ChapmanF's Recent Activity

  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    Just got home from a trip and filled up at $π locally.

    Jul 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake Bleeding Question.

    I've most recently used the Autel AP200, which gets pretty good press on PriusChat, and comes for about $60 plus a free app for the...

    Jul 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Jump start 2008 -- horn sounding????.

    Yeah, that can happen. When the battery power dropped below the threshold for keeping ECUs awake, the car was all closed and locked and...

    Jul 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2005 Prius, Sporadic high-pitched whining sound.

    Those really high pitches usually do make me think of some kind of debris scratching on something....

    Jul 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake Bleeding Question.

    If you are sure you got air in only at the caliper and left rear brake line, it's not unreasonable to try bleeding with some old-school...

    Jul 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread Please ID this part.

    It looked like a henway to me

    Jul 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Still waiting for the king's Golden Age of America.

    You can say that again!

    Jul 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Fillers in the Gasoline.

    I wonder if the difference would be easy to measure. The plain facts of the gasoline-oxygen reaction happening there are to produce...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Rotate motor by hand possible when?.

    Somebody certainly asked it recently, I don't remember if that was you. Yes, certainly it's can be rotated by hand (well, easily with...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread P2196 - how to tell which O2 sensor? (2010 Prius).

    Huh. I've never really had an AI sound miffed yet. Usually it just congratulates me on my brilliant catch of the point it had been...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread hazard lights not turning on?.

    Tracing it in the wiring diagram first saves time and pulling up of carpet and trim.... Toyota Service Information and Where To Find It...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread Fillers in the Gasoline.

    You can see that anyway, because they are reacting gasoline (hydrocarbons) with oxygen in air, chiefly producing carbon dioxide and water.

    Jul 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread CNN Says more are buying primo gas and paying much more for it.

    Inflation being a constant fact of life, maybe it would make more sense to phase out the $1, circulate more of $2, and maybe more of the...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread What happens when you disconnect the battery?.

    If that's 2.4 amps at 12 volts, that's like 29 watts, or I think about six times what I had. (But then, my much older vehicle may have...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread What happens when you disconnect the battery?.

    Worked well for me on a former vehicle. An off-the-shelf solar maintainer product with (IIRC) a five-watt panel did the trick. The panel...

    Jul 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM