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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread A/C system lubricant ND11.

    Huh. Two years next month. I guess I hadn't been noticing as many of his posts for a while, come to think of it. Too bad.

    Apr 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM

  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread Just need to vent....

    Having to repeatedly discourage the same garter snake from hiding in my intended mowing path. Apparently I do not know how to say "no,...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM

  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread A/C system lubricant ND11.

    There's always as much art as science to that, because the oil tends to be distributed throughout the system. How much new oil you put...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 9:25 PM

  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread Replacement options for broken glass for side mirror. Heated?.

    Did they come in a version heated some other way?

    Apr 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM

  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..

    I know there are denominations confessions groups of Christian-identifying people who hold the position you hold there, and other groups...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM

  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread Replacement options for broken glass for side mirror. Heated?.

    (y)

    Apr 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM

  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..

    I can see this conversation happening if we were talking theology and you belonged to one of the denominations believing the Bible is...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM

  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..

    Notice that the way of posing the question you've chosen here would rule out the answer I gave back in #109, which was that I wouldn't...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM

  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Normal brightness of amber markers in headlight assembly?.

    Yeah, I think my gen 3's interior dome, mirror, door, hatch lights are all incandescent still. But there's just a handful of those, a...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM

  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread Normal brightness of amber markers in headlight assembly?.

    Sure, all my recently-purchased flashlights are LED. That's the way they were designed and built, and they work great. My 2010 was...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM

  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread Normal brightness of amber markers in headlight assembly?.

    Some of the LED retrofit bulbs have a bunch of LED chips pointing different ways. Some might work out well. So far, I haven't gone down...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM

  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius Gen 2 – P2103 after washing, engine won’t start, hybrid battery drains fast.

    Of course. As far as interpreting trouble codes, while I usually recommend not drawing conclusions from the one-liner fortune cookie at...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM

  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread Compressor not kicking in during refill.

    There are some relays responsible for other things, like the cooling fans behind the grille, but not really for whether the A/C...

    Apr 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM

  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2000 miles from home with rough startup knock.

    (y)

    Apr 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM

  15. ChapmanF attached a file to the thread Normal brightness of amber markers in headlight assembly?.

    Conventional incandescent light bulbs are always (well, when they're on) slowly 'boiling' metal off of the filament, and the metal vapor...

    dark.jpg Apr 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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