Are these recommendations the same? ‘Replace brake accumulator’ and ‘replace brake actuator assemb

On a gen 2, those are the same thing.

On other Prius generations, those are two different things.

 

You stop talking to the Toyota shop right away You're in Ohio You can do a lot better very quickly I didn't notice the city you're in but you can do way better somebody just posted the part up here they bought it online directly from Toyota brand new in the box for $1,100 or something like that so there's that handled they're charging you 14 to $1,700 at the Toyota shop just for the part so that saving you three to whatever $100 right there and then generally this job takes me about 2.2 hours to do the physical labor in about 40 minutes to bleed the brakes with the proper software If I could get close to $2,000 for that I'd be rolling pretty good generally that gets me about 5:50 if I'm lucky too bad you're not closer I guess. You can do better so minus the part price from my total here you see what you're paying per hour for labor and I'm telling you the hours that it actually takes me and I am near 70 years old and I'm not blazing fast I guess I'm quicker than some of these guys doesn't really matter The point is I couldn't consciously charge some poor woman or anybody for that matter 15 to $1,700 for the labor on this job I've been working on stuff a long time there's just no way I can justify 3 hours of my time at $1,900 1750 I would love to but you know that just doesn't seem correct That's the difference between those guys now and the old guys I guess

 

What does the replacement look like? Any reference for the manuals? Any chance to repair it for cheaper?

 

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If you've done any comparable brake work before (say, replaced an ABS actuator in another car), it looks pretty much like that. It will be fairly tedious, with some electrical connections and a number of hydraulic connections to deal with, challenging access, and an air-bleeding procedure when you are done that presumes you have access to a suitable scan tool. If you don't have that already, the Autel AP200 is inexpensive and usually gets favorable comments here.

Or do you mean what does the replacement part look like?

 

I have not done considerable work, but am fairly competent, namely on aircraft, and would like to learn how to service my own vehicle. Aircraft are alot more mechanic friendly though and have better manuals for diagnosing issues. As a certified A&P, I love my manuals and step by step instructions. Ill even admit, Im a bit spoiled by it! With cars, theres a level of ingenuity and imagination for solving problems that the books, or written manuals, wont explicitly state always.. any specialty tools required or techniques that provide invaluable expertise for a job like this?

Thanks in advance!