SR to ER battery swap DIY project

[kdkool]

One just sold on eBay for $5,000. I've never checked the replacement cost, but that is still quite a bit of cash to drop on something we don't know will work!

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Shh... Let's not let this get back to my wife.

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[Shmoe]

This makes me wonder, can you use part of your SR battery to make a portable range extender?

According to the drive and charge guys, it doesnt care if its the gas generator or a battery.

 

[jobofly79]

According to the drive and charge guys, it doesnt care if its the gas generator or a battery.

Right so imagine having a 30kwh portable battery. That would be awesome!

 

[MountainAlive]

Holy moly this is gonna be great to see if it works. Everyone on the forum is like ..

 

[shoopg]

There's one or two guys on the facebook group who claim to have done the swap. They said it was fairly straight forward with just some changes needed in forscan. Though they did mention that early 2022 trucks had some incompatibility with 2023 batteries.

I've been keeping my eyes out for a cheap 131kwh battery to swap into my Pro SR. Hope things go well

 

[FloridaMan655321]

This sounds so dumb, and I want more of it! Good luck, hopefully you'll be successful.

 

[Lightning Rod]

Bookmarked.

*Grabs popcorn*

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Very interesting to see if this works out, and what it takes to make everything play nice together.
Keep us posted, following along.

 

[F150ROD]

Let me know if you need ER Suspension, I have ER Shock/Springs in a Box with roughly 9k Miles. Just pay shipping lol

 

[WaterboyNorCal]

Let me know if you need ER Suspension, I have ER Shock/Springs in a Box with roughly 9k Miles. Just pay shipping lol

Huh? There’s a difference between the SR & ER shocks/springs? This is the first time I’ve heard that.

 

[digitys]

Following!

 

[MountainAlive]

Huh? There’s a difference between the SR & ER shocks/springs? This is the first time I’ve heard that.

Also hadn’t heard this before

 

[hturnerfamily]

what I find psychologically interesting about the idea of a 'range extender', is, well, the range extender now being a 'part' of the truck's range capacity, thereby creating the exact same problem: you have a certain amount of range, and, yes, you can still find yourself saying the exact same thing later: "I need more range".

whether a vehicle comes standard with 240 miles range, or 330 miles, or 500 miles, ultimately, the driver can run into the same 'problem', if there really is one: I need more, or else I might run out.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

If a SR truck can be upgraded to ER, freeing up the SR battery pack, then we add the SR pack to an RV trailer between the frame rails, and then install the bed mounted 'charge while driving' plug...

 

[Mike G]

I wonder if there is any programming needed…..

Since FDRS is used anytime work is done to the pack I'd say yes. There is a fill and bleed procedure, and he'll likely need to run the battery health test and other stuff.

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