Yes, try moving the blue wire back to the bar.
Connect the charger too.
If no faults good to go.
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Goal was to get it driving labor day weekend. Iāll try after dinner. If I can make it to the end of the block and back, Iāll chalk it up to a win. Will report back.
And???
Were you able to take it to a spin?
Moment of truthā¦ give me 15 min
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Ddduudddeeā¦ Awesome. It drives like a car. Night and day between my legacy 2000 I converted to Ac. Iām pumped!!!
I did have one issue though. Went to find the top end. Made it to 42mph-ish and then I lost acceleration. Assuming the controller threw an error but I didnāt pull over to check the error code. Just cycled the key and drove home.
If I could tune the throttle, would be nice to have it activate earlier. Feel like the car doesnāt move until 50% throttle, it was like that stock. Iād like it more ātouchyā
Differential noise isnāt bad. Definitely wonāt bother me. Basically nothing when cruising at speed. Loudest on Regen.
Super, super happy.
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Congrats!! Yea trust me I know what it feels.
If you receive the DVT key tomorrow you can plug the laptop in and take it to a spin. Thereās a place where you can monitor whatās happening in real time.
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Quit or limited? I may have it limited somewhat.
This thread got too long for a how to.
Maybe make a short āhow toā for the motor upgrade. The Tesla is not going to happen again.
Mine is the same.
Dual throttles are tricky to tune, but if I know that itās needed, can work on it.
Voltages are different 1:2 ratio but throttle āvaluesā both must track the same 0:1 to prevent fault.
I would expect that lowering start volts on both throttles, keeping the same ratio is all it needs.
There is also a creep speed setting that may be the solution.
We have so many programs that I lost track. If this file is based on my C-zone dcf, it has hill hold, which is really nice.
Many things can be changed on the fly. Two more drive profiles are available with a simple switch to pin9 and p32. Top speed, regen, etc.
Look to make sure Sevcon is off during charging. If it turns on from the charger, move the Sevcon control wire back to the key switch.
Also, does car stay powered with key off, until E-brake is set?
If not you may want to wire brake to sevcon. There are a 1,000 more things you can do in dvt if you like bells and whistles.
Quit. Couldnāt accelerate until I cycled the key. Iāll try to make it fault again and check the error code
Yeahā¦ Iāll try again when I do Steveās. Hopefully not as much troubleshooting. Although I could just re-use the pictures and update the narrative. Skip all the rear end stuff around the battery tray
New Gems have a programming port up front.
License file showed up the morning. So I donāt need to go to the 35 pin plug? Is it the same as the service plug up by the charging plug?
Glad to hear you are up and running (for the most part)!!! That is awesome.
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Just checked, Sevcon stays powered off
Correction - yesā¦ power stays on until the e-brake is set. I think when I tested in the garage, i didnāt actually drop the e-brake so it turned off immediately.
Iām going to drive it for a little while and see if this bugs me. Iām guessing itās like getting in a new car and just a matter of getting used to.
Outstanding items -
- Program the original controller
- Figure out the error Iām getting at top-end
- BMS - Is there anything I need to configure or setup? whatās my optimal operating range for this battery to prolong life 80-70v (e.g. 4.0 to 3.5). is the max battery voltage setting on the BMS controlling top end for charging or the charger profile?
- drill water drainage holes in the battery box/tray
- cable management
- put the body back together
- CAN Translator whenever that arrives from Thunderstruck
I chunk through that, I think I can call this doneā¦ and then get on to stuff like stereo and wheels but Iāll keep that off this thread.
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I donāt charge them over 4v. And discharge? What is that youāll never reach that point with the tesla battery 
jk over 3v is safe. IMO
Be careful with the cable management. I screwed my BMC doing itā¦ They it was an expensive dumb mistake
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went and took a little break between calls and buzzed around the neighborhood. Error code iām getting is 3. happens at the top-end and have also noticed if Iām cruising at 25 and just let my foot off the throttle completely, to have regen slow me down, it will error then.
Any ideas?
Need to get dvt installed and look at some settings.
The last one I programmed is doing the same thing.
Used the garnt file in both, Iām quite sure.
Iām going to be out of the loop for a few hours, or more.
I have DVT installed and licensed already, Iāll plug it in and check it out. Does the sevcon log errors?
If so it should be easier to pinpoint, assuming Iām plugging into the purple Delphi connector on the top part of the engine compartment?
Thank you
I have DVT installed and the license too. Trying to connect on the bench. Have 60v going to the controller but donāt have everything talking yet.