Rich is a car enthusiast whose passion is to find wrecked Teslas, bring them back to life, and then share his repair adventures on his YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds. When he found out that Tesla would not service or support his salvaged cars, he took it upon himself to scour the internet and harvest working parts from several busted Teslas. He Frankensteined them together until his creations were fully operational, at a fraction of what it would cost to buy a new or certified pre-owned Tesla. Motherboard travels to Massachusetts to meet with the rogue mechanic leading a grassroots movement of DIY fixers who are taking back the right to repair the things they own.

Greg Furstenwerth was an early adopter of the Tesla Model S, but once the car was out of warranty he had a hard time getting the parts and service he needed. So he took on the repairs himself, and found it surprisingly easy. "If you can put together Legos you can put together a Tesla.”

Todays the day, today is the day we finally find out the answer to the one question you have all asked us since day 1. Will Delores, the salvaged Tesla supercharge

Well today does not go as planned for getting my Tesla Model S on the road.

In this episode Lee and I show you how to drop a Tesla motor. We also find out what the status is on whether or not it’s waterproof, keeping fingers crossed on this one

In this installment, Lee and I take out the dc to dc converter as well as the front junction boxes in a Tesla model s. We will also do our best to disassemble the Charger out of a Tesla using the most unconventional means possible

In this episode we discuss the common failures of the Tesla door handles and the permanent fix for them

In this episode Lee and I clean all the junk out and give the flooded tesla a good bath with industrial cleaner and the ozone machine that I used incorrectly. Also cameo appearance from the kids and their first time seeing the new car. industrial cleaner used in video .to%2F2MRAgmh&redir_token=WTvCboz3tnJITVBorYj43BaLcXR8MTUzNzUyOTA5OUAxNTM3NDQyNjk5 ozone machine used in video .to%2F2IZIkyW&redir_token=WTvCboz3tnJITVBorYj43BaLcXR8MTUzNzUyOTA5OUAxNTM3NDQyNjk5

My buddy and I are going to checkout the cheapest Tesla on Craigslist, it’s cheap. I mean dirt cheap. So what’s wrong with it? Is it worth buying? It’s a 2012 S85.