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1.
Dropping off and Picking up
(About Arts/Behind the Scenes)
... not as a primary means of delivery. Therefore, try to make your appointments for days where you
mig
ht not have to arrange a Lock Out, or leave your car for long as an Early Bird. Let us know if ...
Thursday, 26 March 2009
2.
Why would you pay to diagnose a check engine light?
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... -- even the transmission chain Aamco, with no general repair track record, is advertising "free" diagnosis of check engine lights. If advertising were considered a reliable guide, one
mig
ht assume ...
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
3.
Installing a Prius HV Battery
(Cars/Hybrids)
... bolt back on the new battery pack due to the lack of a threaded hole. I figured they
mig
ht have re-engineered the part and done away with the hole on purpose. However on two subsequent battery jobs, the ...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
4.
Useful Links
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... environment. I wish we knew before we invested so much time in an unstable system, but live and learn I guess. I'll be writing more about our software odyssey in the hopes it
mig
ht save someone else the ...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
5.
You've got Questions, we've got Answers!
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... established product, like a "40inch 1080p Flatscreen TV"
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ht be. If you are searching for that flatscreen, you know variation in cost is due to brand or big-box markup. However, you can safely assume ...
Monday, 08 September 2008
6.
Solar Powered Shop
(About Arts/Green Business)
... to install a cutoff switch to automatically disengage the system in the event of a power outage. Without the cutout, when voltage on the grid went low, the solar equipment
mig
ht be damaged by the high ...
Thursday, 04 September 2008
7.
Tell us what's wrong in your own words
(FAQs/New Customers)
... could cause the car to stop running at idle, or run rough when cold, or idle too fast when cold, or stall on a rapid acceleration, and the list goes on. So the Service Writer
mig
ht say, "OK, but how does ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
8.
Buying New Tires
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... Costco is a great place to buy wholesale items. In other words items you
mig
ht buy to sell to other people - huge tubs of nacho cheese sauce, enormous boxes of candy bars, etc. Tires at Costco are not ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
9.
Prius: 2nd Gen - Repairing the Multi-function Display
(Cars/Hybrids)
... as disassembled as it needs to get. Since this is our second attempt, I'm a lot more thorough in my checking this time. Last time I looked for a broken solder where Hobbit said it
mig
ht be, found it, and ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
10.
Prius: 30k Service
(Cars/Hybrids)
... that you replace the WS transaxle fluid, inverter coolant, ICE coolant, and flush the brake fluid in addition to the standard items. It also
mig
ht be a good idea to balance the two tires rotated to the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
11.
Prius: 1st gen - P3101 & P3191 part 3
(Cars/Hybrids)
...
mig
ht wrongly assume that testing should be done with the ground lead on GE01, and the positive leads on M+ & M-. You'll have much better luck using E1 (pin 17 on connector E8) for your ground. I should ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
12.
Prius: 1st gen - P3101 & P3191 part 2
(Cars/Hybrids)
... After zeroing my ohmmeter, I came up with 0.1 ohms. I figure it
mig
ht drop a volt or so under load, but that ought not cause a no start. Next step is to check fuel pressure. The spec is 44 - 50 ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
13.
Prius: 1st gen - P3101 & P3191 part 1
(Cars/Hybrids)
... Option 1: OBD/MOBD. It
mig
ht seem like "Enhanced OBDII" would be the better option, after all, enhanced sounds like you'd get something extra, but you don't. Enhanced will actually give you less information ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
14.
Prius: 1st gen - Replacing Transaxle
(Cars/Hybrids)
... by a bad rack, but then we found something we hadn't seen -- an ominous-sounding P3009 - High Voltage Leak Detected code. At the time, we suspected that there
mig
ht have been a problem with over application ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
15.
Prius: 1st gen - Auxiliary Battery Upgrade
(Cars/Hybrids)
... that
mig
ht come in :). We install a standard marine terminal for the positive side, and fabricate a custom negative battery cable. We use a 2x4 under the battery for a height adapter. The standard Toyota ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
16.
Insight: Removing Engine to repair Oil Leak
(Cars/Hybrids)
... like this, you
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ht have 20 of one size of bolt. However, some
mig
ht be gray, some
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ht be black, some
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ht be gold colored. They
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ht all be the same type with the same rating, but Sandor puts the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
17.
Prius: 1st gen - Replacing an MG2 (electric motor)
(Cars/Hybrids)
... $5000 to install. Unfortunately, we had to tell her the same thing; most of the cost of an HV transaxle replacement is the HV transaxle itself. I said we
mig
ht be able to replace just MG2 instead of the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
18.
Buying a Used Car
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... You'll need your notes to sort out who said what. If you've made plans to see the car, you
mig
ht want to print your MapQuest directions and staple it to the back of your notes, especially if you are going ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
19.
Comparing Shop Estimates
(FAQs/New Customers)
... of brake job using $13 pads, are you really getting a good deal? I would argue that you aren't. Some parts are of such poor quality that you
mig
ht be better off not doing the repair at all. Judging your ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
20.
Battery Recycling
(About Arts/Green Business)
... battery recycling. We
mig
ht have to negotiate something if you show up with 45+ pounds of material! You can also dispose of your batteries for free though the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program. ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
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