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ChapmanF replied to the thread Advice on Best Way to Cool Florida Garage - Prius 4-2016.
I'd be awfully surprised if there was no way to stand or hang or duct a fan somehow to, around, or near the door window in some way that...
Jun 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake pedal hard when first starting, then normal.
If the pressure is low and needs to be pumped up, the pump is not designed to wait until you press the brake. It is designed to start...
Jun 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Advice on Best Way to Cool Florida Garage - Prius 4-2016.
Maybe you could locate one of the fans in the small window to the side yard blowing out, and build some kind of simple ductwork...
Jun 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake pedal hard when first starting, then normal.
At what point (unlocking door, opening door, sitting down, pressing brake pedal, pressing power button) do you first hear the sound of...
Jun 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Lane Departure Warning Camera.
Depending on where you are, you may also have access to the repair manual thanks to arrangements made by a local public library or other...
Jun 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Automatic Headlights.
According to ➡a recent report⬅, those terminals may be obtainable from DigiKey by ordering 17-1827855-2CT-ND.
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Pin size for L7.
Thanks!
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Newly installed hybrid battery no longer functioning after failed test drive.
It sounds to me as if the car's DC/DC converter shut down for some reason during your test drive, and you continued driving until the...
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:32 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
... or possibly just got a different AI response. Unless somebody posts the complete sequence of prompts they fed the AI chatbot (or,...
Jun 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
One way to avoid being asked about "super secret" sources is to identify them when you post. They're not secret then. I'm not saying...
Jun 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Nitrogen oxides.
It might also be possible to just ask the chatbot for a simpler text version of the answer, using Unicode characters instead of TEX.
Jun 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM -
ChapmanF attached a file to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
Definitely not! Nano banana showed me a picture: [img] (My first nano banana picture! I used GIMP to downscale and jpeg-compress it....
Jun 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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ChapmanF replied to the thread Nitrogen oxides.
^{\circ }\text{C} has got to be the most longwinded way of saying ℃ that I've seen yet.
Jun 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake pedal hard when first starting, then normal.
The reason they design things so the pump starts with opening the driver's door is so it has time to pump up adequate pressure by the...
Jun 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Mechanics: what are your most common tools?.
Can't help; I haven't shopped for a multimeter in a long time. My 36-year-old Fluke 87 still works too well. (I had an opportunity not...
Jun 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
