[ausev] OPEN GARAGE: 8-6-2006 12:30 -- Ranger battery swap

[mark witt]

Chris is right..results were minimal...but on a good note the hot dogs were 
only slightly burned and the chili was ok and not too lava like..nobody was 
crushed or shocked or sunburned. Plus Derek wrote down alot of life and time 
saving things and Chris looked up some cool tools on line that we may be 
able to rent here in town. I would like to regroup on Sunday the 20th to 
take another stab at it. In the meantime we will try to hammer out what to 
procure to proceed.
   On that note I talked to a friend of mine who steered me toward these 
jacks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=160015372285&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

...(ebay or where ever....which made me go out and look at the rear bumper 
on the Ranger and examine it and see that it is quite substantial..maybe 
more so than my gasoline Ranger bumper...ok ...so say we get the truck up to 
40+ inches high and then use something similar to the 2200 lbs. rolling lift 
that Chris saw(see his link)  
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_1037691_1037691

  to lower the pack.
   On the front of the truck where no such good bumper exists we use a long 
,tall floor jack with appropriate after supports. It's all nice and level 
and we still have enough room to roll the pack out....Ponder and let me know 
the pros and cons of this...(ie how we clear the ball joints etc. in the 
front).....I'm keeping the faith...Witt


>From: "Chris Robison" <eeyore at phototropia.org>
>Reply-To: eeyore at phototropia.org,        AustinEV News Announcements and 
>General Discussion<ausev at austinev.org>
>To: eeyore at phototropia.org,        "AustinEV News Announcements and General 
>Discussion" <ausev at austinev.org>
>Subject: Re: [ausev] OPEN GARAGE: 8-6-2006 12:30 -- Ranger battery swap
>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:38:40 -0500 (CDT)
>
>BTW, it sounds below like I was the one to have discovered my error in
>recalling the dimensions of the pack from the first time we went over
>there to look at it.  It was actually Derek who carefully measured
>everything, and told me politely why my crazy scheme wouldn't work.  :o)
>
>   --chris
>
>
>On Mon, August 7, 2006 1:24 pm, Chris Robison said:
> > The results from Sunday were pretty minimal.  Mark Witt can probably
> > elaborate further, but my [re]discovery was that the pack is much taller
> > than I'd recalled, up in front where they have a second layer of
> > batteries.
> >
> > Essentially, lowering the 1900-lb pack and raising the remainder of the
> > truck to clear it, are two completely separate problems which must both 
>be
> > solved. And the height to which the truck must be lifted will be 
>difficult
> > to achieve at both ends.  If we can get away with only having to lift it
> > at one end (the front) then we might be able to do it with an engine
> > hoist.  If not, then we will have to get more creative, or rent a bay 
>with
> > a lift that can grab the vehicle from the sides.
> >
> > Lowering the pack is probably doable with Witt's palette jack though it
> > will be tricky. Otherwise it might be a job for a mid-rise scissor lift,
> > which would also be nice to have for raising cars:
> >
> > 
>http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200102674_200102674
> >
> > Or something more like a hydraulic lift cart:
> >
> > 
>http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_1037691_1037691
> > 
>http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200102674_200102674
> >
> >
> >
> >   --chris
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, August 7, 2006 12:38 pm, R. D. Childers said:
> >> Woops.  I showed up at Chris's house on Saturday and missed the Sunday
> >> show.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Aaron Choate" <achoate at gmail.com>
> >> To: "AustinEV" <ausev at austinev.org>; "AustinEV Announce"
> >> <ausev-announce at austinev.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:09 AM
> >> Subject: [ausev] OPEN GARAGE: 8-6-2006 12:30 -- Ranger battery swap
> >>
> >>
> >>> Good day all,
> >>>
> >>> Mark Witt will be hosting this week's open garage.
> >>>
> >>> Sunday (not Saturday) 8-6-2006 12:30
> >>>
> >>> Come help work on a factory Ford Ranger battery pack swap and learn
> >>> about how they put the vehicle together.  The group will get together
> >>> to plan the swap and work out how the new batteries will be going into
> >>> the pack.
> >>>
> >>> hot dogs and refreshments and after we are done those who want to
> >>> hang out in the backyard and watch "Pirates of the Caribbean" on the
> >>> big
> >>> screen can when it gets dark.
> >>>
> >>> Mark Witt
> >>> 7209 wild onion dr.
> >>> Austin, tx 78744
> >>> 512-294-5308
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