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by Gregski
Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:52 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

Mandatory Stare 'n' Compare

Please let me know if any of you are interested in tips on how to repair the severed oil pump wires/cables and what alternative plugs you can use.

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by Gregski
Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:49 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

and immediately after allowing it to sit on my garage floor for 6 months I decided to swap it

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so out with the circumcised one!
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by Gregski
Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:46 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

so a little progress update, I managed to find a 4th Gen oil pump on eBay ($432) so I snagged it just so that I can have a nice proper uncut OEM oil pump wiring harness to test with

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by Gregski
Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:16 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

and here I am labalizing the sync serial cables

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and the Motor Generator plugulators
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by Gregski
Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:11 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: The Greg's Grid Tie Solar Project
Replies: 219
Views: 252551

Re: The Greg's Grid Tie Solar Project

added two more 200 watt panels for a total of ten, now we have 2,000 watts of solar panels feeing into a 2,000 watt inverter, they are connected in pairs, so there are five pairs in parallel, and I can't wait to see how much energy that generates, hoping for at least 10 kWh per day

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by Gregski
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

Good Enuff Quality Control - GEQC

here's the types of things we catch as we use our eyes and hands to see things, can you imagine attempting the world speed record with a damaged ECT Solenoid (E83) wire


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and here I caught a severed MTH sync serial shielding ground wire

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by Gregski
Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:36 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

here I am thinning out a Lexus GS450h wire harness a customer sent me, this will eventually turn into a Kit for the Zombie VCU


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slowly it's getting there, the vision is that you will receive everything except for the ZombieVerter VCU circuit board which you can ...
by Gregski
Sat May 24, 2025 2:36 pm
Forum: Vehicle Control (VCU)
Topic: EVBMW Zombieverter Videos Table of Contents
Replies: 9
Views: 4547

Re: EVBMW Zombieverter Videos Table of Contents


Now I've finally joined the club I'm binge watching and reading everything Zombieverter related.
Has anyone found a cheap de-pinning tool for these connectors?
Asking for a friend who may have pushed in a red cable where he intended to push in a black cable. :?


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by Gregski
Fri May 23, 2025 3:16 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

and back in the lair

Lexus gearbox tethered to the Lexus inverter, and the Toyota inverter on the floor
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by Gregski
Fri May 23, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

and here she is all extracted an hour and fifteen minutes later


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snagged all the wire harnai

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note the handsum carrying handle (hey it's the pants or the inverter, you decide)

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I can take apart 92% of all imports with what's in that Pick N Pull ...
by Gregski
Fri May 23, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?
Replies: 26
Views: 5060

Re: I just bought a 4th Gen Lexus GS450h Powertrain. - Now What?

scored an inverter and wire harness from the Fourth Generation 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid (model years: 2013-18) which looks awfully the sameish as the Lexus one, let's hope the inverter plug is interchangeable


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looks like somebody already snagged the fuselator ...
by Gregski
Thu May 22, 2025 2:43 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]
Replies: 127
Views: 29553

Re: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]

i would go super basic and check and clean all them oil pump plugs and connectors and triple check its grounds

the little black side connector likes to break off and or bend its pins

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by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 4:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

$350 - OEM Lexus GS450h Wire Harness pics coming soon

this one is comprised from two different thinned out Lexus OEM harnesses the super hard to find Engine harness ($450 on eBay plus $35 for shipping) and the Transmission harness ($250 on eBay plus $35 for shipping) to make one EV harness. You ...
by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 3:45 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

$250 - Lexus GS450h/LS600h Wire Harness (it's one or the other, as they are pinned differently)


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the individual wires in the one pictured below have yet to be labeled

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by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 3:37 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

$150 - "Shawty" Lexus GS450h/LS600h Wire Harness (it's one or the other, as they are pinned differently)

Caution: this harness is short, may serve well as a test bench harness, or feel free to extend the wires yourself, or hewk maybe it will reach just fine depending on your component placement ...
by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 3:36 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Re: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

Harness & Kit Prices

$150 - "Shorty" Lexus GS450h/LS600h Wire Harness , identified by the green 3 foot long resolver cables , ideal for bench testing and better than nothing, but may be too short for vehicle implementations

$250 - Lexus GS450h/LS600h Wire Harness (6 foot long gray resolver ...
by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 3:32 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 1040

Good Enuff EV Wire Harnesses & Harness Kits

my life was boring, stress and drama free, so I decided to start a side hassle and make and sell custom wire harnesses for EV Conversions, I hope to build this post up over time, so please bare with me

I hope to offer Basic unloomed, partially completed, untested Wire Harnesses for various vehicles ...
by Gregski
Tue May 20, 2025 2:48 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]
Replies: 1469
Views: 1680234

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

rethinking the component placement, not in love where the black box has taken residence

good ol' air cooled first gen Chevy Volt DC-DC alternator

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and above it in the middle(ish) is it's older sibling first gen Chevy Volt battery charger

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by Gregski
Mon May 19, 2025 1:49 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]
Replies: 1469
Views: 1680234

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

Alibro wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:32 am Nice box!
Not even slightly jealous! :lol:
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by Gregski
Fri May 16, 2025 7:47 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]
Replies: 127
Views: 29553

Re: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]


My pack is made of samsung sdi cells, 67Ah, 3C peak
96 cells
That would be 67 x 3 = 201A
Fully charged, isa shunt max Amp report is around 120-129A, throttle all the way down

It feels more like a torque request limit


possibly have you logged your torque yet? when I did that on my VW Rabbit ...
by Gregski
Fri May 16, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Toyota/Lexus
Topic: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]
Replies: 127
Views: 29553

Re: GS450H gearbox with Camry inverter G9200-33171 [SOLVED]

I think battery pack density has something to do with it as well, and word on the street is that hybrid modules push more amps than some 100% electrics, think small packaging that requires lots of juice to propel the car

jehu just happens to comment on that here (and I also heard AEM engineers ...
by Gregski
Fri May 16, 2025 2:06 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]
Replies: 1469
Views: 1680234

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

how it's goink...


[ just a trial fit, so please put away your EyeCrometers ]

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meanwhile at the lesser known, Send, Notch, Send Facility
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by Gregski
Thu May 15, 2025 4:56 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]
Replies: 1469
Views: 1680234

Re: 1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

GMCe DIY EV 24 kWh BMW Battery Pack Upgrade