HVAC stopped blowing intermittently. I had previously posted about this when it temporarily faded and came back, and everyone, or at least
@Silverback , pointed me to the blower resistor.
Internet research indicates that the resistor is usually diagnosed by the fan only blowing on full blast. That isn't the case. The A/C light stays on, but the fan will just stop blowing. Yesterday, I turned the A/C off and just left the dial in the position for the fan so that I would know when it kicked back on. At this point, I'm fairly certain that it is that resistor, as it sounds like those are expected to die somewhere between 6 and 10 years. So even if that isn't the problem, it's probably due.
Apparently, Toyota redesigned the harness that plugs into the resistor. It is now a square shape instead of being inline. From what I've been able to gather, there was a design issue where one of the pins will burn up inside the harness. So tonight, I get to cut wires and spice in a new connector. It seems like the part should come with some instructions since the wires in the old harness are labeled ABCD and the new one is labeled 1234. TW research has lead me to the conclusion that
A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
I also picked up some new OEM LCAs. The Dorman ones sound like crap again and 12 months is too short of a service interval for those...even with the lifetime warranty. I feel like Tommy Boy took a crap in a box and slapped a guarantee on it. So I'm going to put back on some quality parts from Callahan (Toyota). I no longer need
@tx_shooter to mail me my originals.
And finally, figured while I was blowing money away, I picked up the new EVAP canister. Hopefully I get through the winter without throwing those 5 codes again. (same ones that
@PSU Taco85 just fixed)
McGeorge Toyota was the cheapest, but I was able to get the AutoNation Toyota dealership that is local to price match. I did have to pay tax, so it was a little more expensive, but I didn't have to wait for shipping.
Oh, and doing a 5 tire rotation last night, I noticed that one of the boots on my driver side sway bar end link is torn. So I'll be doing some research today to see about repairing or replacing that. Replacement is most likely. OEM is $104 each and I like to replace parts like that on each side at the same time. Not sure I care to spend $208 + shipping for those, but I don't think I trust the $30 cheap replacements that are online. 80% of the parts that I've replaced that are non-OEM have sucked by comparison.