04 Tacoma Blower Motor Relay

This post is primarily to introduce myself. However, I will quickly recount a recent (slightly ongoing) issue.
1. I noticed (months ago) that I lost one speed on my AC Blower.
2. I recently lost all speeds
3. I watched a couple of videos and "hit" my blower motor and gained back all four speeds.
4. I also think I have lost some power in the blower motor
5. I am planning to pull the blower motor, inspect, clean and re-install.
6. I also would like to know the location of the resistor relay on this truck.

 

Welcome.

The resistor block is easy to get at. its on the bottom of the blower housing. Look for where the wires connect. Pull the wires and then the 2 screws and the block comes out.

This also gives you access to the blower housing. Use a shop vac with a small hose to feed in the resistor block to vacuum out all the crap. There will be crap in there.

There are vids on You Tube that show this. All most all cars have this resistor block, the procedure is pretty universal.

You got this.

 

Removed BM, it looks fine, re-installed.
I still have to hit the motor sometimes to get it to take off.
Hitting the relay (or maybe it's a resistor) does not help.
I'm thinking I had better plan on a new motor if I am having to hit this one to get it going.

 

Posted before I saw the reply above. I'll go ahead and pull the resistor block. When I pulled the motor I found no FOB whatsoever. However, I would like to have more access to the blower housing, duct, possible condenser blockage etc.

 

Thanks Kirk.