[msantimanzano]

Alright, so I got the battery pack delivered today. I was going to work on the one that came in, charge it etc., but my anxiousness got the best of me... I instead pulled mine out of my car, and put the delivered one in it's place. I then cleared my IMA and trouble lights, and went for a drive. I drove for 30 miles with the replaced pack. I immediately noticed some differences.

My IMA light etc., did not turn back on.

Assist comes on with frequency (it was no longer really coming on at all with my original battery)

The car goes into ECO mode anytime I am ez and level on the gas...so that is huge, because since my IMA had come on before, no more ECO mode.

Finally, now, when the car goes into autostop at lights etc. the AC continues to blow cold..where as before, when autostop kicked in....it just went from cold air, to blowing warm ambient air.

So, I am feeling good for now, that the battery I got from salvage, is deff doing better than mine was.

Now, I started to take my battery apart. I am in the process right now of uploading pictures so I can post them here. I only got so far..before I got stuck. I am hoping when I put the pics up, someone may be able to guide me as to how to continue the disassembly process to pull the sticks out.