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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread Door Seal Replacement & Trunk/Engine Compartment Resealing Recommendations.

    Cheapest option is to occasionally use some Shin-Etsu grease and/or 303 protectant to keep the original weatherstrips from needing...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM

  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread Door Seal Replacement & Trunk/Engine Compartment Resealing Recommendations.

    For my part, I'd consider life way too short to spend any of it trying to approximate the real molded weatherstrips with any kind of...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM

  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Door Seal Replacement & Trunk/Engine Compartment Resealing Recommendations.

    Is that an amazon link, by any chance? Those appear as blank space to anybody who views PriusChat with (like me) certain browser...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM

  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread Per person income?.

    Nice, one word to suggest both 'absentee' and 'abscond'. :)

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM

  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread Door Seal Replacement & Trunk/Engine Compartment Resealing Recommendations.

    The door frame weatherstrips for any Prius year 2010–2015 liftback ought to fit, as far as I know, though to be most sure I would...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM

  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread Door Seal Replacement & Trunk/Engine Compartment Resealing Recommendations.

    My door frame weatherstrips still seem to be ok. I have made a point of greasing them with Shin-Etsu grease now and then, or a bit of...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM

  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Looking to Buy a 2002, good idea?.

    Wait, what Prius are you driving? I thought you were only looking to possibly purchase one? The Bronco got "11.5 on a good day" and...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM

  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Please help me diagnose and fix this I rely on this car to make money for rent..

    For the P0A0D, if you're sure the service plug handle is swung over and pushed all the way home, is it possible that you unplugged some...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM

  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Engine replaced, but new issue?.

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    Jun 3, 2026 at 9:54 AM

  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread Went to the salvage-yard today and someone pulled out a brake-actuator....

    I'm glad your question was motivated by curiosity and not by need for an actuator. If you had been there because you needed an actuator...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM

  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread scantool confusion.

    While driving, or just sitting there after turning the car on? The steering angle sensor can mess with you because of the peculiar way...

    Jun 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM

  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread Desperately need help diagnosing my 2008 Prius (red triangle, limp mode, ABS/VSC/TRAC lights).

    On the bright side, the red triangle this last time was probably just because of the P0A0F—simply a code acknowledging the engine issue,...

    Jun 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM

  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread Help with code P0B47 - Worth getting it diagnosed further or just replacing hybrid battery?.

    That module has a mess of skinny wires (the No. 2 Frame Wire) plugged into it and connecting to 14 different monitoring points across...

    Jun 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM

  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread How smart people buy and keep cars for the long term.

    and they can vary between states. There was (maybe still is) a particular used-car chain with an interesting business model: they have...

    Jun 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM

  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread Went to the salvage-yard today and someone pulled out a brake-actuator....

    Yeah, hard pass on using that actuator for anything.

    Jun 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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