Blake_batonrouge

If I am going to not give up on a '91 LS with over 300k on it, you definately should keep your car with only over 200k. I am about to have to change everything you are changing. I will say this also.....Look at the book value and what you owe. You are pretty much breaking even.

Why not go out and buy the DVD. Everyone else and every other car company makes you buy a new DVD.

OKay guys.....I ordered my transmission solenoids and got a bulb so i was able to pull my check engine codes. This is what I ended up with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ENGINE 28 - Main oxygen sensor signal (on right bank) 71 - EGR system malfunction TRANSMISSION 63 - Open or short circuit in no. 2 solenoid valve ABS 34 - Rear left wheel speed sensor signal malfunction

I want to try this myself, but I am afraid I will mess this up. Do the 1 and 2 solenoids look diffrent from each other? Also do they go in diffrently from each other? The pic from the diy makes them look the same.

I wish mine did that. It just goes from 1st to 4th and stays there.

Did you change the solenoids yourself or did you have a transmission shop do it?

Okay guys, I pulled the code for my tranny and got code 63 #2 solenoid. Should I still flush the tranny or just go ahead and replace the #1 and #2 solenoid first?

Okay guys....On lunch today I pulled the transmission code. It is 63!!! I am not sure how long the car has been driven with this code on the transmission. Did it cause any unrepairable damage?

I just bought a '91 ls400 2 months, excpet I paid 2500 for mine with 190k miles. I might be wrong but I think that tapping noise is the valves. They probably need to be adjusted. It was more like a ticking rather than a tapping. Exactly, it does sound more like a ticking noise. How hard are the valves to adjust? I am pretty good at it since I have a 72 Air-cooled beetle. Also I noticed something this morning. The car shifts fine as long as the "D" light is not lit up. It normally comes on at the same time the O/D light starts blinking. I got the fluid yesterday afternoon and I plan to start the drain/fill process today.

Okay, on my lunch break, I went out and checked my trunk *first time I have opened it since i got the car* are wires hanging on the right side of the trunk. Looks like an antenna connection and a giant phone jack connection. On the left is a few wires wrapped in black tape on the left hand side in a plastic bracket. Where are the wires I need to check?

So i should not worry about the filter? I am not sure of the maintence on the vehicle prior to my purchase. Also as far as the transmission issue, today I made it into work without it going into limp mode with the O/D light coming on. When I get home I am going to try and change out the fluid, should i do the entire case or can I do 2 quarts a day for the next 6 days?

Okay....After seeing jcrome04's link to the seafoaming....I realized that I did it wrong. I sucked the seafoam in through a hose right under the lexus symbol and the the word lexus. What did I ruin? Also another question.......My car will shift fine when cold but once the trans warms up, the car will shift to 4th gear and just stay there also setting off the O/D light to blinking. There is also generic fluid in the transmission. Should I be risking a flush and fill with 300k on the transmission? I am trying not to have to drop a new tranny in the car.

Your service record was about as bad as my '03 C 240. Out of warranty I spent over $7k and at 101k miles my transmission went out.

Hey guys, This is the first time I have ever posted on one of these things. I just picked up a 91 LS with 304,000 miles on it for $25. The engine is making a tapping noise, and also I am having some transmission issues (it doesn't always find the gear and the O/D light blinks). I have looked around and loved the site!!!! Any suggestions would be a great help.