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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by john1701a, Mar 26, 2005.

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  1. hdrygas

    hdrygas New Member

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    I built the Visible Engine when I was in high school I wish we had a Visible HSG to play with. Mine had a electric motor to turn over the engine. That was the high water mark of my automotive repair experence.
     
    #21 hdrygas, Mar 28, 2005
  2. john1701a

    john1701a Prius Guru

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    I revealed the document; however, I'll still be doing tweaks for awhile.

    Just now I (finally) remembered why 10kW motor (MG1) isn't only called a "generator". That's because the "motor" part of it is used for starting the engine!

    So... I'll add some text about that.
     
    #22 john1701a, Mar 29, 2005
  3. DanMan32

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    I ruined mine when I used vegetable oil to lubricate the moving parts, not thinking that vegetable oil gels.
     
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  4. Dr.Jay

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    Here's a little did-bit of information.
    Many may have seen this before but here's a quote from an older document I ran across. . .
    The Planetary drive was actually was invented in 1921. . .guess no one knew how to implement it until now.

    ..."check out US patent number 1558806, applied for by a Mr. Hess of Union, Oregon in 1921. Not to take away any of the elegence of Toyota's design, but Mr. Hess was a little ahead of his time! It's all there, the planetary gear power divider, the electric motor/generators, batteries, engine etc!"

    The doc also goes into the many patents Toyota got on the engine, etc.
     
    #24 Dr.Jay, Mar 29, 2005
  5. john1701a

    john1701a Prius Guru

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    The fuel-cell was invented back in 1839.

    165 years later, they're still trying to figure out how to take advantage of it.
     
    #25 john1701a, Mar 29, 2005
  6. Frank Hudon

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    and make it last longer than about a thousand hours! Just had the head off a Toyota forklift and it had 14,700 hours on it since new. Checked the service history since new and this is the first major engine problem.
     
    #26 Frank Hudon, Mar 29, 2005
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