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There's a good description in post #60 above in this thread on page 3. It's easy to do. Just three bolts to remove to get the air intake out of...
Thanks for giving me a good laugh. I needed that. :D
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Thanks for the suggestions and those are good questions. I'll look into some of those. The repair is a done deal. Doing it myself was not an...
My history prowling wrecking yards for parts goes back to the early seventies, but I don't really feel like rolling the dice on a compressor from...
I don't know for certain, but I bet those fasteners are not intended to be taken apart. I think an effort to try to do something like drill those...
Well, once the mechanics got a look at the inside of the connector on top of the compressor, it was on to a new compressor. They can't get inside...
I did notice that orange ring in the connector on my car. I didn't examine it closely but it looked fine. You may be right that for some reason...
So I just got back from talking with a Toyota specialist who works independently of any dealers. He used to be a mechanic at a Toyota dealership....
I want one like that. Without having to buy an entire compressor.
I wonder about that too. The Gen IIIs have been on the road long enough now that if this was common, people on this site would have heard of it. I...
The connector fitting on the end of the wiring harness is intact. No cracks that would cause a loose fit. Although the fitting acts as a sleeve...
OK. Here's a photo of the offending AC compressor connection. The two pins you can see laying on the bottom of the well are corroded through at...
"Exposure to salt water/salt air?" The car hasn't been driven through salt water and has been within a few miles of the ocean only a few days...
Sorry, I'm not fastidious enough to have steam cleaned the engine and we are the original owners so no one else has done it either..
I will update this once I get a handle on how I'm going to deal with it. Thanks for everyone's input and advice. This site is awesome.
No problem, what reasonable person would have expected that?
kc410: Wow, that is so cool that you took the trouble to take a look at that. Thanks a bunch. Your description of how the plug into the...
I'm going to take the car to an independent Toyota specialist and get a second opinion about it and whether there are any reasonable alternatives...
When talking about a failure like this, I consider 48,000 to be low miles and we bought the car July 2009 making that an average of only 9600...
