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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by galaxee, May 9, 2006.

  1. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    DH pulled a dash all the way apart on a new 06 today- for anyone who's interested:

    Pictures
     
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  2. Salsawonder

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    I am always amazed at the techies who will actually do this to their brand new vehicle. I think the Prius qualifies as a "Toy" in more ways than one.
     
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  3. Frank Hudon

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    watcha all doin to get to this point? wiring problem on some part of it. Also like the sign on the H H battery.
     
    #3 Frank Hudon, May 9, 2006
  4. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    it's not our prius, Salsa- he works on them for a living :)

    frank- dash rattle, it's one of the feed pipes for the heater core- it's bent and causes a rattle at a certain rpm range.
     
    #4 galaxee, May 9, 2006
  5. Salsawonder

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    Oops! I should pay more attention to those signatures! But is he like some of those mechanics and prefers not to work on his own? One of my friends dated a couple of mechanics and never had her oil changed or anything like that. (get the minds out of the gutter!)
     
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  6. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    oh, he's ripped ours apart plenty :lol:

    i try to keep him from playing with the car excessively- he gets to see prius guts every day anyway. but all maintenance on any of our cars has always been done by him and him only- neither of us trusts anyone else to fix our cars!
     
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  7. Frank Hudon

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    and the oil gets changed ;)
     
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  8. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ May 9 2006, 06:55 PM) [snapback]252525[/snapback]</div>
    Glad it is him and not me near the that air bag!! Very nice to see!
     
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    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ May 9 2006, 11:09 PM) [snapback]252593[/snapback]</div>
    Yeah! That's what I was going to say. :D

    So G, just how PIA is it to remove the dash? Is it airbag sensitive and not recommended for home?
     
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  11. galaxee

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    the first time? real PIA. after that, not so bad. he says he could do it all again in a half hour if he needs to- he has a sinking feeling he is going to have to replace that heater core pipe, so he will be pulling it down even further.

    i'll have to ask him about the airbag- i'd guess you don't want to mess with that top part of the dash without deactivating it but i'm not 100% sure.

    oh yeah- another useless tidbit- the car will drive in that condition provided you plug in the "power" and "park" buttons. not that we recommend it :lol:
     
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  12. Rancid13

    Rancid13 Cool Chick with a Black Prius

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Frank Hudon @ May 9 2006, 08:01 PM) [snapback]252562[/snapback]</div>
    ...and then some. ;) ;)
     
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  13. galaxee

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    damnit, i knew that would come back

    :lol:
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ May 10 2006, 11:08 AM) [snapback]252920[/snapback]</div>
    LOL, don't think we'd forget something like that!! I haven't even had a chance to attempt it yet myself, or rather, with the hubby... :wub:
     
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    mrbigh Prius Absolutum Dominium

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ May 9 2006, 09:55 PM) [snapback]252525[/snapback]</div>
    I had mine in the same or worst conditiond about 2 weeks ago, I become NUTS after seing my baby in those conditions in their repair area while the mech/tech of a local Toyo svc. ctr. where troubleshooting for an intermittent hybrid drive shutdown.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mrbigh @ May 11 2006, 08:33 PM) [snapback]253841[/snapback]</div>


    What was the cause of your "hybrid drive shutdown"?
     
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  17. darelldd

    darelldd Prius is our Gas Guzzler

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mrbigh @ May 11 2006, 06:33 PM) [snapback]253841[/snapback]</div>
    And it happened to mine a month ago to replace the gauge mirror in the dash that had a defect in it.
     
    #17 darelldd, May 25, 2006
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