In a lightning facebook group with you that led me to all of your videos. After a spending the day watching all of them related to the lightning, I first wanted to thank you so much for the content. Unfortunately, I have a very similar story. Preorder the lightning, waited for over 2 years, finally received my truck and loved mostly everything about it. About 5 months back I was in an unfortunately accident that left my 2023 F150 lightning totaled (even though I do not believe the damage is that extensive). After months of back and forth and an ongoing legal battle my insurance is also refusing to pay even though I have full coverage. I just got my totaled truck back a few weeks ago and would love if I could possibly get in contact with you to discuss my issue further. Thanks again!
I really like your videos.. thanks for doing them. I purchased a new 2023 Lightning back in April. I love learning how the trucks work and go together. Lightning is a great vehicle. I'm a contractor who lives in so cal. Average 2.8 kwh since my purchase.
LMAO, dude. Do I need to take a college class to learn this method? I guess you didn't say it was going to be easy. But your method is a complete joke.
@@MartinRebuilds-fz1ep yes, better way... Find Tesla Superchargers with FordPass 5.X Open FordPass. Tap on Energy. Select Public Charging from the Charge section. A list of nearby chargers will display. Tesla Superchargers are labeled "Adapter Needed". Incompatible Tesla Superchargers will be marked as "Station Not Compatible".
Find Tesla Superchargers with FordPass 5.X Open FordPass. Tap on Energy. Select Public Charging from the Charge section. A list of nearby chargers will display. Tesla Superchargers are labeled "Adapter Needed". Incompatible Tesla Superchargers will be marked as "Station Not Compatible".
Based on the fact that the expedition has a 122" wheel base and the lightning is about 145, I don't think there is room for the battery underneath the current lightning frame when shorted to accommodate the expedition body.
Very interesting series. If I could make a suggestion. When you have the music going it’s much louder than the regular audio when you are talking. Causes me to have to constantly turn the tv up and down since the music is so much louder. If there is a way during editing to even them out they would be awesome. 😁
I saw a rebuilt Lariat for sale and it looks good, but I'm worried about issues getting it registered and insured. Do rebuilts have issues getting registered and insured? Thanks..
That's definitely one way to look at it. For me, I am not going back to gasoline. Truck is way to comfortable and powerful. I will deal with charging every 3-4 hrs. of driving for the benefits it gives me. But to each their own.
@@MartinRebuilds-fz1ep The way I look at it is this. I used to drive a Ram 3500 Hemi. One a road trip towing an Airstream, I never drove more than 3 hours at a time anyway.For me, I just got too tired. I'm about to get a Lightning Flash, and while I don't plan on towing with it, if I were to do a road trip with it, charging every three hours is not that big a deal. Thanks for the informative video!
In terms of the hose clamp potential recall issue, I hope you are going to add some additional protection at that point, and/or a clamp between the two hoses to keep them rubbing together.... Just my, two cents on it, that I'm sure you've already thought of....
Once the hose clamp was rotated there were no sharp edges rubbing on each other. Only the hoses rubbing together and trying to eliminate rubber on rubber contact would mean changing a ton of routing on other lines on the truck. Been 50k on my lightning and no issues with it.
@@MartinRebuilds-fz1ep i realize rotating the clamp addresses the main issue.... But it did have an indentation in the hose and I'm just a belt and suspenders kind of person.... But the type of precaution, I was suggesting Is more relevant for Ford production of future Lightnings.... Since we know some of those clamps we rotated in the wrong orientation... I look forward to you completing the rebuild and hopefully you'll do some mods... Good luck.
Thoroughly enjoying the extensive rebuild process. But it begs the question, did you consider doing any type of mods to it besides turning the hose clamp. Especially, since you're a current owner and an engineer. I know I could think of a few dozen LOL, good luck with the rebuild.
You heard correct. The entire pack is 45k if its completely destroyed. However each module is about 4500 bucks and normally that's all that would go back is a module.
@@MartinRebuilds-fz1ep when I used the term 'mod'. i was referring to modifications.... But thanks for the breakdown on the cost of the battery pack...
I have found Apple CarPlay maps to be more reliable for trip planning. Always seems to arrive within 2-5% of prediction. And you can enable Tesla superchargers in the Apple map settings.
15:20 EV prices are dropping so fast you might get a good used tradesman version for the salvage cost at this point. (and so salvage cost should also be dropping alot)
If they weren't 25k I would do it. The lightning only consumes about 25-30kwh of energy running at 65mph on flat ground so that would be a great range extender. But at 25k to rich for my blood. Would be cool for long towing road trips though.
Lived in Florida back in the 90s and it was the "land of the scam" even back then so business ppl there are extremely cautions of others pulling scams. Its a difficult place because of all the shady scammers. ....................and yea hellofa long drive from KS
Its too bad that is what our world has come too. There are still some of us out there trying to make a living doing it the right way and its the thieves that's making it hard for the rest of us to do business.
Isn't the Cab the same as the standard Aluminum F150 ? seems like the damage area is generically available F150 items locally available anywhere. If EV powertrain damaged that's more compilated for sure.
I am working to confirm that now. We actually bought a brand new cab from Ford for Joe's lightning and I am going to compare it to a 22 ICE F-150 to see if they are interchangeable. The part numbers for a 22 Lariat Lightning and 22 Lariat 5.0L are different. But I am going to find out if its anything important. So far, I think an ICE cab would work from the looks of things.
With any luck Ford OEM will upgrade/update software to more efficiently add Tesla (and other) charging locations. THis work-arounds are way too cumbersome these days.
Ford is working on it. Hopefully we will see it in the next month or so because I have 2 - 2k mile road trips coming up and would rather just automatically route rather than use my own work around. But it gets us by for now.
When you put the battery back in what is the computer looking for? Could I swap in a higher capacity battery later down the road? I assume in a couple years there will be more energy dense cells and faster charging cells. I'm just curious thinking of getting a lighting since there are so many incentives for one plus 0% financing🤔 but I like to mod stuff and a bigger battery would be on the list once the battery tech catches up. Thanks for your time 🍻
If you upgrade the software modules using Forscan, you can definitely swap to a higher capacity battery later on. I am looking at adding a 40kw pack in the bed as a range extender. It can be done with some technical experience.
Wow that is a lot of work! We are going to do a 2500 mile round trip in my 2023 Lightning standard range and this is super helpful thank you. I'm going to play with it based upon how you showed it working so I can plan well in advance and your tutorial gives me a great head start.
One man show doing all the amzing work in F150 lightning, i think you sre only the person in this world know every corner of lightning, put in genuine world record year 2024 F150 lightning man.❤
I believe @mscartee asked my exact question lol however i still need it dumbed down for me. I Bought a Ford Lightning XLT SR, it did not come with a charger, the dealer offered to throw one in from their inventory that was from a new 2024 Mach-E.... Will this work on my truck just fine?
I just discovered that the "Trip" in the Ford navigation only lets you have 6 stops also. My trip is 8 stops. If you know your charge addresses, put the route into the truck in reverse order. This is what I used - Started with ABRP on the web, exported the stops to xls, then imported to Google "My Maps" and made a route with the stops. Android Auto has the entire trip and stops. Now I have a route I can save to the desktop (on the phone). One tap and the route is active. My problem with ABRP is that I made the trip in ABRP saved it, then tried to use it in the truck through Android auto. The phone app came up with a different path than what I just made on the web version. The real question is does the truck warm the battery for charging like the Tesla does when it knows it is approaching a DCFC? I had the CCS adapter for my Tesla and it did not know to start warming the battery for a CCS DCFC.
Great video! I look forward to seeing the rebuild. Suggestion - When showing the temperature of something (charging plug or similar) also show or say the ambient temperature. A plug at 120F when it is 90F outside is fine, but is way overheating if its only 40F outside... Anyway, cool that you are helping rebuild this truck.
So This is great to know if you want to charge another vehicle off your vehicle. Here is my question, I bought my truck from dealership (they had the mobile charing cable missing) I asked for it and they brought me one that th epart number didn't match the empty bag that was in my truck. I asked if it was the right one they said yes. I am pretty certian mine doesn't have the yellow tape on the adapter; however, I don't care about charging another car from the bed of my truck, i only care about charging my truck itself, which can handle a full forty amps in the charge port of the truck. So if that is all i want to use it for I am better off IF I have the mach e charger right?
been with tesla since my 2012 model s in 2016 . The real joy was my 2016 in in 17. The nav just worked even back then. When you showed us the automatic and it was routing you to level 2 chargers i was WTF! Like you i now have a 23 lighting Lariat big battery and am loving it but the nav is such a POS. I bought it from a dealer 400 miles away and had to do my own nav all the way home as it was trying to get me to very slow chargers along the way. Thanks God i had the lectron adapter so i was able to use 2 tesla stops in route for quick top offs. Ford really needs to get its stuff together with the nav! its horrific. Now to be honest this thanksgiving we will take our f150 from OK to AL and i will be using tesla all the way there and back. Its amazing how spoiled i am having been with a tesla for the past 8 years. Just works. The only reason i got the f150 was because it can use the NACS network. Had it not i was going with a Rivian. Your video here was awesome and thank you! But it should figure this crap out by itself. Again my tesla has been doing it since 2016 ( probably earlier!) EA is just such a crap shoot if its going to work or not. Chargepoint normally works but they are so slow! Anyway... thanks for this. I tend to just input one at a time but i hope ford sees this video and in utter shame they fix it to where its smarter .
Your right, tesla has the software side down much better than Ford at this point. I drove from Kansas to NC pulling a trailer and its not bad going I-40 through Memphis and down to Alabama. The stretch from Memphis to Birmingham is sketchy pulling trailer but empty it would have been easy.
Cool , class video thanks for sharing , repairability is very important , in order to sell new trucks , there has to be folks who will buy the used trucks , who wont worry if repairs need to be done , Ford ,have this down solid . If only i lived in America , id buy a used F 150 Lightning in a heart beat , for Ireland the Toyota Land cruiser is the king , excellent build quality and size that fits the roads , its about 4 feet shorter than the f 150 and still does the job ,hard to beat the Japanese for build quality , if only they did a electric truck , late to the party. Interesting to see the rugged build quality in the Lightning everything looks tough.
Three websites, 1631 steps, waaaaay too complicated. Love my ford lightening but this makes me never want to road trip with her. Shame because she is the most comfortable vehicle! Ford needs to load these in their Navi! Thx for the tutorial just the same, sir.
