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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 might 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
... -- 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 might assume ...
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
... bolt back on the new battery pack due to the lack of a threaded hole. I figured they might 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 might save someone else the ...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
... established product, like a "40inch 1080p Flatscreen TV" might 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 might be damaged by the high ...
Thursday, 04 September 2008
... 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 might 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 might 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
... 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 might 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 might be a good idea to balance the two tires rotated to the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
... might 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
... After zeroing my ohmmeter, I came up with 0.1 ohms. I figure it might 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
...  Option 1: OBD/MOBD. It might 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
... 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 might have been a problem with over application ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
... that might 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
... like this, you might have 20 of one size of bolt. However, some might be gray, some might be black, some might be gold colored. They might all be the same type with the same rating, but Sandor puts the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
... $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 might 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 might 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 might 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 might 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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