Ford Ranger EV (2001 year). Manual — part 139

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16.

CAUTION: Do not allow the high

voltage jumper (HVJ) ends to contact one
another. The ends of the HVJs must be
wrapped with orange electrical tape to
prevent them from contacting one another.
Disconnect the HVJs from the contactor box,
one at a time.

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Use the Battery Terminal Cap Opener to
open the battery module caps.

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Remove the two bolts.

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Wrap the HVJs with orange electrical tape
to prevent contact.

17. Disconnect the contactor box harness.

1 Disconnect the harness.
2 Remove the bracket bolt.

18. Remove the fuse nut.

19. Remove the four high-voltage traction battery

two-pin connector retaining nuts.

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20. Disconnect the low-voltage harness from the

contactor box.

21. Remove the contactor box.

1 Unclip the heating element connector.
2 Unclip the temperature sensor connector.
3 Unclip and disconnect the traction battery

high-voltage two-pin connector.

4 Remove the contactor box.

22. Unclip the low-voltage harness from the

separator plates.

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Cut the two zip ties.

23. Disconnect the cooling fan.

1 Disconnect the electrical connector.
2 Remove the relay screw.

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24. Disconnect the two temperature sensors.

25. Disconnect the temperature sensor.

26. Disconnect the temperature sensor.

27. NOTE: The low-voltage harness remains

connected to the traction battery at the 76-pin
connector.
Remove the low-voltage harness from the
traction battery and position the harness aside.

28. Disconnect all remaining connectors that are

clipped into the separator plate.

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29. Remove the separator plate.

30. Remove the separator plates.

31. Remove all of the upper level battery module

HVJs and discard the nuts.

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Use the Battery Terminal Cap Opener to
open the battery module caps.

32. Use Battery Module Lifting Tool to remove all

of the upper-level battery modules.
1 Use one tool on each side of the battery

modules to lift them from the pack.