Hello all, I wanted to introduce my self and the TEVan I just purchased. My name is Jared, I emailed a few of you asking questions about the van already. I...
I made some headway on the van today. I found out why the blinkers didn't work. For what ever reason, the previous owners pulled just about every fuse out...
Congratulations Jared! You have to be in neutral for the van to go into run. Very low state of charge will also prevent the van from going into run. I've ...
Yeah, I tried turning on the van in neutral and park but neither way did it get the run indicator. I hear the motor fan run for a little bit but shuts off...
The van will not run with the charge cable plugged in. One of the relays on the drivers side fender will not allow the run relay if the charger interlock relay...
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:39 AM, jleverington <jleverington@...> ... it ... shuts ... Both battery and motor fans run constantly with ignition on. I...
Hello Jared, Welcome to TEVan ownership. There were 56 vans built with about 14 known-to-exist; 4 are known-to-be destroyed. Yours makes it 19 total known....
One of the TeVans may become available for sale very soon. I was talking to Dave R. this weekend and he again mentioned that he may just want to sell his...
Steve, I may be interested at the right price. I'm the only remaining engineer that is active on TEVan repair. (I worked at GE from 1992-1995 on the TEVan...
Jared, You need to take a look at Steve's site, http://www.hawkins.info/1993_tevan_.html He has pictures of the IGBT's. The LXT is a meter used on GE forklifts...
I got some more news. The charger has been off now for 24 hours and the batteries are still holding a charge. They are holding a pack voltage of 215...
Jared, I would like to see the video you mentioned. FYI, my first EV conversion was a 1984 Fiero, this picture was in Mebane, NC when I worked at GE, ...
All right! A BIG find today! Just because you put a good fuse into the slot doesn't mean it stays good! :-) My relays weren't kicking on each of the...
I re-looked at the TEVan Circuitry Manual and traced that wire, it only feeds the Power Distribution Center (PDC) for ignition power. So that means there is...
Hey Rod, Long time . I would certainly like to add a drawing of this to the library. Could you send me a drawing with PNs showing how to install this...
I've attached a manual that we made up for the Automotive shunt controls. This was essentially the same as the TEVan, except it was packaged in a motor control...
All of those attached files were only supposed to go to Steve so he could post them on his excellent web site. Sorry if I filled up your in box. Rod ... From:...
I got the replacement relay today and put it in place and tried the ignition again. Everything was running fine that was controlled by the power distribution...
Jared, I motorcycle jack works well for dropping the pods. I got mine at a Sams club years ago. Dale ... I got the replacement relay today and put it in place...
I never did see one of the fuses inside the black box blown. The fuse labeled 'FU' supplies +12Vdd to the circuitry for the LXT and communication to the...
Hey Jared, Great job. RUN light and all. Very nice indeed. I use a motorcycle jack to lower the batteries, too, just like Dale & Rod, but I use 4 jack stands...
Hello All, I have noticed in some pictures that some of us have a manual water box on top of the aux. power unit (under the hood, front, right side). I have...
Yeah I already have the van up on jack stands. I'll try to use my car stand to remove the small pods and see how that works out. If it doesn't work out well,...
Jared, To keep from blowing fuses until you find the short in the system, do this: Take the blown fuse and solder an indicator or tail light bulb to the fuse. ...
Hey Jared, Jim Wolf, brilliant idea about the bulb test for shorts. I'm going to check my van for shorts. My NiFe can lose as much as 20% over a day in...
Hello All, Jared just FTPed the videos to me. The first try failed due to the files being too compressed but the second succeeded with the larger files....
I hope you guys enjoy the videos. They are informative. The 1996 Presentation Video is just a general video about EVs that they were bragging about what...
I wonder if my battery fan is a newer fan on my van. Compared to the fan in the video, mine is different. The one in the video looks like it sucks air in...
Hello All, The TEVan video is posted in the library now. It downloaded to me so I believe it should work fine for everyone else. It is 456M and 36 minutes ...
Steve, I tried playing it with Windoze Media player 9.0 and it said "error downloading codec", so it only played the audio. Any recommendations on getting it...
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