Starting a Gen 2 with a dead Traction battery-Is it Possible?

It's theoretically possible but I've never heard of anyone actually getting it to work.

The trick is in controlling your external starting motor so that it actually operates at the exact moment the car is attempting to start the engine. If the timing isn't perfect, the computer will probably decide that something went wrong, and honestly I don't know what sort of error it might give.

I won't say that it can't work, just that it's probably harder than rigging up a charger for the traction battery and waiting.

 

The traction battery is probably shot if its been sitting that long. You could try to rebuild it.

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idk, the engine and tranny kinda work in concert.

what would be the point of starting the engine if you're going to have to fix/replace the battery anyway?

 

There is a HV Battery charger, usually the Dealer does not have it, they need to request it from the Toyota Regional Office.

So you could have it towed to the Dealer and wait some weeks. When done, the Battery may well be unrecoverable.

No Battery anywhere likes not being charged. Sorry.

 

Might be cheaper to buy just the prolong charger at that point. The charger and cable alone is 409 dollars. I don’t see a tow and dealer service being less than that.

 

or just pick up a cheapo rebuilt

 

Let the 400 dollar Craigslist guy fix that one.

 

Since he’s in Napa, there is a local option.

We actually have a spare Gen2 harness as part of our Prolong equipment kit.

Good luck and keep us posted .

 

Man,I gotta roll to one of your repair party’s. It’s a long drive but you are good people.

 

They are a good time.

We keep politics to a minimum.

And we get some work done too.

 

Hey man I gotta ton of tools, and politics takes a back seat to helping people. I’m all about helping young people fix cars.
Plus I seem to learn something new every day here. I enjoy learning something new. It’s like a hobby. There is a joy in learning something new.

 

If you’ve got a place to work, we could do a meetup your way.

I know @Grit and @w84me would be in.

Maybe we’d get a new crew together .

 

I really don’t have a decent place to work from. Wish I did but I own a quite small home. It’s almost paid for though.

 

If one were to come up to one of your repair party’s what would be a list of tools to bring to help? I have many including a smaller air compressor and an older earthquake impact wrench.

 

Always good to reduce debt and be fully paid off and mortgage free.

We usually are good on tools, but depending on jobs, feel free to bring whatever you want:

Possible Monthly install meets. Bay Area-Fremont

Open to dates and locations .

 

Cool. When I retire in about 6 years I’m gonna sell my house and move up to Eureka area. I’ve kinda liked it up there for a long time. Never been a recorded temperature above 89 degrees.

 

I could join that crew. I've a decent set of tools and enjoy working on cars.

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I We are recommending rebuilts now?
Which ones have ANY reliability??

 

just to get the engine started