Hey there and welcome! My name is Mr. Berry and today we will be looking at
the frunk or the front trunk of a Tesla Model 3.
So I'm going to be actually showing you how to remove the frunk insert and show you some
of the bits that are actually underneath there and then I'm going to show you how
to put it all back together there alrighty so let's take a look at that you and i come on
so the first step in getting into the front and all that is of course to open it so
there you go so here's inside what the inside of the front looks like
and this is what the outside looks like now this is a 2020 model three long range with dual motor
here's a quick disclaimer if you are actually preparing to work on your car today you'll need
to power off the car by pressing the car icon on the screen then go to safety and security settings
then tap power off now go to the rear seat on the passenger side and release the two clips that are
holding the rear seat down those are located in the front at the bottom of the rear seats
when you lift it up you'll see a styrofoam cover and this switch which is located underneath that
styrofoam cover flip the switch down your hair a bang and now the car is officially off and keep
this door open so you can reach in and turn on the power again do not close or open any doors
at this time because the doors need power to lower or raise their windows when closing or opening so
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all right first thing you want to do is remove the mat
remove the tow hook
all right now this part right here we're going to take this off first
and this is you pry it up there
and then you have to remove this cable you can do that with a small flat head screwdriver
all right now this only goes in one way so when you're printing it back just be aware that there's
three little holes there for your electrical contacts and inside of this there are also three
so just make sure that you line that up when you're putting everything back together
so to take this cover off you reach behind it pulling up and towards you
and you can feel it snapping there as we're unsnapping
there we go you can see the attachment points there
now once you have that top cover removed you notice that you have
access to the 12-volt battery as well as the brake fluid
if you ever need to replace that 12-volt battery you need to remove the air intake shroud which
i'll be showing here in a few moments and then you have full access to that 12-volt battery
okay we're now going to remove the seven 10 millimeter bolts that you see here
they're all identical so you don't need to remember which bolts went into which holes...
So after removing those seven bolts what we're going to do is .. we'll
remove this part right here this part of the air intake for the passenger compartment
so we're just gonna pull up on these so we're just pulling up and there we go
now we have access to the 12 volt battery if I needed to replace that
all right now all this frunk insert it's all one piece so I'm going to take it out there are clips
here here here in the front here here here so you're going to be pulling up and towards you
let's get this side down
now once it's all out here just carry it out carefully
so now that the front insert is removed let's take a look inside shall we this is the dual
motor meaning there's a motor for the rear axle and a motor for the front axle here we see the
brake fluid reservoir as well as the windshield wiper reservoir tesla super bottle combines what
would be two coolant overflow bottles one for the motor and one for the traction battery and
other evs into a single bottle plus integrates the electric coolant pumps for each coolant loop into
the bottle itself in addition to the coolant flow valve that directs the coolant's flow
and this is the passengers compartment ac system now this block of metal is called the chiller
the chiller is a heat exchanger between the refrigerant and the coolant it pulls
out more heat from the coolant than just ambient air flow through a radiator could
test has designed the model 3's electric power steering system to have a rapid
10 to 1 ratio the power steering is equipped with a full redundancy
with separate power feeds taken directly from the vehicle's high voltage battery
the engineers also mentioned two electronic modules and two inverters providing hot backup
to the systems if one fails
here we see the front motor of this dual motor tesla now dual motor model 3s use a combination
of a permanent magnet motor at the back and a traditional induction motor in the front
in this way they are both quick off the line and more efficient at highway
speeds
okay well let's go ahead and just put everything back together and we'll just
put it together in the same way as it was removed so the very first thing is
the front insert so this is drops in be careful that you get everything lined up
there is a cable by the way down in the front of the front
i'll make sure that you have access to that okay
all right now as far as the clips you want to make sure that you get the clips right in to
the places where they should be
now install the interior airflow vent cover
we do this by lining up the hose and then pressing them straight down firmly
okay now we're going to put in the 10 millimeter bolts back into place
now what we need to do is to attach this front cover here
for this latch mechanism and so you want to make sure that you again align this in the
proper orientation into the plug and we'll put that back together
there you go just snaps right in
this i want to make sure that you don't crimp the wires so carefully put that in there and then this
gets pressed down and in there it is okay now I'm going to be putting on this cover and just line up
pop them in place
and you don't want to be without your toe hook that goes right there reinstall the mat
and you're done
now to close the front what you need to do
is bring it down and once it's down using both hands on either side of the tesla mark
it's done all right hey there you go now you know what's underneath the front of a tesla model 3
you know what all the little bits do and why they're there hey if you like these types of
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and I know this video is a little bit different normally I do about
computer systems but hey a tesla is kind of like a computer on wheels right so hopefully
you enjoyed it I know I really enjoyed making the video for you so hey thank you again and bye bye!