outubro from Portugal

[asavage]

Replacement inverter seals would be a nice item to have access to buy; so far, we've been able to re-use them -- they are not under much stress/pressure/temperature, and seem to be holding up well -- but eventually someone is going to damage or lose one, and I didn't know someone had reproduced them.

Tesla, of course, does not sell them to mortals.

 

[outubro]

Here it is custom made
I will make the disassembly and assembly video
a big hug

 

[asavage]

Well, there are a LOT of people selling "coolant delete" fixes, from bolt-on replacement manifolds like yours, to the very inexpensive SS cup modification (about USD$50). I summarized the options at a snapshot in time last May. Yours will be the fourth replacement manifold solution I've seen.

I (had someone) machined an aluminum cup, which I pressed in place of the rotor seal, after removing the long aluminum tube from the OEM manifold, and later someone had a batch of SS formed cups made, and they're selling them for less than my machined solution. Both are inexpensive options.

 

[outubro]

Bem, há MUITAS pessoas vendendo consertos de "remoção de refrigerante", desde coletores de substituição aparafusados como o seu, até a modificação de copo SS muito barata (cerca de US$ 50). Resumi as opções em um snapshot in time em maio passado . A sua será a quarta solução de coletor de substituição que eu já vi.

Eu (mandei alguém) usinar um copo de alumínio, que eu pressionei no lugar do selo do rotor, depois de remover o longo tubo de alumínio do coletor OEM, e depois alguém mandou fazer um lote de copos formados em SS, e eles estão vendendo por menos do que minha solução usinada. Ambas são opções baratas.

Na verdade, o copo não é uma opção segura, eu testei e tive resultados ruins. Eu também sei como construir copos, mas opto pela melhor opção.
Cumprimentos,

 

[asavage]

The cooling system is under <3 PSI (0.2 bar) pressure, and very small temperature swings. I installed my machined aluminum cup with a .005" (~0.1mm) interference fit, and it passed a 20 PSI pressure test, which is nearly an order of magnitude more pressure than it will ever see in the car.




I haven't heard of leaks when using the SS cup method, but then again I don't really hang out in the Tesla space anymore, too much noise. I had my cup machined for <USD$150.