Clutch damper failure? Engine cutting out

My 2007 is having power delivery issues like the ICE is disconnecting from the drive train. Anyone want to confirm my suspicion, or have some better idea-

No codes, electric side is in full health, I think the problem is this thing on the flywheel that looks like a clutch pack, a lot of people call it a "damper"-


Here is a video of me in the car, and towards the end you can see the car starts shaking and shuttering as the motor cuts in and out: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9QrvRhwUddBMhFiW9

And for those that dont believe its a clutch, here is more in depth video on that subject-

 

Doubtful, I use the Prolong every 4 months. I bought it with 1 bad module, I replaced 2, + one next to it just to be safe. I have torque and techstream, so typically a bad cell is real obvious there, the volts dont dump under full throttle, they hold up around 16, in my experience when they are bad they are closer to 14, and when discharge conditioning, a bad cell will only get worse as it gets stressed out.

And typically we get the lights and triangles when bat is at 14v, no codes so I lean more towards a mechanical issue than electrical.

Jimbo- I am open to other ideas if its not the clutch pack... maybe something else inside the trans?

 

i would love to see a code... but none, im sure theres a couple of things that wont code in the engine, but I from the sound of it, when it cuts out, it "sounds like" the engine is still running as it should, i "feel like" it should be something in the trans, but "feelings" dont give me much confidence. I talked to a mechanic friend and he said he has seen a couple with the "damper" coming out of balance and causing trouble, guess I will have to split it to confirm for sure, I have a spare trans, just no damper, so that is what has me hesitant to dive in.

Also seeing this gen3 pushes me more towards the damper, especially with the comment of the guy having similar issue-

 

40~50% pedal, no it doesnt need charging, I just dont feel safe driving it while filming, and dont even really want it on the road and have it just fully come apart. This is the only symptom, constant shuddering while driving... so I already have a spare trans, heading to the junk yard now to see what other treasures I can find, might just grab a whole motor if the price is right. I dont expect this would have anything to do with the hybrid system, inverter, etc, wouldnt those typically throw a code? ... and no - I dont want to split it and find that I need to hunt some other part, I want it in and out in a weekend if possible, I hate having cars dismantled for more than a week, I forget where all the flux capacitors go.

 

Well, just picked up a motor, now I have the whole drive train minus the inverter, the "damper" feels solid, so now at least I can drop my trans and if the damper feels sloppy I can quickly swap it...

If that doesnt look to be the blatant issue, I will just swap the trans because I think the issue is isolated to the trans or MG, during idle warm up in park it idles clean, no skipping, so hopefully I end up with a spare motor (primarily not wanting to drop the drive train twice).

I own 2x 2007 prius right now, the problem one is the "baby", it only has 170k, my other one has 250k beaten upon miles and it dont care, but I'm sure one day it will and I want parts on standby, the motor I grabbed was very clean, no oil leak marks, oil looked like honey not tar, it was a fleet car so I'm hoping proper "fleet maintenance" was done.

 

well, both, meant to say ICE, so yeah, now I have both in hand.