I am planning on buying a 97 next week. I'd be interested to hear peoples thoughts on the cars and on what I should look at when I examine the car. Specific...
... Plan on spending some money to replace this, it seems like it's not a matter of if, but when on these chargers. It cost me ~$4k to replace this with an...
Thanks Nick 1.5V per cell ie is there a volt meter that will tell me this, I'm assuming it will tell me pack voltage and then divide by # of cells. Do you know...
1. Charger - What's the best way to evaluate this? I figured I could take a volt meter and test the voltage across it during charging. If you plug it in and...
Hi, Any history you can get from the current owner would be good. Such as service and any know problems. How did they drive it? Fluid changes, battery terminal...
A carfax on the car I was looking at suggests that it had 100,000 more miles on it than was suggested. Back to the drawing board. What's the highest total...
A 100,000 more than what you thought would be a busy Force. My calculations for 100,000 miles and 9 yrs require it to average 30 miles per day. Simple for a...
The car fax says that in early 2003 it had close to 50,000 miles on it. The owner says it has 10 now. I did the calculations too and it does seem a stretch, ...
I have some spare Solectria parts I am not going to use so I am going to offer them here and the E10 forum first. If there is no interest here, I'll probably...
I just broke open the gearbox of the 1999 Solectria Force I just bought. It was making a lot of noise. What a disaster. There was at least a tablespoon full...
Doug, I hope this helps. Search using the words regen...regeneration...noise etc in the forum search block and you'll get a lot of info. In summary most of the...
Doug, I'm curious. I thought the transmission shop had your car back in September. Did it break again or is this a continuation of the same tear down? Mike...
I had the car at a shop in early October. I was gone to Europe for five weeks. The shop was unable to get to working on the car. A variety of reasons, very...
Hello Mike You are correct both the Factory Ranger and S-10 will not go into regeneration when the batteries are full. Don In a message dated 12/5/2006...
The batteries in our '97 Force may be at the end of their useful life and/or there may be a more catastrophic failure of one battery in the front box. A few...
Jim Coate
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Dec 8, 2006 4:06 pm
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Hmmmm... a larger controller in the Force to get more power for hills would sure be nice. However, I thought that the controller and motor were a matched pair?...
Jim Coate
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Dec 8, 2006 4:09 pm
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From: Jim Coate <jbc@...> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:55:59 -0500 To access the batteries in front, it appears I have to remove the motor controller and...
Ken is correct if you have a manual it says to lay it off to the side. If I remember correct I used some very thick towels to protect the headlamp and fender...
Hello Jim Have you tested the batteries under a load? Your right to suspect the cold weather and the extra drain of using the accessories help find your weak...
I think that I have the Solectria procedures for battery removal and replacement. The document may be in the manuals and publications section of the website....
Jim, The 97 service manual is in the files section. On page 16 you will find the procedure for getting to the front batteries. In the manual you will also find...
... Are some brands of 8G27's preferable to others? MK, Deka, and Universal Battery all seem to make them. Also, what's the difference between the 8G27 and the...
Rob, A "8G27" is a Gel type and "8A27" is a AGM type. There are reasons for both being great batteries. But they aren't the same. Solectria decided that the...
Mike You are correct. I would recommend using the Gel for the very reason Solectria did. They will stay in balance without any BMS. Also the low amp draw of ...
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