Alex Beamer
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:12:07 -0800
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Hi Michael, I live in Salem, Oregon where it can get cold for most of the winter. I have had trouble with filling the tank like you describe. I tried to troubleshoot the problem and found there is a mechanism in the throat of the filler tube that has a little ball like a ping...
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...
Michael Anzalone
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:35:42 -0500
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Hello, I imagine that most S10Es don't see a lot of very cold weather or burn much diesel/kerosene, but since I live in New York, my truck has definitely been burning some kerosene lately. This will be my first winter since purchasing the truck, and I have a few questions for...
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...
Michael Anzalone
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:52:14 -0500
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Hi Michael, My NiMH truck has experienced at least a couple of New York winters. When I purchased the truck in February of 2009, it had been sitting unused (with a dead pack) for several months in the previous owner's unheated garage. I transported the truck to my driveway whe...
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%...
Gil Dawson
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:30:01 -0800
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Hi, Michael-- Please let us know if you find out to the contrary, but there's unlikely to be any pure water in the batteries, and any other chemical in liquid form would have a dramatically different freezing point. So no, 32?F would likely not be a temperature at which state...
Michael MacDonell
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:27:31 -0800 (PST)
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Will discharged Nimh batteries freeze causing damage to the battery? The trucks I'm looking at have to be transported from California to Georgia. I would assume the transport company would take the southern route but if they had to pick up any vehicles up north before heading...
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
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:11:53 -0800
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Sounds like a loose connection to me. At best the plug might be coming loose or the motor position encoder could be going bad. Worst case an IGBT module in the controller could be going bad, or there is a ground fault. if there is a ground fault the HV contactors should open?...
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...
Michael MacDonell
Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:38:43 -0800 (PST)
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I'm close to doing a deal on these trucks but have one last concern. One truck has been down a year and the other for 9 months. What are the opinions on whether the batteries will "wake up"? I don't want a truck that will need new batteries? My fiance would kill me for not buy...
Michael Anzalone
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:37:36 -0500
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Interesting point about the mileage improvement...I wonder how the mileage would be in a truck without a cover, but with the tailgate folded down or removed? Michael Anzalone ----- Original Message ----- From: kevin gildea To: [email removed] Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12...
Gil Dawson
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:20:03 -0800
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Groceries do just fine with the half-tonneau, except maybe in a hard rain. An open box of styrofoam peanuts, now, that's another matter. --Gil On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:49 A, [email removed] wrote: > Interesting that the half cover is more efficient - we chose to go > with a full c...
McMullin, Kevin
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:21:57 -0500
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My convenience charger gave up. For about a month it was the only charger I had and I guess I used up the 10 to 15 uses these are apparently good for. Has anyone had good luck with them? After mine quit, I was told they are only for "emergencies". (Well then lets re-name them)...
List member
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:49:10 -0500
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Interesting that the half cover is more efficient - we chose to go with a full cover to give us more storage space in the back during inclement weather - someplace to put the groceries we are taking home. Richard Poudrier -----Original Message----- From: kevin gildea <[email r...
kevin gildea
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:21:46 -0500
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They go on the regular tailgate cable connector and fasten on the same way the tailgate does. They are to prevent the half cover from flying off should it somehow detach. An interesting point to the half-covers is that they actually reduce drag/improve mileage more than a full...
Gil Dawson
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:05:47 -0800
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Michael-- When I got my truck, the cables went through the metal hooks on the sides. I presume they prevented the cover from sliding out on the freeway if the tailgate were down. --Gil On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:26 A, Michael Anzalone wrote: > Hello, > > My 1998 S10 is equipped the...
Michael Anzalone
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:26:14 -0500
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Hello, My 1998 S10 is equipped the OEM half-length tonneau cover for the bed. However, I have not been able to determine the reason for the two cables which are attached at the rear of the cover. Perhaps the cables were intended to go through the metal loops at the rear of the...
McMullin, Kevin
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:51 -0500
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Hi Michael, Not too sure you could put a price guide together. You get what you can when you're ready to sell. As Gil said, $8555 for a running truck, I paid $10,300 for a 97 without batteries, and I've heard prices up to $25,000. As my insurance company pointed out, these tru...