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ChapmanF replied to the thread Advice on Best Way to Cool Florida Garage - Prius 4-2016.
Well, maybe you could still lay a duct in the ground to bring air through. At high tide you could call it a swamp cooler.
May 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Advice on Best Way to Cool Florida Garage - Prius 4-2016.
What shape is the garage? Does it have a peaked roof, where you could have an exhaust fan in a gable? Is there some way to arrange for...
May 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread My 2012 Prius V with 172,000 miles started having the oil light comes on even when the oil is full?.
For anyone without the 18 minutes to watch it, that's a video about how people sometimes replace the car's original plastic cartridge...
May 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gear shift button isn't needed?.
Hmm. So both the button mechanism and the shift lock solenoid have problems, or there's one mechanical problem in there that is...
May 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Front Brake Rotors.
The time I normally notice that difference is not when I brake, but when I inspect the rotor and drag my fingernail across it in the...
May 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2010 Prius - Brake whooshing sound after part 4705047140 (master cylinder) replacement.
The whooshing sound just means there's air. The ECU picks a target brake pressure, and applies fluid from the accumulator until that...
May 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Front Brake Rotors.
I've had rotors resurfaced if they genuinely needed it, or more often just gone at them with wet 150 grit paper if that was all they...
May 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Loud fan noise when turning on.
Gen 1 and 2 had a chain. Maybe the mechanic was remembering that.
May 22, 2026 at 1:26 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread So Google launched their AI image creator for free..
Is that, like, Discovery, as an ATV?
May 22, 2026 at 9:10 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gear shift button isn't needed?.
The brake-pedal interlock is only supposed to affect shifting out of Park, not into Park. If the lever is in P, are you able to move it...
May 22, 2026 at 9:06 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Doesn't this make you feel like a mushroom?.
My solution to high medical costs is to stop getting sick
May 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Engine makes a noise like its reving motorbike.
People occasionally steal catalytic converters. That leaves the exhaust system open right after the engine exhaust manifold, producing...
May 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gear shift button isn't needed?.
Here's what the book says is s'posed to happen, so yeah, yours is being weird: [img] The shift out of P is supposed to require both...
May 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Re-starts by itself. Won't start. Loses 12V battery power?.
One of our lab assignments in electricity&magnetism in college was to make capacitors out of two sheets of foil and our E&M textbook...
May 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Sea-level doom from Antarctic melting.
Post #90 appears to be a post, made by you, quoting Mendel.
May 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
