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ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
About $1.87 today.
May 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Need fast advice on throttle surge on 2016 C.
Where did you get the idea there's a clutch that engages or disengages? Yes, pushing the go pedal further means you want to change the...
May 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
I suspect that was 40.9 and 44.9 ¢/gal (i.e., about $3.12 to $3.44 in today's dollars).
May 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Need fast advice on throttle surge on 2016 C.
What I'm accustomed to is the reverse of that: the battery is at max charge on a downhill run, and hearing the engine revs increase when...
May 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread "EGR DELETE" Instructions.
Sounds like you are conflating two things (which happens a lot in EGR threads): the temperature reached inside an engine cylinder, for...
May 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
I doubt that there would be any sense in doing anything to a new one before installing it. Would only void the warranty and mess up...
May 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
A friend's Galaxie 500 had a clock that was powered by a spring. It had a pair of contacts that would close when the spring was close to...
May 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
In my gen 1, I may have acted early when I noticed a soft card-shuffling (or, well, card-bridging) sound when turning the wheel. I took...
May 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread A/C compressor wiring harness / connector.
Just getting my bearings here ... I assume the part sticking out to the lower left in the photo is the connector for the incoming...
May 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Vaccine provocation.
The first capture on the Wayback Machine is from 27 December 1996.
May 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
Just wait'll you price the same part for a gen 3 some day ....
May 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Environmental News.
When I was a grad student, there was a local guy who was a university employee—he worked in facilities maintenance, but being an...
May 14, 2026 at 10:51 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
Not in any I ever took apart. Just a nice flat ribbon cable wound in a spiral. Who would want a spring there? Isn't driving in a...
May 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Added FCTA and Lane Change Assist to HEV Prius Limited.
Ah, that's the thing. There used to be a US exemption from paying the duties if the value of your shipment was low enough. That ended...
May 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Headlight Fuses on 2014 Prius.
The no. 1 integration relay is the long white thing in the fuse box. Elektroingenieur described it in post #2 above.
May 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM
