
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Good and interesting question, Don. I converted my '98 to Panasonic EV-95 NiMHs out of a Rav4-ev about 3 or 4 years ago. I added two over temp cut-offs, six additional temp sensors and one pressure sensor to the pack at that time. Had to leave it on the OEM 1260U PbA programin...
Richard Wilson
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:29:29 -0700
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Hi, I have a '98 S-10 with NiMH purchased from Stephen Pew last year. Here in Seattle I try to drive the truck everyday but might only happen 5 days a week. Lots of hills so my range is at best 25 miles. I'm wondering if lithium is in my future?! Richard Sent from my iPad On J...
Ryan Dela
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:15:39 -0700
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Ryan Dela: Beaverton, Oregon - 1997 S-10EV bought it from the LA department of Water and Power in 2004 and restored it with panasonic lead acid cells, drove it for a year and had it converted to NiMh in 2005. I took a job on the road in 2005 and had to do a pretty serious batt...
RANDY LEE
Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:33:27 -0400
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Would anyone have the pin connections for the APCU DC-DC converter. Before we condem the APCU we would like to confirm its receiving startup signal or wake-up as the GM serice manual calls it. Thanks Randy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
Isaac Podolefsky
Tue, 17 May 2011 08:47:59 -0500
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Noah and I bought an S10ev not too long ago, but with life circumstances, and a few headaches we've decided to move onward to other projects. I'll try to offer as much information about the truck as I can. Someone who understands these trucks far better than we do, can hopeful...
Steve Hawkins
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:56:43 -0600
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Hi All, I remember there being one or two pack fires some years back, and a friend has asked me the details and I do not recall. Were there one or two fires? Were they '97 converted to NiMH? Where either PbAs? Where were these fires? He recalls one at DFW, but was the one of o...
Noah Podolefsky
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:21:24 -0600
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This is Noah, Isaac's brother. The truck did have a different battery system - they had converted it to lithium. Had a separate Zivan charger. They were using the original BMS and tricking it into thinking each 4-pack of lithium was a 12V lead acid. They had it working, but th...
Isaac Podolefsky
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:37:10 -0500
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So Noah and I have been working on resurrecting an S10. I think I've located the parts missing from the battery box. So what we know so far is that the truck was running but it blew one or two dc-dc converters. Noah can correct me if I'm forgetting something. The truck is curr...
Isaac Podolefsky
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:40:07 -0500
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We're still waiting for a photo of the battery box so we can identify what's been stolen from it. From my understand is that it was the electronic components (grey boxes) from inside the battery boxy. The rest of the box is still intact and the orange cabling is still there. A...
Jay Summet
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:12:32 -0400
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As with everything, that really depends upon the market and specific buyer. One data point: I saw a nice* S-10 pickup conversion with a dead battery pack sell on e-bay for around $6,500 in Florida a month ago. *where nice means good interior/exterior, but 5-10 years old. Of co...
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Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:27:12 -0500
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Hi Everybody, Many life changes in the past few months have caused us to consider selling our beloved S10E. For the past three years my wife has worked about 4 miles from our home and I have been an electrical contractor using the truck for getting materials, going out on esti...
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Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:56:39 EST
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Hello Matt This is not where you should be advertising your conversion EV for sale. This list is for the OEM 100% factory made 1997 and 1998 S-10 EV. Your more then welcome to post anything pertaining to the list but this is way off topic. Best of luck selling your EV. Don In...
Matt Kenigson
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:08:16 -0600
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Hi all, I don't know if you ended up buying that vehicle but since the auction is over now I feel comfortable telling you about mine. I'm selling my 1987 Nissan Hardbody Shortbed, named "Quicksilver". It's a pretty standard conversion with a Curtis 400A controller, a Sevcon DC...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:57:09 -0800
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Uh-oh. My bad. I just looked it up in my records. $1200 in July '07. Sorry. Thanks for catching that, Isaac. --Gil On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Isaac Podolefsky wrote: > You paid $4k for a power steering module?!?! > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Gil Dawson <[email remo...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:28:11 -0800
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Hi, Jay-- On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Jay Summet wrote: It is also missing the power steering pump control module, so I'd either > need to find out to swap in, or wire up a switch or pushbutton. (or turn > really hard!) Turning really hard is not a bad thing. You won't hurt th...
Dewitt Coley
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:52:21 -0500
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An Idea concerning the Power steering module on the S10-EV; it would be less expensive to convert it to manual steering by changing the steering gear box; less required electrical energy from the system; I did this to a 1984 S-15 Jimmy and do not regret the [email removed] MAY...
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:13:14 EST
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When I was tracking the Tech2 on eBay they seem to sell for around 1500 to 2000 dollars used. 1100 dollars is a very good buy you did well. There are now fake Tech2 units coming out of China so that is something to be concerned about. The shipping cost would depend on how far...
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 14:58:27 EST
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Hello Jay You might start out only wanting to make 3 mile trips. Then your going to find you enjoy driving electric so much you will soon want go farther. Myself I can make do with about 20 to 25 miles of range. Its nice to have around 50 miles of range but rarely used. NiMH m...
Michael MacDonell
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:22:38 -0800 (PST)
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I was able to get by with a little less. Tech 2 scanner used from ebay was $1100.00, I? charged the batteries individually using 2 chargers that were $100 or so for the 2. I have dropped the pack several times on the garage floor using substantial jack stands and a heavy duty...
paul doe
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:03:45 -0800 (PST)
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Jay, ? ??? You need a few items for this project...a tech 2 scanner (aprox. $3,000). a fairly substantial regulated dc power supply (aprox. $750), a set of good batteries (the shipping is almost as much as the batteries if you can find good ones), some way to get about 36 inch...
lhorsley
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:01:18 -0500
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Hello Jay, I am in Douglasville, Ga. and I have a 1995 S-10 I have converted to a 120v. lead acid truck. The S-10 will run but the US145 6v. lead acid are in bad shape. I have driven the S-10 over 11k before the range was down to about 10miles. I have a 1999 Ranger EV I am now...
McMullin, Kevin
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:39:09 -0500
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Hi Jay, Welcome. I can't answer all of your questions. Even though I've owned my 97 Lead-Acid truck for 2 years this May, I am still learning about these amazing trucks. You can get all of your questions answered in the archives of this site. Lots of good information and advic...
Jay Summet
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:44:57 -0500
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Hello all, I just subscribed to this list yesterday because I found the S-10 EV that Michael is selling on E-bay. (He mentioned the list, so I assume he's also a subscriber.) I live in Atlanta (85mi south of Eljay) and am looking for a EV to make short (3mi round trips) commut...