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Originally Posted by orange4boy
We took a look at it and put down a deposit today. We might tow it home tomorrow if we can find a tow bar. I think your idea of permanent tow bar mounts is a good one. We can always rescue it with the van and avoid towing charges. Luckily it's just below the max tow capacity of the Previa.
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In the trunk on the right-hand side is a space that holds the 'tow eyelet.' It screws into the front and using two drivers, a rope, and keeping the speeds low, you can get it home.
Over in "Prius Technical Stuff," one of the members rigged some heavy gauge, angle-iron and a ball-hitch that bolted together for 'slow speed', limited distance towing. Check the message archives for the photos.
The 'recommended' towing practice is to put it on a flat trailer and tow the trailer. The problem with the front wheel dolly is the angle is too steep at the rear and grinding the tail pipe.
My setup is for 'dingy' towing but that is another story.
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Originally Posted by orange4boy
I couldn't get it running but possibly because the lead acid was dead. The screen had a grey PS icon, grey battery icon and a red car icon on it. I hope the main battery revives. It was sitting for about a month. He said the only code it threw was the P3120. It was driven to the dealer for a diagnosis but when they were done with it, it wouldn't start again. He was pretty peeved at the dealer. I hope it will start if I clear the codes so I can charge the traction batt.
Thanks for your help so far. I'm sure I'll be bugging you again soon. I'll start a revival thread for it somewhere here or at Prius Chat.
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I would recommend trying the Yahoo Group, "Prius Technical Stuff." IMHO, those are the Prius 'brain trust.' PriusChat is good but sometimes a little ... noisy. Something about a text based interface that seems to 'cull the heard' if you know what I mean. <grins>
BTW, be friends to EcoModder and share your progress here. One of the things I admire are the large ratio of fact-based, experimenters. Sharing your rebuild project progress helps folks understand the Prius is different but not that different.
Bob Wilson