Smith Electric

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Solarrx

Discussion Starter · Oct 29, 2020

I recently bought at auction a 2012 Smith Electric D75 ex FedEx step van. I am desperately looking for an owner’s/shop manual for it. None seems to exist! It would also be great to find someone close enough to come by and check it out. I live in Anaheim, CA. I have not been able to even start It as of yet, but I used the charger cable from my 2013 RAV4 EV and it seems to have charged up. Can anyone out there help me?

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #67 · Apr 13, 2022

Solarrx said:
I recently bought at auction a 2012 Smith Electric D75 ex FedEx step van. I am desperately looking for an owner’s/shop manual for it. None seems to exist! It would also be great to find someone close enough to come by and check it out. I live in Anaheim, CA. I have not been able to even start It as of yet, but I used the charger cable from my 2013 RAV4 EV and it seems to have charged up. Can anyone out there help me?

Hi there, would like to check in to see if you were able to get it started. The FedEx Smith D75 has the keyless swiper so were you able to bypass? There is a video on Youtube wih a guy riding this truck and his keyless bypass could be seen open and possibly hot wired. Let me know

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #68 · Apr 13, 2022

Solarrx said:
I recently bought at auction a 2012 Smith Electric D75 ex FedEx step van. I am desperately looking for an owner’s/shop manual for it. None seems to exist! It would also be great to find someone close enough to come by and check it out. I live in Anaheim, CA. I have not been able to even start It as of yet, but I used the charger cable from my 2013 RAV4 EV and it seems to have charged up. Can anyone out there help me?

Hi there,,

jgilly69 said:
If you take the cover off the top of the dash you should find a key! Did you ever get it started? I managed to buy one and am also looking for a manual or some sort of wiring diagram.

Hmm, this Step Truck doesn't seem to have the key to be inserted, it has a keyless wireless key panel. Do you know how to bypass it?

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #70 · Apr 18, 2022

Solarrx said:
I recently bought at auction a 2012 Smith Electric D75 ex FedEx step van. I am desperately looking for an owner’s/shop manual for it. None seems to exist! It would also be great to find someone close enough to come by and check it out. I live in Anaheim, CA. I have not been able to even start It as of yet, but I used the charger cable from my 2013 RAV4 EV and it seems to have charged up. Can anyone out there help me?

Hi there, may I Ask you how did you get your D75 FedEx started as it has a keyless start system? Did you by pass it somehow, if you did, could you share how?

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #71 · Apr 21, 2022

SmithEV said:
Big Chief and JGilly,

I finally got the SCANNAR going on this thing. Here is the status, all I got is ONE bad cell. Big Chief, I neglected to get a picture of the charger screen to see if charger 2 lit up but I'll get a pic for you soon if needed.

May I have an option from either of you? JGilly, ya still there?

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Hi there, I just got the Van ) used to be Fed Ex's) and would love to run this software to see what condition it is in. Will you be able to send or upload the software? Thanks

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #72 · Apr 21, 2022

jgilly69 said:
I didn't bypass my keyless system. I just took it out, and disconnected the horn up front. I don't have access to the locks on the keyless system but you can get new keys made for the utili-master locks. You can find a key / plug under the black dash cover. Chances are high that it actually has a key in it .

Thanks for pointers. I did take the dash off but found only the ignition key cylinder, no key in it, sad! I also charged up 2 12V batteries and got lock/unlock front doors dash buttons to work. Opened the keyless start system and there are two lights blinking at RFID terminal. The cargo front door and back door are also equipped with same RFID card scanner so I am not sure how to open them. What would you recommend: try to get a new key for the ignition key cylinder or contact the keyless system manufacturer to try to get the RFID card?

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #73 · Apr 21, 2022

rosstex1 said:
i have a question i hope someone can answer. i bought one of the d75 step vans and copart has apparently lost the keys. Best i can find the steering column is Daewoo Avia d series and looks to share the ignition key and lock cylinder with an Isuzu NPR. since there is little info out there and i havent found any kind of key number for the van, i amhoping someone has had to deal with this and can help me out. i am going to pull the column apart next weekend. hopefully it is something i can pick up pretty easily. Thanks in Advance for any info!

Hey there, did you get a key replaced and how? I am in the same boat

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #74 · Apr 21, 2022

SmithEV said:
Big Chief and JGilly,

I finally got the SCANNAR going on this thing. Here is the status, all I got is ONE bad cell. Big Chief, I neglected to get a picture of the charger screen to see if charger 2 lit up but I'll get a pic for you soon if needed.

May I have an option from either of you? JGilly, ya still there?

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Hi there, can you email or upload software to a shared google drive? Just got the truck and would like to run diagnostics. Thanks

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #75 · Apr 21, 2022

jgilly69 said:
I had an error on my van stopping it from booting from the startup smith screen. If there are any faults the screen will just display the "Smith logo". I ran the scanner software and found I had the high voltage interlock error. Tracking that down can be a pain in the butt. Its referred to as the Evil loop. It really is just that a loop that goes into every connection on every system. I think I sent you the plans that show the loop, look for the interlock wires.

But the very very first thing I would do is remove each of the orange high voltage disconnect "pucks" and place them back on, but when you place them on make sure you pull the "handle outwards, then rotate them closed otherwise they will not connect the interlock at the connector. I managed to fix my loop issue with a loose wire, but still had a HV interlock issue which caused by one of the orange pucks. That was one of the root causes of the failure to start up.

I will see what I can do to get you the software. You will need a CAN adaptor specifically a PEAK USB CAN Adapter IPEH 002021. They are on Ebay used for about $150 and will work with the software. Someone local may have one you can rent or borrow. Also you will need a functioning laptop.

Hi there, can you email or upload software to a shared google drive? Just got the truck and would like to run diagnostics. Thanks

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #76 · Apr 21, 2022

BigChief said:
I got the PCAN adapters today and ran the Smith SCANNAR. Not looking great, seems like I have 4 modules with a single bad cell, and one module with 2 bad cells (all in dark blue). I assume the A123 batteries make it too difficult to swap out single cells, and that I'll need 5 working modules to get this online again?

I wonder what would have caused individual cells to fail in such a scattered fashion like that. I can see why A123 isn't really around anymore. I emailed the skeleton crew remaining at their offices and they told me to get lost, of course.

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Hi there, can you email or upload software to a shared google drive? Just got the truck and would like to run diagnostics. Thanks

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LoveToFixAndUnderstandEV

· #77 · Apr 26, 2022

jgilly69 said:
I didn't bypass my keyless system. I just took it out, and disconnected the horn up front. I don't have access to the locks on the keyless system but you can get new keys made for the utili-master locks. You can find a key / plug under the black dash cover. Chances are high that it actually has a key in it .

Do you have any pointers on how to disconnect the keyless system? Also the cargo doors are controlled by the same system, how did you manage to open those?