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  1. thanks guys yea i managed to find those two sites :-) proud owner of a 2007 camry se now. only downside is i don't have a lexus anymore and i love this forum you guys have been very helpful. I appreciate all the help and maybe i'll be back someday. or stop in every now and then and try to help someone with my car. thanks guys for all the help.

  2. well LL me and my friend forgot to take a bunch of pictures but the railing and manifold were out of the way had plenty of space to access both knock sensors, the only thing we didn't do was remove the hose that was going across the manifold in between both knock sensors if we did it probably would have helped. but the knock sensors are at an awkward angle that you should easily be able to use pliers on but we couldn't get that to work so had to go buy a big wrench or something if i recall correctly. but i'm sure if we had removed everything it would've been slightly easier but in turn take us longer.

  3. i saw this link http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=58055

    if i follow that under abs my two codes are.

    31 - Front right wheel speed sensor signal malfunction

    36 - Open circuit in front right or rear left speed sensor circuit

    also i'm seeing these tutorials on resetting the airbag light on LS400's do you know if this could work for me since i should have the TC and AB under the diagnostics port. but i don't know. don't want to risk it.

    http://www.lextreme.com/airbaglight.html

    http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/lighting/airbaglight.html

  4. LL do you actually have a lexus hanes manual? the one i have is a toyota camry hanes manual for models 92-96 i believe. and since those models for those years use the same engine as the 95 ES300 and so do the Toyota Avalons. so i go off of that manual everything i've looked into that manual for has matched up with my car. and you said you can't seem to take the rail off without bending? i'm not so savvy in the mechanic terms but me and my friend didn't have much problems taking apart the manifold the rail and it's injectors i believe we left alone and shifted it to the side. unless our engines are different or i'm thinking about something else. you should be able to just move it out of the way.

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    I didn't take the best pictures sorry but basically when we got to a certain point not everything needed to be taken apart just needed to be shifted out of the way.

    man i really don't feel like doing the wiring harness :-/ i should've done it at the time but i'm learning as i go along.

  5. What is a reasonable price for a remanufactured 94 ECU for a Lexus 300ES? I see prices ranging from $199 - $345. My Lexus dealership is charging me $910; Why?

    Ouch that's a lot. well dealer prices are usually more expensive given the fact that a Lexus is a luxury car and on top of that you have an older model which is either harder to make now or harder to find. ECU? the Engine Control Unit or Control Module? or does it have to do with your abs or something? On ebay i bought my ECU-ECM for 90 bucks for my 95 es300. it's not new but should be working fine. best bet would be ebay just find out the part number for your ECU and look it up online.

  6. I do have a Hanes manual sometimes i forget i have it even though i use it all the time. yea i've teared Down my manifold LL with a friend to replace the knock sensor with a new one. but i didn't replace the wiring harness. took us 5 hours to take it out and put it back together. the angle the knock sensor was in was a pain to remove had to go buy an extra tool for it. But yea still got the code, might be my wiring harness but i'm too lazy to tear it down again and do that part :-/ but if i must i guess i'll try. so i have 4 O2 sensors? and the code i got for the one thats right in front of the engine and i've replaced that. so i don't know. seems like these error codes aren't going away no matter what I and LL have done :-/ but i'll try reading the abs code today. thanks BoAr your help is really appreciated and thanks for the info also LL.

  7. well my car does have an OBDII port. supposedly ES300's later 95 models had those implemented. I've used my friends scanner on it and reset the codes also. I only get two error codes now initially i got 4 one was O2 sensor 0135 Knock sensor 0325 i believe, and the speed sensors in the tranny. but once i reset it only those 2 codes come back the knock and o2. I have already replaced the knock sensor, and the O2 sensor. cleared the codes and they come back within 24 hours. So that's why i'm trying the ECU since i've replaced both sensors already and used the OBDII scanner to check the codes. I don't get any codes for the ABS nor the airbag light. I guess I would need something else for that or a better OBDII scanner. that would reall help though. i'll look into buying another. at least with the ECU i can return it if the codes come back :-/

  8. Hey, yea i'm hoping the slim chance is correct because then if it's not that's more work into resolving the knock sensor and O2 sensor check engine light. what would i need to read off the abs/airbag light error code? obd2 doesn't work for it unless i need one of those fancy onces you hook up to the computer? My ECU came in today but was raining so i'll do it Saturday. This car only has two. i tried looking for more before. :-/

  9. there are a bunch of things that can set off the airbag light actually. removing the cluster guage back wires (when redoing the needles or whatever), the seat sensor wires, the seatbelt explosive patch sensor wiring (when replacing the belts completely) - all set off the light if someone did not disconnect the battery first.

    thats just off the top of my head for example pretty sure there are more things that would set it off too. from what i hear, you cannot clear it yourself, dealer has to to the tune of 1.5k+ or something.

    as for the other light hmm, you are talking about the light with the (!) right? might be the parking brake, wheel sensors, or check your brake fluid levels. it sets off the light if its a hair below the proper level.

    o2 sensor is a busted/dirty/dead ... o2 sensor lol. 3 of them on the car if i recall correctly for the 95, and the one near the cat is usually the problem. the hot pipe fries it / soots it up . that was the issue with mine when i had that year of car.

    I doubt changing the ecu would even do anything tbh. if there is a bad sensor, then it will send the code to the "new" ecu regardless of how many you put in there.

    thanks for responding. my car doesn't have a (!) light. just a light that says ABS. I'll look at the sensors around the wires and see if they need to be cleaned or something i do need new struts maybe that could be causing it also? for the airbag yea that seems to be a lot of things that can set it off :-/ i saw a tutorial for resetting it for an sc400 and they claimed the es300 could be done too but the placement for those connectors were on the other side of the car near the ECU area. Um i feel like i've tried all my other options for the O2 sensor because I had cleaned it first, then i had replaced it it was a splice job with a bosch one but followed it to the t... one mechanic told me i probably need one directly from toyota but i don't know. I also had replaced the knock sensor and the error code still appears. I was hoping changing the ECU would resolve the issue because one mechanic told me they can go bad and of course they're supposed to monitor the engine and replacing it would probably get rid of both those codes. I think the car only has two O2 sensors i've checked in the haynes manual and other places and only seems to be 2 before the cat and after.

    Guess one of these days i'll have to take it to a lexus dealership and see if they can get rid of these problems for me. hopefully not too expensive :-/

  10. your best bet would be a lexus dealership. they would be the best place to try to resolve that issue for you. in terms of the abs light. i have it on my car also. but my wire didn't tear. seems to be how it is for abs light and airbag light usually when those come on and stay on best way to remove them is to go to the lexus dealers. but i don't know if there's anything else you could try. but hopefully someone else here could help you.

  11. How hard is it to get the steering wheel off?

    it's really not that hard. i had to do it to get to the window wiper switch. you basically need like a t30 torx bit, a long philips head screw driver, a small flat heat for popping off some of the sides and a steering wheel puller to pop the well off. i think that's all basically. if you get the haynes manual it tells you how to do it. you should remove the negative terminal from the battery don't want the airbag possibly deploying.

  12. i've been taking it easy on the tranny not driving as fast like i drive fast but i let it warm up i check the fluid levels seems to be riding smoother now for at least a week which is good. i don't know if overall the tranny is bad or failing. hard for these mechanics to tell me. Anyway my mechanic recommended changing the ECU i might have a bad one and that should hopefully get rid of my knock sensor and O2 sensor light issues. Since i had replaced those earlier this year. would this be true?

  13. its probably what samatsaab had said. have you tried turning it on and repeatedly giving it gas for a little bit? if it stays on after doing that then it's most likely your idle air control valve needs to be cleaned and maybe even your MAF there's a youtube tutorial on how to clean your idle air control valve or iacv for toyota should look similar to your car under the hood. just follow it and try it and see if it helps.

  14. All right so just got back from messing with this thing again. I couldn't try to reverse the speaker wires because the wires are soldered onto the speakers and i have no portable soldering iron. I looked under the hood though i disconnected the battery and every ground point i found i sprayed it with maf sensor spray i loosened them and tightened them and cleaned them. Put it all back still got the loud humming sound. but one thing i do notice now is that when i shut off the car there isn't anymore excess power. before i could turn the car off and still had ample power left to roll up the windows or roll them down. but now once the car is off no power not even for a second. so i guess i tightened up something that was loose. you guys said i should replace the battery cables/terminals also correct? especially since it's an old car and i put in a new radio. well i could do that tomorrow i took a look and it's fairly easy to access and replace. Aside from that if this doesn't work then i guess i'll have to get those ground loop isolators.

    I don't mean to but in, but very quickly, unfourtunately, something went wrong after you finished snuging up your connections. The system is designed to retain power to the accesories such as windows, radio, etc, for several seconds after the ingnition key is removed so you can have the accessories available as you get ready to leave the car. If you no longer have this retained/timed out power, then something is, well, not good?

    Paul

    really? hmm guess i'll look into it. because when it comes to other cars i notice that once they're off you can't use anything. guess i'll look into it. thanks.

  15. All right so just got back from messing with this thing again. I couldn't try to reverse the speaker wires because the wires are soldered onto the speakers and i have no portable soldering iron. I looked under the hood though i disconnected the battery and every ground point i found i sprayed it with maf sensor spray i loosened them and tightened them and cleaned them. Put it all back still got the loud humming sound. but one thing i do notice now is that when i shut off the car there isn't anymore excess power. before i could turn the car off and still had ample power left to roll up the windows or roll them down. but now once the car is off no power not even for a second. so i guess i tightened up something that was loose. you guys said i should replace the battery cables/terminals also correct? especially since it's an old car and i put in a new radio. well i could do that tomorrow i took a look and it's fairly easy to access and replace. Aside from that if this doesn't work then i guess i'll have to get those ground loop isolators.

  16. Blah driving today car was being a bit unresponsive rpms would jump but the speed wouldn't increase kept happening. I tried manually shifting gears from L, 2, D then it was working properly again. I'll take it to a shop tonight to have them look at it and the check engine light. can't take much more of this, Anything else you guys can recommend? what other things can i look into to make sure it idles lower when i first start the car. i've already cleaned the iacv sensor but that was 2 or so months back but yea.

    Your description of high rpms but speed not increasing sounds like a bad torque converter. Is that problem worse when you go up a hill? Overall sounds like you're gonna need some major work on the tranny. There are some tranny additives that can possibly postpone the inevitable.

    How much does a tranny transplant go for lately? I read somewhere that taking it out is not that difficult....

    Lexis

    well where i live there aren't much hills. so i haven't tried it on a hill. I hope i don't need major work on the tranny i forget how much it cost me last time to do this maybe6-900 but that's because the mechanic i go to is usually cheaper with the prices other places were telling me 1200 and up. just for the part. while the 6-900 was part and labor. I added in some tranny fluid because i feel like there might be a leak still just a very slow one i check the level and it looked fine added some anyway. and drove around last night and this morning. much smoother than the past few days. so maybe that could be the issue. i won't go for another tranny transplant i've done too much to this car in a short amount of time.

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