ChapmanF's Recent Activity
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ChapmanF replied to the thread 2012 Prius V JDM engine replacement questions.
What is different about the engine that makes the different injectors appropriate?
May 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Masking Tape on HV Battery Base?.
Masking tape? Don't know about fire, but I wouldn't be surprised if it just soaks up the leaked electrolyte and conducts anyway....
May 31, 2026 at 9:52 PM -
ChapmanF attached a file to the thread What did you do to ur Gen III Prius today????.
Possibly the closest I've ever cut it without going over. :) I had been measuring the pads every tire rotation and tracking the wear vs....
May 31, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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ChapmanF replied to the thread AC stops working at slow speeds in traffic.
I find the c a very cute car, plus they put better colors on it than the liftbacks got. I still make an aww face every time I see one....
May 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread AC stops working at slow speeds in traffic.
There are electric fans under the hood (fans? I don't know how many are in a Prius c, but the bigger Prii all have two of 'em, as far as...
May 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gen2 not starting, engine not being rotated, just a bump..
Can you post a video? Maybe try to have the camera showing the crank pulley in front as the sound picks up the bump?
May 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Schematic of Gen 2 hydraulic brake system.
If you got the repair manual from TIS, the New Car Features manual is also there, no extra charge. The NCF is the place for all the...
May 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Sandy Munro and China proof.
I get that, sure. Only this guy was boasting about how the lawyers could word the patent disclosure for an idea so it didn't even...
May 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Sandy Munro and China proof.
As a grad student, I was offered a year of an interdisciplinary venture with the university's business school, where the idea was to...
May 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM -
ChapmanF attached a file to the thread Purple and Greenish/Blue Bars.
It's a little hard for me to tell because the picture in the owners' manual isn't in color, but is your "greenish/blue bar" the...
May 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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ChapmanF replied to the thread TPMS light confusion.
The guys at my local Discount Tire seem to succeed reliably using a capacious hose from their shop air source. I think they upsized the...
May 31, 2026 at 9:28 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Need a more comfortable ride..
What tires did you get?
May 31, 2026 at 12:24 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread is it possible to replace the engine-components of the AC from a salvaged Prius?.
Definitely possible, and way more likely to go well if the work is done by somebody who gets how A/C works.
May 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM -
ChapmanF attached a file to the thread Hybrid battery indicator lights on. How long can I run engine?.
There aren't hybrid battery indicator lights. What lights are you looking at that you think are those? Is it this? [img] That means a...
May 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
The difference between kW and kWh is not an hours/minutes kind of difference. They are units for measuring different things: kW to...
May 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
