Tesla: No User Serviceable Parts Inside 

I volunteer paul at the store to fix this. Challenge accepted!

Amazing what you guys do. I was in the automotive business for 45 years and these things are just evil. You guys rock with your video's and do some very impressive work.

You know watching this is very cool, I’ve worked on construction equipment for 40 years and I loved every minute of it. But this is different, thanks for the video, wishing you all the luck

I have removed my clothes as I was instructed and you are correct, I am now mildly entertained.

“We used the plasma cutter because we don’t have time for this shit.” 😆 I like your style!

You and Lee have some chemistry. This could be a TV show. I just want to say thanks for the content.

Great series. So much to learn. So much to think about. This is a good set of videos for students, mechanics, engineers, and persons who are thinking about making new cars.

Wow, $100k and they straight up just glue the circuit boards together like a PB&J sandwich lol. This channel makes me feel not so bad when something on my minivan breaks, much appreciated Rich!

That's crazy you saved an EV that's been under water for ten days That's crazy and even harder than saying a gasoline Vehicle props to you my dude that's cool seeing a car guy and a testla owner working together so solve a problem that they can't do alone and making work that's even more impressive hands-down respect

*I took my clothes off, sad thing is I'm at work and people are starting to stare at me*

Rich you have an excellent ability to narrate video and clearly summarize things. To top it off it's not bland commentary and actually funny in a non-cheesy way. That's incredibly difficult to pull off so I'm really impressed and you keep my interest throughout the whole video. To where I don't even realize how long it was.

Lee seems like an awesome dude. You're lucky to have such a good friend Rich :D.

I have restored circuit boards like this. (not tesla motors!) But other Large scale circuits. Don't like that rust. But as you, Rich,, know, where there is a will there is a way. (to really make things worse!!!!)

You know, most of these components were likely completely flooded... but if it's been sitting for a period of time, after the waters recede, than most of the water drains out. But because there's not as much pressure pushing it out, as was forcing it in, the seals are able to resist, & contain some of the water. Therefore, the determines that you're seeing, is where the remaining water level was, after natural drainage. This is especially evident in the motor. Notice how the water mine goes to just the bottom of the lowest plug holes, indicating that that's where the beach occurred. After the water receded, the motor drained out until the level was just below the bottom of the plug holes, & then apparently sat @ that level, for however long it sat for, after the flood receded. It does look like you got lucky, though, with @ least 1 of those junction boxes, though.

This is a good experience working on this Tesla car. The next car would be easier and car owners won't have to go to those service centers anymore.

Christ, I’m never buying a Tesla after seeing your videos. Not that I could ever afford one, but still. Such slapdash construction!

Just come across your channel, absolutely loving your tesla rebuild content keep it up

Louis Rossmann can fix this board 10:17

I have learned so much by watching these videos, the complexity of the Tesla’s electronics is mind boggling. I think the space shuttle had less. I will never buy one that’s for sure.

RIch, I rarely if ever comment on peoples videos. That being said, I somehow stumbles upon your video series on rebuilding your sport tesla, etc. I have watched most of them and have to say that I have really enjoyed watching and learning about the electric car parts, building and replacing, and also how they factory made them. The reason I am wanting to comment to you personally though, is your sense of humor. I really enjoy it, and not many things make me laugh out loud, but your comments of how they glued every board together, then dumped the rest of the bottle of glue into the box to fossilize it like prehistoric bugs in tree sap was absolutely great. Thanks for the laugh dude. Will keep watching. Good luck.

Louis Rossman has agreed to take on the inverter boards :D.

I really hope to see a colab with louis rossmann

Your buddy Lee was correct about the bmw logo. The young whipper snappers partaking in your poll are well.... Young whipper snappers!! Also I'm PUMPED to watch Louis Rossmann work on that inverter board!

I work part time at a scrap yard, and we have about 14 different rear Tesla motors from recks. Just got to come to Minnesota for em!

It's interesting that they potted the charger to prevent component replacement.

put it in rice and wait 24 hrs... :)

The purple power cleaner at Home Depot is EXCELLENT at cleaning PCBs. I have repaired MANY boards out of gaming machines that had corrosive drink spills. Just drench the PC board in that cleaner (full strength) for a few minutes, then thoroughly wash it with water and blow it bone dry. If the traces are eaten away, you may be screwed, but the boards frequently look as good as new.

A buddy of mine is a real BMW fanatic and he told me the same story about the BMW logo years ago, so I think Lee is on the money.

Hey man, in the video where you started to tear apart the battery pack. The fuse is not going to do shit for you. Its ment to protect the motor, not the person disassembling it. Because you seemed like you were a bit more confident after you took that out. Well dont be. Respect its power

Rossman is a capable guy. But to fix electronics you're not familiar with, you need documentation. What each subcomponent is, what it does and what voltage it's supposed to be. If you have that information, you can check for faults. But if you don't, you cant. Guess what, Tesla hasn't released documentation to the public. That's why you can only swap components, instead of refurbishing them by doing subcomponent level repair.

in addition to your patience and skill, I am totally diggin^the steppin cuts in between shots.

Called potting compound and often the epoxy type is used to prevent vibration and water from wrecking things, didn't work too well for the water.

No the bmw logo is the Bavarian flag ive had one for my user pic for years and finally it comes into some use 😂

The glue is a thermally conductive compound....it's required to cool that sucker.

Lee is correct. Before 1920 the blue and white panels of the Bavarian national flag were placed at the center of the logo. After the redesign it got a new interpretation as representing a rotating propeller.

The line inside the inverter/motor shield is probably the line from the part of the water where all the rust was gathered, I would believe there has been more water in it that up to the line

Nice Video. I like it!

Great stuff

Lee is half right. The symbol is round because it symbolizes a propeller but the white and blue are actually the colors on the flag of the state of Bavaria, where BMW is from.

The Blue and the White in the BMW sign, are the colors of Bavaria... or the Bavarian colors -> but... it’s also the propeller thing your friend explained.

*quaaackk* 🤣🤣

Rich, if you had a 60Kwh tesla and want the extra range, could you swap out the batter pack from the 60 to lets say a 85? Are the battery packs interchangeable?

I can never get enough of your videos! It's like waiting for my weekly episode of Six😁👍

Boss my head is spinning its speechless .. Super technology and great mechanics.. Head's off you engineer's..

Thicccccccc

"She's as dark as you"... WTF...your dark ,rich?

Rich, chances are all those boards are coated in silicone and actually OK if you clean them off with water or alcohol. It’s the connectors and pins that might be corroded, but easily checked and maybe clear with wire brush. Don’t give up on the electronics.

You had me laughing my ass off about the glue dumped.

As much as these cars cost, these components should have been completely sealed. These cars have too many quality issues for me to justify 100 grand.

Oh for quack's sake, how long are you planning to quack around with this quacking car? It's quacked all the way to hell, no quacking way you will ever be able to drive this piece of quack.

vow, look at the amount of high technologies were implied to this auto. it's amazing. BTW, NICE JOB

Re emblem, based on what BMW explain at their museum Lee is correct.

Its the Apple computer of cars. Its annoying

He is correct about the BMW thing, actually

Props to you for tackling this crazy build..

Be nice to those circuit boards Rich. Once their clean, they stand a good chance of be ok. Worst case an IC or other component can be transplanted from one board to another. Done that myself and saved many ecu boards. Once took a board from a vehicle that had been on fire. That burnt ecu board donated parts to about 5 other ecu's, and that saved them. Same with chargers and dc-dc units.

2:46 i have idea what to hide in that "free storage" you are talking about. While crossing. Mexican border

with BMW Lee was not correct... it symbolises the colours of the bavarian flag in germany (Blue and withe) because bmw stands for "Bayrische Motoren Werke" or "bavarian motor company" in english SRY LEE

It looks that the motor and all of its electronic control circuits are well-insulated from water. It is evident from the fact that the water only came to the lowest portion of the motor case. The reason that the water got into the motor case is because of the case air breather. Manufacturers do not make the case air tight because inside air pressure and the atmospheric pressure vary from each other. This either builds pressure in the case or makes it suck air through the shaft seals. Hence, the designer equalize the pressure differential through an air breather in a controlled manner rather than any non intended way. So, when the motor gets hot, the case will breath out. In turn, and as an example, when a hot case get in contact with (or submerged by) water, it breath in air. Therefore, it can be concluded (theoretically) that the water got to the motor case only through the case air breather while the case cooled down and breath in to equalize pressure.

Found the channel this morning and can't stop watching lol. Would love to get into this kinda stuff . Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts

Just let the pcbs and connector sit in alcohol and then fully dry them, should be fine after that :P

Notification squaad!❤️❤️

7:33 - "breathing in syphilis" - LOL!!

id try using the krudcutter rust and corrosion remover look it up Walmart sells it. ive used it many times now and always good or excellent results eats rust up safely

Louis is good but not that good :)

Wait what? Mr. Rossmann? You mean Louis Rossmann? The guy is repairing Laptop and Computer electronics. I doubt that he has the time, facilities and parts to dive into an actual car motor. That's a whole different system. Don't take me wrong i like Louis and his repair videos but this is a whole other field of work here.

This HAS to be valuable information for the production of Teslas. YO ELON, I don't see you in the comments, where you at bruh?

problem is, the pins and wiring may be functionally ok for now, but if it's wet inside the connectors and wire jacket, it will corrode/tarnish and fail randomly everywhere. water will wick through stranded wiring and there's ample oxygen to cause problems.

I hope part of your rant is Elon putting rockets on a EV because you know 'save the planet with EVs' BS

Attention drug smugglers. Buy Teslas.

BMW logo consists of 4 blue and white quadrants which are enclosed within a circle. White and blue colors used for every quadrant symbolize Bavarian Free State. Letter BMW are located at the top of the circle. They stand for Bayerische Motoren Werke which was registered in 191.

A bit off topic, but thanks Rich for enabling me to become addicted the Milwaukee cordless wrenches. Just got a very nice ratchet.

*Early Squad*

First!!

Love ur videos, I’m 17 a bit of a Tesla fanboy but they don’t got shit on you.

Oh man, I saw that board festooned with ...mold, and Louis Rossmann immediately popped into my head too lol. I want to see it’s balls restored...

The car is junk i would never buy one

Thats not glue, thats potting material. The purpose of potting is to improve heat transfer and damp vibration stress on components. Very different from glue, which primary function is adhesion strength.

He is right. When first BMW was found, they started with producing aircrafts for WW2. And their logo was introduced from that.

I don't have a Tesla but I enjoyed watching your videos. Thanks

Rich Rebuilds and Louis Rossman collab never imagined that

I hope Rossman takes on this challenge, huge fan of his videos, would love to see him do this!

Lee is really awesome with the help!

Lots of electronics are filled with resin to protect the components. Mostly ones used in atex environments

R, WHAT IS UR BACKGROUND...on automotive? School or just dove in? Just have to say ur very knowledgeable of and know ur way around the tesla......very impressive.

We definitely will need ev mechanics. Wouldn’t mind getting into this field since I’m an electrician and shade tree mechanic/tinkerer

Given the corrosion starting on the connectors, relays, solder joints..I'd say this car is a ticking time bomb. It might run great for months or years-and then some connector will develop a high resistance and band-you are gone. These cars are unbelievably complex and I cannot see any shops wanting to repair them.

Oh dude my two favorite youtubers are working together now!

I love watching a destructive break down, but what is Rich's purpose with this vehicle?

**GASP** A Rich and Louis collab in the works?!!? DID A DIE AND GO TO HEAVEN?!??!!?

You should turbo LS swap it!

According to Business Insider he was right about the logo!

This stuff is cool I work on gas engines and I just enjoy watching this keep it up

If Mr. R doesn't want it, I'll gladly take it off of your hands.

Have you ever thought about building your own battreys? I have a idea how to make cheap recycable battreys that are rechargable. Just need the shop and some help.😁 Necessity is the mother of invention!

The blue and white are for Bavaria chequer, not the "propeler blure".

Likely the whole inverter was filled with water. If some got in , it all got in. Likely the water drained out to the level indicated. the water would drain out to the lowest entry point.

Definitely helps having that lift and some great help too! Look forward to the next installment...or de-installment?

Watching these videos is like eating potato chips, once you start you can't stop. :-)

I believe Lee is right. BMW sign is a propeller in a blue sky.