Paul_J

Compressor holds 4 oz of oil

19-22.9 oz of refrigerant.

You must remove the condenser to replace the desicant!

First picture is the new filter and plug compared to old one

Next picture is the Receiver Drier on the side of the condenser

Next is the old desicant bag

and then the new desicant bag fresh from the sealed plastic bag and my dirty hand!

Here's the catch. You can't simply replace the receiver/drier like most cars as it it built onto the side of the condenser. You would have to replace the entire thing. Yes I am doing everything my self. I'll post pictures when I can get my photobucket account working again. I took a few of the old and new stuff. The kit comes with a new desacant bag and the filter and plug. I've got it all back together and my low and high side pressures are good!

I would agree that home and commercial dryer are not serviceable.

It seams some automotive filter/Dryers are.

http://www.techchoiceparts.com/ShowItem/10...er%20Drier.aspx

The compressor went out gradually and eventually locked up. I was able to purchase the rebuild kit for the receiver dryer from a supplier so I guess I will find out if I can rebuild or not. My question still is what is the capacity of the system, oil and refrigerant?

I'm replacing the compressor, expansion valve and rebuilding the receiver/drier on my 98 GS300. I'm looking for information on pulling the drier and expansion valve as well as how much compressor oil and refrigerant the system requires. Tried a search but no help there.

Thanks

Are there any aftermarket brands for stock replacement that are recommended?

You can drive it for ever if you want. Your anti-locks will be disabled until you fix the sensor. When you get around to fixing it, just drive the car a few hundred yards and the abs light will go out. Good luck!

Excellent post! Thanks

If you broke the ball joint then it pulled the wire out of the sensor. Mine did it yesterday. The sensor comes out of the hub with a single 10mm bolt (wrench size) and then there are two more bolts that hold the wire to the strut and one to the fender well. follow the wire up into the plastic shroud. You will need to unbolt the shroud and then you can get to the connector under the front bumper cover. The part name should be something like ABS wheel sensor. You can see the sensor wire pulled tight in this picture. The wires inside the jacket are broke and the jacket is stretched. I was able to solder the wire back and used some shrink wrap but I don't think it will last too long. The part is most likely a Lexus only part so go to a dealer. Did a quick search on-line and didn't find one. Maybe someone else has a source?

My Wife's car broke the lower right side yesterday morning. The worst part was getting the part. None of the parts houses stock them so it was off to Lexus to pay $107 for a part that you can get online for $76. I guess someone has to pay for the granite counter tops at their parts department. Other than that, I fixed the car right there in the street in less than 20 min. Thank God it broke two houses down from ours. I was also able to repair the anti-lock sensor. That one was close as the wire broke far enough out of the sensor to repair it. I can't complain as my other car is a Volvo. This Lexus is twice the car and it has 170,000 on the clock. Do any of you know if any of the Toyota models interchange front end parts with the GS300?