ArmyofOne

replace the engine, replace the rear main seal and insect the TQ converter, replace if nessecary and call it good!

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i'll see what can be done...i dont want to abuse this... ← it looks like i will most likely be able to help out with expensive parts...so anybody who is in need, PM me and i will see what i can do. preferably only on parts over $250 and/or hard to find. this guy is good!

its speed sensitive steering, its probably normal.

mine comes on every once in a while when i hit a bump, there si an electrical connection down there that seems to be loose inside the console. one day, when im annoyed and it bothers me enough, ill rip it out and change/fix it... just tap the ebrake handle and it should go away. oh wait...you have an '02, so you have a foot brake, never mind. B)

Don't you hate it when it is something so stupid like that and you couldn't figure it out? :D I'm glad to hear that everything is all good! :) ← actually, i forgot to mention that i didn't do anything to my pc when that little security center of Windows told me about my firewall! Well the good part, i fixed my stupid problem w/o even doing anything?!?!?! (i don't know what was going) actually at one point, that security center told me about my firewall being off, but when i checked it after a few days, said that it was on so i'm ok with that!! Hey, as long as my pc lives for 2 years, i'm happy!!! ← is there a link to this spyware remover? i need it...bad...

i have seen the car in person, it is pretty dark...

he means remove the panel on the inside and recoonect the rod that disengages the mechanisim.

i know the feeling steveiej. i cant count on both hands how many times i woke up to over 20" in one night when i lived in alaska. breaking out the snowblower at 5 am and firing it up so you can go to work will always get you on your neighbors good side!

Steve, that avatar scared the crap out of me for a second! check your powersteering belt. i would bet thats the culprit. how could it be the starter? isnt that ont he opposite side fo the engine? i'm just asking, i have a Gen I, dont now too much about the upper gen ES's.

ope, it opnly recedes into the roof, no tilt on mine.

www.discounttoyotaparts it works the same way as newlexusparts.com

thats a good point Steve. although my lex has no tint (at all, too early...build date, 11/14/1989...Job# 472), i would say probably 3/4 of higher end cars come tinted now. even the 200+ ford taurus coems with a 90% tint.

yeah, she was a gem. i dont think ill ever get rid of her. ill just add to the collection. when i get another car, she gets engien and tranny rebuild. (i keep tossing up between whether or not i want to get a trailer and a jeep or an IS300) if i get the trailer and the jeep, i can put the lex on the trailer to get it to places it needs to go when broken...i just dont know... thank you very much for the compliments guys. so far she has $2500 sunk into her, and i pait virtually nothing for the car (you will recall i got refunded most of my $$ when my lawyer found out about the steering being a saftey concern). $1800 to be exact. so i paid $200 for this car. so she has $2700 wrapped up in her after the steering rack replacement.

i agree, all issues of luxury items are easily fixed. the seats, as i said can be swapped in. it has wood trim, all lexi do. the cd changer it already has, about the only option you wont have is the moonroof, which i already adressed. the heated seats are even easy if you swap a set of heated leather seats in, the slots are already there for the switches, as is the wiring im sure, all you have to do is find the switches and connect them!

I would use the wiring harness from your lexus. Transfer the oil pan over and you set to go. JPI ← Would be the perfect plan if this had been done by the folks who swapped the motor (b4 my time). ← www.discounttoyotaparts.com OIL PAN, ES300, Lower - 3.0L 1994 $114.10 can probably be had at a junkyard for cheaper... hope this helps.

the rotors ordered for me came out to $197. at that price they better be good, so far i have no complaints, but when i get aftermarket wheels, these wont do, gotta go cross drilled with KVR performance pads... oh, FYI, they will be noisy for the first 100 miles or so, and for the first 500 miles, these rotors should be exposed to as few sudden stops as possible, they glaze easily when new. did you isntall them yourself, or did the shop do it for you? if you did it, did you spray them with brake parts cleaner and scrub them with steel wool or a brillo pad before install?

thansk man, you will have to come drive it again once i get the suspension fixed. i would come to you, but with almost 145K on the original timing belt and spark plugs i would rather not push my luck any more than i have to! LOL. you say you are only 4 hours away from the metroplex, i may make the drive out there after i get my plugs done, i just am afraid that the timing belt may snap. i hope not. i could just see the following conversation: Me: "Hello, Triple A? i need a tow." them: "where are you sir?" Me: "The Middle of nowhere between Shreveport and Ruston Lousiana...i think im at the 8th bayou past the TX border..."

Yes on the dash the brake light is still on. I have added brake fluid but don't see any change. Before it wasn't there. I recently reset the ECU but don't see any change. ← make sure the pedal is released all the way. (if you have the foot e-brake) also, look down there, there may be a wire loose. if yours has the handbrake, there is an issue i have with electrical connection for the light, every so often, the light pops on when driving and i tap the handle and it goes away. liek if you hit a bump right, it will pop on. its an electrical issue in my case. in your case, it could be something as simple as this or it could be something as complicated as air in the lines.

i would go for it! rare find, and the neat thing is, those cloth seats can be swapped out with leather oens from the same model, and you can sell the cloth ones on ebay, beleive me, especailly here in the south, there are plenty of people who hate leather with a passion!!! as for the sunroof option, the wiring is there, so you can have an aftermarket one installed if you really want one. i personally prefer cars that have them, but i wish mine had a tilt and tilt and slide option rather than receding back into the roof. but i can live with it.

Wagner is an ok brand, i have them on the front and they are quiet as the dead...only thing is, i didnt shop around and i had a local garage do them for me cause i was in a hurry. it cost me $339.52 for 2 rotors and pads+install.. change them yourself, if you dont have time make time LOL. BTW, the rotors were $100 a piece. for that price, i called brembo and will son be getting the hookup!

thanks for clearing that up guys, i walways wondered. carry on. sorry to get off topic. :)

My contour went 270,000 miles on the original transaxle fluid. never a problem. some people dont believe in changing transmeission fluid ever (my grandfather has a 1993 buick Lesabre thats never had a tranny fluid change and the tranny is ending its life at 100K, he wonders why) my dad didnt think the fluid in the manual tranny ever had to be changed...when i changed the clutch at 270K, the fluid was still bright red. and i drove that car like a bat out of hell too. now, a lexus is not a contour, but you would hope that a lexus could do it beter than a ford. but i believe you should change it every 20K or so. i would follow the same interval as the auto trans, at the very most. but some have waited and had it done at the timing belt changes. and BTW: DONT RUB IT IN PLZ my car is a money pit, but i must love it, or i wouldnt still have it. i hate people who neglect their cars with a passion

There may have been small amount of water in tank (< 1/4 cup). ← thats what did it. you are going to have to run the gas all the way out. and then hope you didnt permanetly destroy any engine compnents. water inside your engine is a bad thing, and even 1/4 cup of water can do it. you cant mix gasoline and water. thast like oil and water, they wont mix. i have seen a teaspoon of water dumped into a 20 gallon gas tank (experiment in auto class) and it messed with the ECU on the car. made the ECU think it was running lean so it adjusted the fuel mixture., only it never adjusted back. adding more fuel, the next tnak of gas ran too rich and smoked something fierce, also blew the O2 sensors. moisture in the fuel system is not a good thing.

Josh, get a grip.......so was I. ← i know ;) forgot the smiley...oops