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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread Disc Brake Caliper Slide Pin Grease(Lube)? Gen2.

    Sure, but then I don't think "let me second-guess all the informed choices that were made by the people who designed and built this...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius Prime Brakes.

    And the pins aren't even the only parts of the brakes that can stick, or even especially prone to it compared to other parts, for the...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Monitoring Engine Temps.

    I've had a ScanGauge II connected in two Prii for a total of fifteen years now with never any interference issue. I think Mendel's may...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread Disc Brake Caliper Slide Pin Grease(Lube)? Gen2.

    Nothing wrong with any of that, as long as people who come to PriusChat to find out what the manufacturer recommendations are do in fact...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread '07 Blinking Shift Indicator and Fuel gage.

    If you scroll to the very bottom of this page: Blink (a/k/a Flash) Codes – How to. | PriusChat a link is there about different fuel...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2010 Prius diag mode blink codes.

    A dragging brake would not be the kind of thing the ECU would report as a wheel speed sensor problem. Even if it were dragging enough to...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Disc Brake Caliper Slide Pin Grease(Lube)? Gen2.

    Right, the service manual doesn't really give the numbers or the names, but the descriptions. The numbers are given in various TSBs and...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Disc Brake Caliper Slide Pin Grease(Lube)? Gen2.

    Oh well ... they do give the part numbers. Maybe the way to remember it is the piston seal and piston and pin boots are rubber, and the...

    Apr 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Disc Brake Caliper Slide Pin Grease(Lube)? Gen2.

    Yes, it's been posted oodles of times that 08887-01206 is the proper number for the lithium soap based glycol, red, "rubber grease" that...

    Apr 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread Power steering motor dampener- Seeking advice.

    Gen 3 had two different motors at the same time: the single phase, brush-commutated one on lower trims, and the three-phase brushless...

    Apr 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread Power steering motor dampener- Seeking advice.

    Certainly does look like a different design....

    Apr 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread ... for your amusement & merriment ~.

    you seem to have an inexhaustible supply of snot though. it would be a sisyphean task.

    Apr 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread P0A80 replace battery pack vs P0A80 Battery ECU error.

    If you look in the repair manual (which is the right place to look :)), you only find the correct one, (1). Gen 3 no longer has a thing...

    Apr 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread AI conjecture of what we think we Know / NO.

    which is lucky for us if you think about it. just imagine a bunch of little infinities running about.

    Apr 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2010 Prius diag mode blink codes.

    There can be multiple codes. The pause between digits is short between the two digits of a code. It's long before the next code. As you...

    Apr 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM