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  1. thanks! I just called the dealer and they said i have to come in and pre-pay and order. in the mean time i'll will try to figure out how to take the motor off... i only know how to change oil, and could take the door panel off... but not sure if i can do this... thanks for the reply.
  2. I just had the same issue.. a snap and the window fell in. Opened up the door panel. Just like the 4th pic.. i need to change that assembly - I think! i felt the cable going up and down.. but the white plastic piece that attaches with the cable, and goes up and down when the cable goes up and down - broke. So is that the piece which is the "Regulator". Is it just the white plastic piece on the 4th pic which is holding the bar (inside that bar the cable is hiding). Can I replace just that plastic piece? Please shed a little more light... first of all is that plastic piece is the regulator? When i go to the dealer.. what do I ask for, if i need just that white plastic piece.. :) Thanks in advance.
  3. Hello, 91 Es250. 1 day left till the safety/emission test deadline and i am baffled with the light dilema. The back-up light, high mount brake light doesnt come on! Tail light and indicator lights are fine. I took the bulbs out, they arent bad - but i still replaced them with new ones.. doesn't work. How can I trouble shoot this? I had a rotor/brake change on all 4 wheels a couple weeks ago. Not sure if that caused the problem? I dont know if this problem was since before the brake job or not. Can they be related? Called a mechanic shop who does inspections + electrical work, they told me with a smile it could take 1 hour to 6 hours to figure out the problem. 6x85=gazzilion dollars. Help me out pls. Thanks.
  4. I had issues with locking unlocking using the switch. And for many days I had to manually do it. It all fixed itself after I changed the battery. You can try charging the battery from a local store and give that a shot... just a suggestion.
  5. :) but WHICH one is the starter solenoid? i have no idea :D thanks Toysrme!
  6. here's a more wider shot. would you pls tell me which one exactly is the starter solenoid? pardon my ignorance. i looked closely today again, and i didnt see a similar port in any open/visible area where the this wire can go to.. thanks again. s.r.
  7. Someone pls help with this question.. and rtd111 you HAVE TO clean it.. i have been suffering of the PS steering problem for 2 years now. had the PS pump changed from the dealer 3 times, the dealer never heard of the solenoid screens even.. my steering is hard as a rock for the 4th time for last 3 months. i am looking to take it to a different shop this time and have them clean the solenoid. the dealer suggested me to sell the car cause they replaced the PS pump every six months for 2 years and the problem comes back. they said gotta change steering rack-pinion PS pump again. btw, after a huge fight with 3 of the dealar those middle-man guys and a woman, they finally called "lex-tech" or whatever(thats what they said). apparently the lexus people higher up told them to flush with some special liquid and the dealer did that the 3rd time. 3rd time it took longer for the PS pump to go bad :) was good for about 6.5 - 7 months ;) I have several post about this issue on this SC400 post and several kind hearted people responded, sent links, and pics. I have them printed out, and showed them to a local mechanic.. pls respond one more time with suggestions on how to get around the cramped area so i can try it myself or take it to the local mechanic person. thanks and good luck to rtd111, hopefully you get it cleaned and never have this problem.
  8. Hi, last few months our 91 ES250 has been going totally dead and wont start. Once this happened at a mechanic shop and the mechanic person wiggled the cables around the battery and it started. So, next times I ask my wife to wiggle the cables and I try to start the car and it starts... One day even that didnt work.. I saw this cable dangling around and am wondering is that the lose cable that came lose with all the wiggling and shaking of the cables... my wife doesnt remember if it was lose and hanging around or not.. As before, now also, there's a very very faint sound when trying to turn the key to start.. The battery is also FULLY CHARGED so thats not the issue. Attaching the pic, hopefully the pic will show. Can anyone tell if this cable is supposed to hang lose or should go somewhere? Thanks in advance. s.
  9. I have the same problem. I have severe clunking noise still. less than a month ago i had all 4 strut replaced with KYB. Also replaced front lower and upper control arm bushings with diazen bushings (polyeurethine!!). I still have the same clunking noise, so took it to the mechanic again, and he told me it looks like sway bar links ($80 each at dealer, needs front 2). he said he's not 100% sure if it will solve the problem, but he said it definitely needs swaybar links. Now, my question is, do you guys think it could be the sway bar links? or the mount i read about in this post. Anyone has any idea where I can buy swaybar links from (other than the dealer)? I found bimmer swaybar links for $29 for both, so hoping i wouldn't have to spend $160 bucks for my front two swaybar links. Thanks for replies. .
  10. questions .. Auto tranmission fluid" i picked up a 12 can 12 qt dexron III ATF from Costco. then found all these posts :) 1. i checked on the cd that i bought from Ebay.. it says dexron II or similar. can someone please confirm? 2. also, i found out that auto transmission fluid needs flushing every 15000 miles. is that right? by flush, they mean draining the 1/4th of the total oil? or using a machine to pull out all the fluid? 3. i stopped by at the pep-boys and found out that there's a transmission filter for $27. is it necessary to change filter every 15k? i wanna do it myself, does anyone has any suggestions, directions, pictures, tutorial? thanks
  11. i had code 23, which is the pressure switch circuit. it was low on pressure for freon. paid 95 bucks for diagnosis where they found no leaks. stupid people took out the r12 and tested for leaks with 134a cause it was cheaper i guess. they kept the 134 and tried to ask another 150 bucks. but i told them to take the 134 out, and was very unhappy that they switched my gas without letting me know. (134 performance is not nearly as good as r12, and puts more pressure on the compressor. and my compressor is already making noises). so they emptied the 134, i got the car back with empty gas and lube. went and bought the retrofit kit for 39 bucks from target (later found out walmart has it for 34). charged it two 12 ounce cans (1 still left, comes with 3). Its working superb till now. been a week. good luck.
  12. dear everyone, sorry to make the same post again.. i am kinda in a hurry.. its really hot. i am worndering which one is the low side of the 93 sc400 a/c system? i see a black top cap - mounted right on the engine (not on a line, hose) a little deeper inside. another one has a grey cap.. right under my nose, right above the bumper. I am wondering is the black cap kinda deeper inside - is the one i recharge through? thanks much.
  13. Thanks VGR, I see a black cap right on the engine a little deeper inside, a little hard to reach also. and another one right under my nose right over the bumper.. so the one with the black cap deeper inside one is the one i hook up the 134? thanks..
  14. dear all, i have made a post regarding freeze-12 or other such "so called" substitutes to be very dangerous to use. they are not approved and are illegally brought in from other countries. made with propane, they are extremely flamable. if u need recharge, that means there's a leak, and that means u can easily light yourself up, trying to light your cigerette. thanks. can someone PLEASE send me a picture of where i can put in the 134a? i cant find the valve. does it goes in the hight pressure side? where is it? thanks much
  15. hi everyone, i looked searched on the posts to see if anyone has posted a picture of where the 134a goes in. i couldn't find any. i looked around for 15 minutes under the hood, still no luck. can someone give us a little description of where the high pressure knob is? and if there's anything else we need to know for putting in 134a? thanks.
  16. Dear VGR and everyone, i was checking on ebay for the cans. everyone wants a copy of EPA certified proof before shipment. there are some alternative r12 available in cans such as freeze12, maxfreeze and such.. which you SHOULD NOT USE. based on propane it's extremely flamable. the owner of the mechanic shop that i go to, was explaining to me: when he went for semenars for mechanics they showed them a video about a guy in a camaro lighting up a lighter inside his car and the whole car burst in flames. reason explained was: u need recharge=u have some leaks. and being very flameable material it can ignite easily. these items are usually illegally imported.. the only 2 approved product in the usa are r12 and 134a. now my question is: Should we do retrofiting to 134a. has anyone done it.. and how does it work? i read some posts kinda regarding retrofitting last year.. i couldnt find them in search anymore.. please let us know.
  17. same question as rich21's.. how much is per pound of r12 in the united states. a local store which does basically ac stuff, told me that any recharge they charge flat rate of 300 + tax. does that sound ok? my appoinment with them is tomorrow.
  18. thanks for the info. great help. question for you tmaxxtim pls... when i was reading thru the valmox website posted a few post up on this thread.. it said urethene metareal should be noisy, squeeky.. rubber is better and as intended by manufacturer.. so the valmos people re-ingenered the rubber technology and by volcanization and other stuff they made a even better rubber substance to make the bushings, which should last even longer than the oem bushings. what's your opinion about that? are your bushings squeeky, noisy? thanks.
  19. thanks jzz. i am kinda confused which bushings to order and how many will i get for 93sc400. Reading description from http://www.vftbushes.com/ seemed like this is the one i should get, but i have no idea how the process of ordering parts from overseas work. anyone have any experience? i found some from ebay (polyurethine) and also from the diazen link(also made from polyurethine). the 'ebay people' asking for $99 for a pair, which will fix ONE of the two front LCA. but the diazen website replied to my email saying, i need one set (for $99) which will fix the 'entire front' (their words). thanks agian.
  20. Hello, I am going to order for the bushings very soon, possibly tomorrow. The mechanic (well he's the owner/manager.. doesnt do the work himself but been in this business for 15 years) I take my car to was unable to tell me how many hours of labor it's gonna take to for the bushings to put in. Do you know how many hours of labor it should be.. so I can tell him that, and he doesn't have a chance to over charge me. Does changing the bushing work really well? or is it better to get whole control arm (dont really have the money, just curious). i'll put another question which doesnt really belong here..my ac doesnt work from last summer. done the ac self diagnostics.. gives solar sensor error and pressure switch circuit error. who should i take it to, and what should i tell them to fix? btw, mine is 93 lexus, and i am in connecticut hartford area. thanks much. sharif
  21. hello folks, please post updates on if the process worked and what key fcc id worked for which year SC. i have red a few threads here regarding the remote issue and was still confused about which fcc id with how many buttons should work for a 93 sc400. i also have been to the dealar store to ask how much...they told me it would be some $275 or so, and thats a master key with a button on the side.. (a year ago.. i think i recall it right). your experience would help a lot of us... thanks much.
  22. hello guys, i know very little about cars and a fairly new owner of a 93 sc400. my ac doesnt blow cold air since last summer. my initial thought was that i should recharge freon. thought of switiching to the new freon also and asked a few people if it can be done.some said ya sure.. but i was not sure if i should do it. so i slept on it... then eventually took it to the dealer for a different reason and asked them about my ac system. they didn't charge me for ac system check... so i am sure they didnt actually thoroughly look and diagnose the system. they told me that it needs new compressor. didn't give me a written document.. just told me that. so i was kinda suspicious... i looked in this forum and found the A/C Self diagnostic procedure and found codes 21 and 23 as recent failures. 21 being solar sensor cuicuit and 23 being a current problem (as this one is not stored in memory) with "pressure switch cuircuit". the procedure says that it can trigger 21 if the check was done in a "dark" area. i did the check at 2 pm on a cloudy day under the trees.. so it's not exactly sunny but not really dark either. procedure says 'shine a light at the solar sensor and check again.' but i have no idea where the solar sensor is? and code 23.. dont know what to do about that, where i should take the car, what should i ask them to do, how much it might cost, can it be fixed easily.. i dont know about cars, but i am not afraid to try it myself if its not toooo difficult or hard to reach or car doesnt need lifting. college student here.. so u know how it is... money is an issue. thanks for all your suggestions..
  23. Hello everyone, I was wondering if HYQWDT-C is the right model for a 93 SC400? The pic of the HYQWDT-C remote, that I saw online, was a 4 button remote, 3 on the front and 4th the red panic button on the back. Can anyone help? Thanks a million
  24. Hi, Here's the latest! I took the car for check up at two different places and they showed me that the rack is not leaking, and also showed me that the noise is coming from the PS pump. So, their diagnostics is PS pump is bad. So I went to the dealar to talk to the sevice lady...and had an interesting conversation with the whole crew! the lady, and other 2 service guys were having lunch together.. at the lady's office. I was gonna walk around and give them some time, but the lady called me in. I told her that 2nd and 3rd opinion were PSpump. She said, 'absolutely not. 2 of my master technicians spend hours of time ....... ... .. .. ...' . One of the other two guys (i know both of them by their names, dealt with them before and they are rude ) started blastering on me. 'You took the car to where? what do they know about lexus. You want us to change the pump again? You dont trust us. If you dont trust us take the car somewhre else.' I stayed extremely calm. and told him ' Alex, please dont talk to me like that. I went for other opinions. I have come to you before where my car was stalling. I had to come back 5 times before you could fix it. (actually 5th time i talked to Brenda, the lady.. she managed to fix it.. other 4 times this stupid alex guy and others made me do tune ups and other stuff.. where the problem was that a vacuum hose was open/lose. The reason for vacuum hose thing was that they did my timing belt and left that hose unhooked. And I started having the stalling problem right after i brought the car out of the dealars after timing belt change, and they wouldnt ever agree that it was their fault) Anyway.. Brenda again went on and on about how much time their technicians spent time on it.. and then told me to go to another lexus dealer if I wanted a real 2nd opinion.. the next day.. last Friday.. she called early in the morning.. they had my wife's number... and told her to bring in the car. She aparently talked with her technicians after i left the previous day.. and they also talked with "lexus technical" (dont know what that is..) and Lexus Technical/technician-something suggested to flush the system with a "special kind of fluid". As my wife asked what is the name of that fluid and what it does, Brenda didnt answer her, she didnt know or something. She also said, 'We wanna try it out". Also said that it'll take 100 bucks or so. Now guys do you know what was she talking about? Or what do they have in their sleeves? I told them about the metal screens, aparenty the technicians told Brenda that they cleaned it, or it was clean. So where do I go from here? Thanks.. I wrote a long post.. I had to let off some of the steam... this helped :)
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