Vent Control Binding - Solved

Wow. Just wow

Yes I'm going to start some posts with that from now on. Old prude stuff, ya kno

Anyway. This thread needs to be a sticky. Or a attached to another sticky to be sure it's stuck

Side note:
@Professional Hand Model
What's up with that brake fluid dude?



Had to be done

 

I regret ever putting that pic up. Actually, I regret mentioning the fluid color.

 

Many of us know how much hard work you put into your truck so of course we have to take advantage of an opportunity to
you don't give us to many

 

Follow-up on this in case it helps with anyone else. I solved my own problem by replacing with an uncracked knob and quickly noticed the cracked knob I pictured was the problem.

The hop between foot-only and foot+head mode definitely takes slightly more effort on my truck, and it seems the cracked knob exacerbated things, making it feel tougher to skip between the two modes going towards the short side of the crack.

Not sure if it's normal to notice a difference when hopping between any of the modes, or if every mode should take the same effort (anyone answer that?) but ... At least OEM replacement knobs made things light years better.

 

Can somebody post up a closer pic of the part I've circled in blue where the cable connects? My cable is loose and I can't figure out how to reconnect it.

Also, I'm thinking of just replacing the whole thing, but can't find the part numbers online. Does anyone happen to have the part numbers?

 

Ha ha, thanks but didn't help

 

Does anyone know the part numbers of the white control cams? According to video they sell as a kit .

 

The parts pictured below are different than the ones in my 2006. I’m going through this right now and the knob skipped out of position probably because, the big flap that changes between foot only and foot and face is heavy and stiff, if you disassemble the complicated levers and only operate that flap you can feel it but it is burried in the dash. Toyota told the last owner he needed to replace the whole heater box because the door was worn. I say that’s bullshit since this truck has less than 100k and my ‘02 has 200k and no issues. I’m tempted to take the parts from the ‘02 and put them in the ‘06 if they are stiffer and better performing.

 

Someone in here (I thought it's linked in this thread) posted a picture of how a trapdoor in the dash near the evap coil box will physically break, causing all-hot, all-cold, or all-lukewarm air.