Mark, I have developed a process that requires only two jack stands and one standard (hydraulic) jack to safely lower the battery from a vehicle (or re-install it again). Everyone who works on their car should have this equipment already, that is why I used this. I only have a regular 2-car garage, so one spot to put the Leaf and the adjacent spot to work on the battery.
Of course, in the Nissan shop they use different tools, mainly because of speed and no desire to crawl around on the floor. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Hanson via EV Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 1:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EVDL] Upgrade Leaf Range/change battery Hi Cor, How do you get the battery out, don't you need a two piston straddle lift and a hydraulic battery scissors jack? Seems kind of hard to do for the average guy in his garage. Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh Message: 1 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 22:50:00 -0800 From: Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> Subject: [EVDL] upgrade Leaf range Message-ID: <a73bc4b8b3218642a56a2c9eb01b44e002b79...@exchange.corp.proxim.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have been doing this a few times now and I can get another low miles 2015 Leaf Battery to give a 2011 or 2012 Leaf their original range back. I also know a local Leaf owner who wants to sell his 2011 Leaf cheap, so I am tempted to just buy it, upgrade and sell it, but in order to avoid double fees, it is better if I find someone who either has a Leaf and wants to upgrade or who is interested to buy a cheap Leaf due to degraded battery and wants me to install the 2015 battery into that vehicle. Please contact me off-list and it is easiest if you are driving distance to Silicon Valley or can tow to/from here. Cor. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
