McMullin, Kevin
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:38:48 -0500
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I'm a new owner too, however, I would guess you have a problem in your fill pipe. I have actually never filled mine at a gas station. I filled a 5 gallon Diesel container and use that to fill at my home. I converted the bed of the truck to tilt and had to re-locate the fill pi...
McMullin, Kevin
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:46:41 -0500
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Merry Christmas to all! I'm re-posting to see if anyone knows what may be wrong. (no replies on my first post). But let me ask another question too. If you connected a charger directly to your pack, before the contactors, along with a generator in the back of the truck to run...
Ryan Dela
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:27:20 -0800
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I reinstalled the battery pack today after 3.5 months of carefully rehabilitating the batteries. The truck started up with out any DTC's and was ready to go. The charger on the the other hand was not, I had tested it a month ago and it charged the pack without an issue, this e...
Paul Peavyhouse
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:09:25 -0800
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I've reset the SOC two more times, and now all 4 times the truck soon stops charging w/ E2. The Tech2 has the following two BPCM DTCs: - 0064 Battery 8 Excessive Voltage Change - 0274 Auto Disconnect Open Battery Control Module Commanded The charge aborting at 81% was a false...
rayan ghazal
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:39:55 -0800
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Hello Niel, First, apologies for not getting back earlier. When I get busy at work, I am not near a computer. The temps when it happened where probably in the 40's. This summer we were having charging issues in warmer temps but that was only with our charger at home e-5. Bill...
McMullin, Kevin
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:19:26 -0500
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I'll try to keep this short. 97 VRLA truck. Installed new 75 Ah AGM batteries. I have been driving and discharging to about 50% on the SOC, but the voltages are still high, (330 pack voltage, 12.6 to 12.8 per bat. on the Tech 2). I tried to "Push" the computer to learning my p...
rayan ghazal
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:24:32 -0800
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Hello Niel, The truck is a 1998 native NiMH, from EVBones. Previous to the "service now,e-2" incident a few days ago I always heard the fan when plugging in for a charge. Although it could be an intermittent or recent problem, I will double check it tomorrow morning. Do you kn...
List member
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:58:09 -0500
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Hi Alex, I don't know about any other conversations, but I recently had issues with my battery pack fan motor as well. At first, I noticed that the 3-pin connector at the motor was getting warm, and the pins were oxidized. I cut out the connector and hard-wired the motor, whic...
Alex Beamer
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:40:50 -0800
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I have been having problems with my kerosene heater for over a year now. Last winter I could not get it to run reliably so I got a new one and put it in. It worked fine for about a month and then would not heat the cab. It has power, it gets kerosene, it goes through three or...
Alex Beamer
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:30:31 -0800
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I have been getting E2 after charging for about 5 minutes. I was getting DTCs 0267 and 0268 and service now. 0267 and 0268 are about thermal performance in the battery pack. Turns out I had blown the fuse for the battery pack fan motor, 25 amp fuse. I have had the fuse blow se...
Paul Peavyhouse
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:30:11 -0800
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I've had my S10EV for goin' on 3 years now and am relatively familiar w/ its peculiarities, either from direct experience or vicariously from this mailing list. Recently my truck stopped charging to full and the charger E2s and the Service Now light comes on. It stopped at 81%...
rayan ghazal
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:30:53 -0800
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Hello All, A couple of days ago my wife got an E-2 in the morning, followed by the unfriendly "service now" in the truck. We do not have a tech 2.....yet. I have tried clearing the faults by, the "high voltage and ground disconnect procedure", but I assume I need to clear the...
Ryan Dela
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:21:15 -0800
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Use the tech 2 to check the motor speed feedback under acceleration and see if the value jumps around, it might take a few tried to see it due to the slow polling rate of the tech 2. If it bounces around look to the motor position sensor. if the truck was throwing up faults I...
Stephen Weitz
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:21:12 -0800
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It only happens when I'm starting out. Its a little like a clutch vehicle when the clutch is not let out properly, a slight bucking. I don't have any warning lights but I guess I should get it checked with a scan tool. Stephen On Dec 7, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Ryan Dela wrote: > Sou...
Ryan Dela
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:25:46 -0800
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The pre-nup is a good idea. I figure since I bought my truck in 2004 I have spent more time under the hood or in the battery pack than behind the wheel. Most of that time was when it was a lead acid truck before it was converted to nimh. This is not to say that you will have t...
Pat Williams
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:47:23 -0800
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Hi Michael, My daughter advises that you sign a pre-nuptual agreement quick! I have a S-10 with NiMH and I let my batteries run down by not leaving them on a charger when I went on vacation for 3 weeks. It took me a long time to figure out what was wrong, but successfully brou...
Richard Hatfield
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:36:35 +0000
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My S10 has accumulated 16 DTCs in the history. Most of them are for low battery voltage I tried to clear the DTCs yesterday to see which DTCs would reappear with the Tech2, but I was unable to clear them. Any suggestions? Richard Hatfield -------------- next part -------------...
Philip Morgan
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:55:54 +0000
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Nope, not at all. I never said anything about where I set heater temp control. All I ever referenced was ambient temps when I was observing heat pump behavior. Review my previous messages if you have doubts. In comment about the thermostats, I said I had no frame of reference...
McMullin, Kevin
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:29:34 -0500
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Just to clarify... It's an outside temperature of 40 degrees or less that engages the diesel heater and turns off the heat pump. One may assume you're talking about where you set the "Thermostat" on your temp control. All of this is also covered in your owner's manual. Kevin M...
Phil Morgan
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:18 -0500
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Gil: I don't know. Since I now know my heat pump works, I have no context for that till I look up how to check the 40*?**F* thermostat. - - Philip Morgan Gil Dawson wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">IIRC, The > 40?F thermostat causes the ker...
Adams, Lynn
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:38 -0700
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Yes, if the thermostat is below 40, the heat pump will not come on and the diesel heater is engaged. You can play with it a little by placing a resistor in series or parallel with the thermistor located behind the front grill to either allow the heat pump to work (very ineffec...
Gil Dawson
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:53:12 -0800
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IIRC, The 40?F thermostat causes the kerosene heater to light up, if it can. Do you suppose that it also prevents the heat pump from operating? On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:01 A, Philip Morgan wrote: > Steve: > > I never doubted it. I probably didn't realize that the button was > nec...
Philip Morgan
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:27 +0000
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Steve: I never doubted it. I probably didn't realize that the button was necessary for heat above 40?F but my testing was done below 40?F and the button was on (light was lit). Just to clarify, I operated the heat over the past weekend when temp was 55?F and heat poured out so...
Philip Morgan
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:43:25 +0000
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Kev: Thanks for the story and advice on where to look within the Tech2 Scantool. I will check with it to see what it shows and report back. Glad you were able to resuscitate your A/C and Heat Pump functionality! - - Phil, from Palm Treo 755p using Palm Mail ---- Original Messa...
Philip Morgan
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:40:09 +0000
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Steve: Use of scantool was second question I asked in previous reply. I haven't tried to use it on this problem yet. It's a maze of menues and without guidance, I've never found my way to anything I could understand. - - Phil, from Palm Treo 755p using Palm Mail ---- Original...
Michael Anzalone
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:51:57 -0500
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Hi Don (copy to S10-EV list), Based on my communication with the manufacturer, I am very confident that they can provide replacements to match the specs of our sensors. Unfortunately, the parts are made to order, and samples are not available. I will ask the manufacturer about...
List member
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:55:22 EST
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Hello Michael Is it certain these replacement thermistors are going to work? Steve would be in a good position to try a sample if they would provide one. I would be willing to buy at least 100 to get the price down. What is the next price break? If we can get a larger group bu...
Michael Anzalone
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:04:35 -0500
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I have located a supplier who can supply sensors which would match those in our S-10s. If there's enough interest from others in the group, perhaps we could place an order. The minimum order quantity is 50 pieces @ about $7 each, but 100 pieces would cost only about $5 each. L...
Steve H
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:03:10 -0800 (PST)
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I have a 1998 S-10 EV, NiMH,?that has just experienced a failure of the #1 battery pack temp sensor; the readout for this sensor on the Tech2 is 167 F.? I have removed the battery pack, and checked the 6 battery module thermistor resistances.??Thermistor #1 is reading ~0 ohms,...
Frank Fenton
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:44:25 -0500
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Recent health problems are interfering with progress on my S-10 E project. I built new battery boxes with Group 27 SLA batteries, installed new PIM and now get 'charge complete' with no DTE codes showing. I think all it needs is to have the program 'flashed' or whatever that t...