LScowboyLS

Wal-mart and Amazon have this one for $17 and it is a good multimeter

MattLS400

these threads are really informative with everyone's feedback . what are the symptoms of a bad crank angle sensor in a 120k 1994 Lexus LS400 ?

Gene01

LScowboy has identified a winner! I especially like the battery test functions (tests under load rather than open-circuit)

LScowboyLS

here is the meter

here is the meter

I find myself using most of the time!

made in Japan! - like your Lexus

johnnyg66

That pen one looks nice. Still like my Fluke.

daveskates

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that pen one is pretty cool and i'll pick one up on my lunch break !

hopefully can get the car going soon i hate not being able to drive it

daveskates

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So until the multimeter comes in the mail there's not much I can do. I did go to the junkyard a second time and pull another CAS just to see if my CAS went bad, also I pulled it completely out to the point where I didn't have to cut and re soldier wires, it cranked and cranked, IT almost turned over once though and then the same deal. Here is a picture of the one I had to soldier the wires on, also is this metal piece that holds the wires a type of ground? on all the ones i've seen it has a tiny bit of wire that sticks out, not sure if it's some type of ground or not, does anyone know?

LScowboyLS

found it $5 cheaper

timmy0tool

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hmm that metal piece could be a ground pin. did your junkyard replacement have that pin too?

deanshark

That metal piece looks like it just holds the wire in place so it wont be flopping around and get chewed up by something. I dont recall seeing one on my car anywhere near the crank sensor. Maybe it was a 90-92 thing. Where was it bolted on?

LScowboyLS

daveskates - a lot of your questions are answered in the factory shop manual

daveskates

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yep sure did, i looked at various years early and later model LS400's and all the CAS's looked the same

daveskates

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i suppose it's time to do some reading then it is going to be a bit overwhelming i feel like but thank you sir