"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/06/2020 at 20:37 • Filed to: Vibe 2020
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"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/06/2020 at 20:37 • Filed to: Vibe 2020 | 6
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That was rhetorical. B ecause no, there is not .
The AC air door blend door actuator failed. Basically, if you want to use the defrost vents, the door that allows the air up won’t work and makes a ticking sound that is so loud, it’s double the anxiety caused by the Beating Of the Hideous Heart™:
This piece of —
[Inhales]
[Exhales]
... this... PART... is so far up the the dash, it took me two hours to get it out . A 1/4" drive socket won’t fit without taking lots of stuff apart. A 3/8" with an adapter won’t work at all. The horizontal metal railing you see on the left will be slicing the back of your hand while you remove the screws. If you got big hands, forget it: y ou’re not getting up there. Now, you COULD remove the metal rail — if I had a 1/4" drive wrench that was extremely short. B ut I don’t and the adapter pushes the 3/8" drive up into the vent plastic hosing .
I needed a 5.5mm or 7/32" wrench so small, that you can almost get one quarter of one quarter of one quarter turn at a time. Once broken, I used my 7/32" socket to squeeze and turn by hand.
I was determined to do this without removing the dash, and I succeeded.
Well, this post reads a little angrier that I had intended, but I reserve the right to be understandably frustrated.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 20:49 |
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The other day I used a socket with two universal joint connected to it so it could reach a bolt. Yeah that was not fun. At least I had something that worked. It was a heater hose clamp too so it had to be very tight.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:00 |
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easier fix is to remove the hammer from the midget in the dash
Jb boin
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:01 |
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Had the exact same experience with the driver side temperature blender motor on my A4, supposed to be done by removing the dash and take 4 or 6 hours at the dealership, i obviously didn’t do it this way...
Located between the brake pedal bracket (which is soldered to the chassis and not flexing at all) and the center console part of the chassis (so nothing that can be (re)moved to help accessing the last screw), it took something like 2 hours to remove the last of the 3 bolts (having to use a screwdriver to guide the wrenches and in the end being only able to move like 1/10 of turn at a time while dropping a tool almost every time), on my back with half of my body outside the car and trouble having my headlamp pointing at the right direction.
Its now only mounted with 2 screws and i hope i never have to do it again, at least if its the passenger side its a 10 minutes job.
ps: just remembered that after all the hassle... the part i bought to replace it was not the right as it was from a RHD car... fortunately i swapped the motor from the “new” (used) part and it worked but it was an unwanted additional stress.
The Snowman
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:09 |
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This is such a GM issue lol. At least they know the part is trash and make it reasonably accessable.
atfsgeoff
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:14 |
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Look at it this way: Corollas are considered to be super reliable and indestructible, so yours being broken therefore makes it special.
arl
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:23 |
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Not the hideous heart!
Lol - good for you for getting it fixed. I’m sure I would have taken to the mechanic.
shop-teacher
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/06/2020 at 21:38 |
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Nice job!
CRider
> The Snowman
06/06/2020 at 21:50 |
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I wouldn’t give GM credit for easy access just because the dash will come off with one or two good yanks .
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The Snowman
> CRider
06/06/2020 at 23:43 |
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But it's shit by design....
Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/07/2020 at 18:33 |
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S o toyota is using 5.5 now too? noted.