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

Tue Aug 8 13:33:23 GMT 2006

If you take the bed off, will the battery pack not fit between the frame
rails (with an engine hoist or cherry picker)?

David

On 8/7/06, mark witt <aztexan45 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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