Recent content by Schenkzoola

I am fully expecting the replacement bearing to fail in the same way as the original. I would not recommend a ceramic bearing in that location without installing some means of grounding the rotor. The next electrical path is the gears themselves. I'd rather replace bearings than gears.

I’m not the original owner of this vehicle, but I do have the service history. This drive unit was replaced at ~60,000 miles. So this drive unit had roughly 65,000 miles on it before I tore it down. The gears themselves looked to be in great condition. Even though it was replaced, it was still...

I had a hard time getting 1.5 quarts in, but the vehicle wasn’t level when I filled it. I think the tube thing is pretty clever in that they only needed one seal instead of two. Gas cars have rotating water seals, so I’m not too critical of a single seal. The motor bearings were preloaded with...

Hi everybody, I recently purchased a Rav4 EV with 126,000 miles. This car had terrible drive unit bearing noise, so I took it upon myself to try to fix it. The Rav4 uses almost exactly the same drive unit as the model S with the large motor, so it has almost exactly the same issues. This was...

My price change went into effect last night. Got AP + FSD for 5k

I have the same issue. I asked support via chat, they said that it will take a few days to update. I hope it updates before they change prices again!

I’m wondering if this “gen2” mention is confusion between the UMC and CHAdeMO. Also I got the attached message from a customer service agent.

Well there is hope for those of us who took an earlier trial. Elon Musk on Twitter

From what I understood, the new CPU is only needed for full self driving. If they replace it for EAP, it does indeed seem more reasonable.

The above is true, you are always responsible for managing control of your vehicle. However I think there are definite advantages that justify the purchase (assuming the price is within reach). I'm also guilty of calling it autopilot, when I should really be calling it autosteer. It...

Well, I'm not optimistic for existing owners getting autopilot for the old price. So far, Elon hasn't said anything about it. According to the Tesla website, anybody who has already received the 14 day trial is likely ineligible for the latest 30 day trial (which provides a $5500 purchase...

I just called Tesla sales to see about upgrading my car (delivered in July) for the old price. No chance. He suggested I wait a few days to see if there is any change. He was upset they didn't notify him of the price change. He was still under the impression it was $6,000.

So the question is: do I buy one now and wait until they enable it, or wait until it works and there is a sudden huge demand?

I do agree that no trasformer at all is better from an efficiency and cost standpoint.

My point was that there was talk of adding transformers to drop to 208. This implies an isolation transformer, which would be large, expensive, and inefficient. A 2KVA 32v buck transformer (autotransformer connection) would drop the 277 to a voltage that satisfies all Tesla vehicles (as well...