Where is the evaporator temperature sensor?

Do you have multiple Gen2s? I think there's a good flipper market on those, the same dynamic with the pricey cats that can net you free parts, although cat prices have dropped 50% in the last two years.

I sold one of mine this week - Old Reliable. Bought in 2017 for $500 and have driven it about 30,000m. IIRC, I had to scavenge a battery for it, and recently swapped in some struts, but that's it. Never a problem, always started and ran. Never seen a cleaner car with 200k miles when I bought it, and it still looked great for 241k.

Really sad for me. I don't get sentimental about many cars. One of my LandCruisers hurt - I put 330k miles on that one going everywhere. And I liked the XK8 I traded in for it - first one sold in TX when they came out. But this little Prius...my dog was with me for everyone of those miles, his hair is still on the back dash and I left his last nose art on the windows for months. I don't know what to do with our camper. Just opening the door is a gut punch. It hasn't moved since our last trip.

 

Thanks for the tips. That is this morning's project. Most of the problems I post, I know I'll eventually figure them out, and nothing about this should be confusing, but the first time always takes twice, three times as long as every other time, so if I can use others' experience to save some needless effort it helps at my age.

 

It wasn't that bad, but you were leaving out the last bolt, the hard one. The O-ringed port is sealed with two bolts, not one. And that one on the back side is the crux of this biscuit.

Pulling off the swapper from my parts car, I just took the entire inverter. I was going to anyway soon and a lot of it was already done from stealing other parts. Getting the cracked one off my project car was easy. The back ear was already broken off, the front ear is easy to access, and that third bolt you cite wasn't hard. It's just that back one, but I just took my pry bar and broke off the rest of the reservoir, just leaving a little piece around that last bolt, which came right out.

Putting it back together was the only difficulty. That back bolt. With the wiper/cowl off, it would be easy, but I managed without that. All I did was remove those two front bolts on the inverter. I loosened the bolt bolt on the back inverter bracket, but didn't take it out. Still, that gave me enough wiggle to push it right and lift it up. I was able to get a good couple of inches of shop towel under the front left bracket to hold there.

Then, I took out the two bolts on that plastic frame that are easy to see on top, and used a ratchet strap to pull it out of the way to the left. The gap still wasn't enough for my fat fingers. I could touch the stud for that last nut, but I couldn't bend my fingers to maneuver the nut. So, I wrapped the nut in a long piece of duct table that I could use with my other hand to dangle the nut and spin it. Got it started, and then did the same thing with a short wrench. actually using the duct tape to pull the wrench.

Anyway, it's replaced, no leaks. AC works great. Body work done. All looks great. Two last tasks - replace the driver's seat belt and reset the Airbag warning lamp - and this car is finished. It's pretty, when you clean it. Dark blue and black don't look good dirty.

 

I saw 2001 #254, IIRC, wrecked recently.

 

Hmm, not sure what you're calling the three black cans. probably not because that's not a good description, I just have bad memory. But the only interlock switch is on the back of the HV battery. You would pull it and disconnect the 12v battery before messing with the inverter. But I've not done a lot under the inverter. That's as far as I've gotten going that way.

 

Do you need service manual info? I can PDF the 3140 diagnostics.

 

Adapt and overcome, lol. But, again, just taking the cowl off makes that all pretty easy. Makes the back bolt on the inverter easy, then you can lift it high enough to get. Was the duct tape easier overall than removing the cowl? I think so, but maybe not for a newbie DIYer. Of course, some one else might have had a better wrench combo. I couldn't find my swivel ratchet wrench. All my tools are spread out on different cars, real PITA. I'm not an organized type.