The saga continues... After acting fine for the whole month of Oct (probably didnt run a ton) it decided to poop out again today. i noticed the house was chilly so i check and yep, the temp was lower than the setpoint on Thermostat.
Went to the basement and the inducer motor was warm and humming. Ripped it out and tried it again... nothing... After some googling looks like inducer motors are high failure items. the sticker on the furnace shows where someone replaced the inducer in '04. did some quick searchs and looks like the inducer blower unit sells for $300-$500.... nice. Guess i'll be calling around for one tomorrow.....
When you were younger and wondered how your dad could fix everything, I guess it comes from a lifetime of crap breaking and being too proud/cheap to pay someone to fix it
Looks like Im on the right track