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pasadena_commut replied to the thread Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) screw drivers.

It has been 8 years since the last post. Would anybody care to comment on which JIS bits and JIS accepting manual impact drivers would...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Need help please with 2008.

How did they tow it? Possibly, if its capacity is nearly zero. Put a DC voltmeter between the jump point and body ground and have...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Capacitor issues, other than the MFD?.

Maybe the Gen 5 issue is somehow related to its high parasitic draw issues? If that box of caps is being charged and discharged too...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Capacitor issues, other than the MFD?.

The MFD is definitely going to be hotter, but the ECM is tucked up under the dash too. However, it is a little lower and is in a metal...

pasadena_commut posted a new thread.

Capacitor issues, other than the MFD?

It is common for the MFD to fail because an electrolytic capacitor used by Toyota wasn't quite the right capacity and over time it...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Changing Spark Plugs at 170k.

At the very least that cylinder won't work, or work well. Force it to run poorly for a long enough time and it might muck up the...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Noise coming from under the hood intermittently.

Eventually. It can make noise for a long time before that happens.

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Changing Spark Plugs at 170k.

Inflation, so no. They do have 8 for less than $30. Oddly the Denso and NGK coils are "standard replacement" while Hitachi and Delphi...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Changing Spark Plugs at 170k.

The rubber is more likely to age out than the plastic. In fact, while I have had to fish rubber chunks out from around a spark plug a...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Don't mistake this noise for the inverter coolant pump.

If I remember correctly that's not entirely true. When the inverter overheats enough doesn't the car disable the AC compressor? Not...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Beeping in reverse.

Hmm. Some variation of this.... Cut one speaker wire. Put a "usually closed" relay there, with the two speaker wire ends attached to...