I may try the NiMH battery swap first. Given the packs are 17 years old and seems to have never been used much, they likely are drained. Eventhough they test at 40v per side with a multimeter, and it did somehow turn on at one point recently for a few days.
Just for others' future reference, when plugged in for days and charging, I would get the red wrench when the keys were introduced. When I pulled the charging cable, it immediately went to a single beep with no display readout. When I plug in the charging cable, unplug/plug the stem cables, it goes red wrench again.
Anybody in Chicago with working NiMH packs for a i167?
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