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Sorry to resurrect an old thread.
I have a 1998 LC. I changed my little gasket on the condenser cover today. I got everything put back together and now I'm looking at a free connection that i dont remember. It seemed to be tucked behind the dash but now I'm not sure. Any ideas?
I have a 1998 LC. I changed my little gasket on the condenser cover today. I got everything put back together and now I'm looking at a free connection that i dont remember. It seemed to be tucked behind the dash but now I'm not sure. Any ideas?
It goes underneath right by the red dot
Just ordered the part!
Done. And that officially sucked.
Hot as 2 hells out there today. Interesting tid bit, my 05 had a spot for the air filter. Having read the much longer air filter mod thread, I wasn't sure what to expect.
Welp, here's the twist. I had the air filter slot but there was no filter in there. Jinkies Scooby Doo, where are you?
So I replaced the gasket. Put an air filter in the slot (after cleaning out a crap load of leaves and debris) and buttoned it all back up. Did I mention that it is hotter than 4 hells out there? Well it is!
And that concludes my essay on What I did on Labor Day while I was "off work" .
Hot as 2 hells out there today. Interesting tid bit, my 05 had a spot for the air filter. Having read the much longer air filter mod thread, I wasn't sure what to expect.
Welp, here's the twist. I had the air filter slot but there was no filter in there. Jinkies Scooby Doo, where are you?
So I replaced the gasket. Put an air filter in the slot (after cleaning out a crap load of leaves and debris) and buttoned it all back up. Did I mention that it is hotter than 4 hells out there? Well it is!
And that concludes my essay on What I did on Labor Day while I was "off work" .
Day 3 after action report
As has been mentioned in other threads, the smell has immediately improved inside the car. That’s a huge bonus and is very noticeable. Previously there was a smell that I would call old air conditioner water. It’s completely gone in a short amount of time.
The drip has not reoccurred. All is right with the world.
As has been mentioned in other threads, the smell has immediately improved inside the car. That’s a huge bonus and is very noticeable. Previously there was a smell that I would call old air conditioner water. It’s completely gone in a short amount of time.
The drip has not reoccurred. All is right with the world.
I'll give a thread bump as appreciation for the part numbers and reassurance the cover does come out with some finesse. Mine started leaking a week ago and I found this post. Thanks RootMeanSqr!
I am having a hard time visualizing this. Where does the actual gasket go?
I had to go to an exploded view but now I understand what/where it is.
Just to make sure I have this right:
1.) I am disconnecting the antenna relay,yes?
2.) I am removing all 7, possibly 8, screws from that Whole panel, which includes the cabin filter access on the right?
3.) I am then attempting to fish that panel out ( I am assuming UPwards as 7/8’s of it is above the cross bar?)
Thanks all. My drain seems to be working fine so hoping it is just the gasket. Thanks for all these great tips.
Yes, your steps are correct, in general. I think there are different approaches to #3. I actually removed my cover out the bottom, but to do so, I had to remove a screw for a brace (under the top edge of carpet on the transmission hump just to the left of your picture). I may have removed the screw at the top as well, but this allowed the whole dash areas to have enough flex to slide in the cover (still very tight). In my case, though, I was swapping the cover to add the filter access door. You do not necessarily have to completely remove the cover to access the gasket. If you could just slide the cover up a few inches, you may be able to access/replace the gasket without completely pulling the cover out from behind the crossbar. Keep in mind that this is only a suggestion as I have not done this, but it seems reasonable. If you look at the link in my previous post of this thread, you will see the pictures of the gasket.
Here are pictures of the screw for the bracket and me removing my old cover without the access panel.
Ah, got it. That’s really helpful. I think with the right attitude and some appropriate expletives I could get that thing out of there. Appreciate it!
Updates: confirmed 8 screws on panel. A long thin Phillips head with a more blunt Phillips head for the win. Sliding it down and out was the only option in hind sight, but it did take some effort to pull out that dash bar at the bottom. Used a panel tool to leverage back the metal bracket- much finagling later
As suspected before, the gasket succumbed to old age and Alabama heat- not much of it left for pictures. Upside was that I crafted this nifty long crevice tool to get way back in the evaporator coil. I happened to have two of these from my Hoover vacuum and with the use of geometry, a hacksaw and some good duct tape, I now have a very clean coil cabin. The duct tape allows it to work on angles, too.
Thanks as usual for the help y’all!
Buy from dealer for $10 or less. Toyota part number is called out in this thread and others, but I believe it's 88578-47040.
Bought the gasket months ago and finally did this today.
(Note to self - do not wait until 95+ days to work on LC.)
Not too hard to do if you pull out the strip that holds the glove compartment, a little bit.
Thanks for all the comments/photos.
(Note to self - do not wait until 95+ days to work on LC.)
Not too hard to do if you pull out the strip that holds the glove compartment, a little bit.
Thanks for all the comments/photos.
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This part (Toyota P/N 88578-47040) has been discontinued.
Does anyone know of an alternative aftermarket part?
Does anyone know of an alternative aftermarket part?
