With reference to an earlier posting under topic "Repair Manual," dated Sept 14, here's the info on a good source for factory shop repair manuals:
books4cars.com (That's their business logo as well as web site)
4850 37th Ave. So.
Seattle, WA. 98118
Phone: (toll free) 1-888-380-9277, (Seattle area) (206)721-3077
Prices are:
Volume 1 (Mechanical): $89.95
Volume 2 (Chassis): $89.95
Electrical Repair Supplement: $39.95
Supplement for Manual Transmission: $37.95
Shipping is extra. Washington State residents get gigged for sales tax.
They do not have a publication for Lexus that lists parts numbers at this time.
These guys are top drawer. They ship fast and will let you know at the time you order if they have all books. They deal strickly in automotive publications and have an inventory of about four thousand books. I spoke with one of them before I left for work today (Dec. 3) and he said that they had a pretty good supply of Lexus material. Give them a call and good luck.

Thanks for the input 1ponkte. I'll pinn it to the forum for anyone who might be interest.

I hope I'm not in the wrong posting this here, but www.alldatadiy.com offers great alternatives to purchasing shop manuals. For 14.95 a month per vehicle, you pretty much get that for a year online. They offer book times, part numbers, and diagrams. I've been using them for about 5 years, and watched their library grow considerably. Sometimes they don't have all the info you would want, on the more obscure vehicles, or parts, but if you're going to be performing work that they might not have, chances are you don't need a manual.

QUOTE (Sadistic @ Dec 5 2003, 02:30 PM)

I hope I'm not in the wrong posting this here, but www.alldatadiy.com offers great alternatives to purchasing shop manuals. For 14.95 a month per vehicle, you pretty much get that for a year online. They offer book times, part numbers, and diagrams. I've been using them for about 5 years, and watched their library grow considerably. Sometimes they don't have all the info you would want, on the more obscure vehicles, or parts, but if you're going to be performing work that they might not have, chances are you don't need a manual.

No, that's cool. Any info that helps our readers with what they want is good.

Are you sure about 4books.com prices? I just paid $130.00 bucks for volume 1 (engine) from them two weeks ago! I'll have to forward them your note.
PBL

I'm sure 1Ponkte will be able to help you out if you're interested in getting another book. If not, let me know. I can get you the books, too.

Thanks, I will let you know. I did forward 4books.com the above information in reference to my order and I am waiting to hear back from them.

Sorry, I've been sick with flu. I probably should have mentioned that the manuals I purchased were for a 1992 SC300. They probably vary with regard to year. For example, I also purchased a manual for a 1993 Ford Taurus SHO. It was $94.00 for a used one.

That's cool. The used part is important, since used books are cheaper than new.

I ordered a manual on a cd from e-bay for a 1998 SC300/400. It was about 1500 pages. It cost about 15 bucks delivered. It is hard to find stuff as Lexus uses abreviated file names for the .pdf files. You almost have to scan through the whole disk. I spent a few hours joining a lot of the ,pdf files into one file. My other problem was it did not give much information as to the actual repair sequence. It gave good pictures but in most cases it just remove this or that but I tried it I could not find any way to remove it. Does anybody know if the shop printed manuals are in more details.

Yeah, that's why i didn't buy the CDs. I won't be able to help you with the program, but if it's a .pdf file, you should be able to print it from Adobe. Sorry I couldn't help.

I just picked up used copies of volumes 1 & 2 on ebay for $75. There is a regular seller of NOS sets for $120.

glenmore
1991 MBZ 300CE
1990 Lexus LS400

At www.alldatadiy.com do you only have access to the car that it ask you about when signing up? I went out to the site and stopped from signing up when it aske about the model of car.

I believe they sell the books. I haven't searched their Website lately, so I really don't know.

You should call them up and ask them if they have the books in stock, but I'd check out Ebay first.

on the alldatadiy.com it only allows you to use it for one car if you use others then you have to add them for a fee.

If you're interested to getting information for your car, then paying Alldatadiy.com is a good investment. You're not a shop, so looking up information on other vehicles isn't worth your time.

Seattle_usa Writes:
"i can get Alldata from public library for my 93 Lexus LS400 regarding
EGR Pipe but I could not find any instruction or steps for how to
replace EGR pipe. Is this"Alldata" same as alldatadiy.com ?"

Seattle_USA:
Please visit the Visitors and New Members Forum for information on how to use this forum.

The answer to your question is yes. It's actually a publication, but AlldataDIY.com is an active database.

This is the toyota site for technical info. All of this info is stored in PDF form. I used to work at Alldata, and this is where they get it. $10 for 1 days access, $50 for a month. I dl'ed my whole manual set in 1 hour. They also have other docs available, like sales pre-info. All Toyota products BTW, Check it out...


https://techinfo.toyota.com/

does it include service manual? how to replace oil or fuel filters for example?
how to reset ECU after changing oil? etc.

thanks.

Why would you need to reset the ECU when you change the oil and oil filter?

Richie the internet parts manager(parts@belllexus.com) e-mailed me this.
The price for the service manual for a 1993 SC300 is $104.99 plus shipping.That is for the two volumes,which covers the SC top to bottom.
He also quoted me a price of 22.98 each for lower control arm bushings,front and rears,from a 97SC that work in 92-96SC's

That's pretty cheap.

Interesting, you mentioned the parts manager had to lower control arm bushings kit for $23; could you verify what the contents in the kit?

I asked the internet parts manager how much for a lower control arm bushing (rear-#4865524050) Bell lexus quoted me $22.98,Sewell lexus said $39.23 for the same part no. but mind you thats one bushing no kit

Wow, huge thanks to kmyose, got the whole fsm in a few hours for 10 bucks, this site is awsome.

https://techinfo.toyota.com/

Will 97 Shop manuals work for my 95? Will any differences be documented?

Hi I am a Noob but just wanted to let everyone know I have an overall Wireing diagram for a 1995 SC400 in a PDF file that I could E-Mail anyone that needs it.
Scottd_carter@hotmail.com

From the Lexus dealer in Concord, CA - the three volume set is $98 for each volume.

Picked all three volumes up today - 8/25/06. $315.00 OTD. They are each about 3" thick. Not particularly helpful so far. I wanted use them for insturctions on changing/checking the parking lamps. Didn't cover it well at all. Still had to pretty much figure it out myself.

Unless you have really small hands it's same procedure as changing a headlight. The payoff isn't that great. That little lamp doesn't add much illumination to anything. I will do the other side and hopefully the rear light warning dash light will go out.

just picked up vol 1 and 2 for my 93 SC400 for $80 brand new. They arent too high demand on ebay so if you do spot it, you should bid on it knowing it shouldn't go too high

That's a better price than what I paid for mine.

Anyone know a quicker way of downloading the PDFs from the techinfo toyota site? The way I'm doing it is opening each PDF and saving each one, one at a time... taking forever!

Already done. Sweet shxx!--edited

Thanks for the info on the toyota tech website. While it took a while to download all the pdf's, the money I saved is well worth the effort.

Jim

Someone feel free to call me crazy but this books4cars.com site shows manuals for 1990 LS400's and 1990 SC400's which weren't even produced for 2 more years. 1992 is the first year of either of these models, right?

I'll have to check this out.

I purchased mine at www.werkplaatshandboeken.tk , their site is in dutch language , they will reply in english.

Repair manuals;
-IS300 1999-2005
-GS300 1991-1997
-LS400 1998-2000
-RX300 2000-2003.

Price is about 20 dollars.
I hope it will help you.

Specialized in LEXUS repair manuals!