I got the engine to turn over yesterday but gas was pissing from 2 injectors. Isolated them and replaced the o rings going into the fuel rail. But when my helper cranked the engine to see if the leak was fixed (it was) the engine backfired through the intake ports and ignited the puddle of gas on the intake manifold. I tried smothering it with my coat before running inside at the speed of sound to grab my extinguisher.
melted an electrical connector to the vacuum solenoid and broke the one on the spare harness trying to get the wires out to replace it. Ordered a new one but I individually wrapped the spade connectors in electrical tape and just connected them directly to the solenoid using some more tape to secure the connection. I’m hoping the 30 seconds or less gas fire didn’t damage the wires going to the injectors and coil packs but if it did I can cut and splice that part of the harness from the extra harness I have.
the engine wants to turn over easily. At first we connected the battery and I couldn’t get the car to turn on but realized it’s because I didn’t secure the main ground to the cassis tightly. One thing I’m worried about is the passenger side cv seems like it could go in another 3/32” as there is a small gap between the transfer case and the little silver cap that covers the input opening. Picture attached.

but all in all we are so so close. I ended up spilling about a gallon of the 4 gallon atf shop box. I dropped my impact in it but believe it or not the impact still works!!! I’m going to open it up to clean any residual atf let it drain over night as there is still some coming out of the area on the handle where the battery fits in.
I’m not really surprised it still works as I’ve seen a video where someone dunks a Milwaukee half inch high torque impact into a fish tank and it doesn’t stop running. And they are made by the same company so it’s pretty much the same parts and engineering that went into both products. But it was pretty annoying to have that happen when we are so close to having this rx330 up and running again.

then last night I found some graham crackers to snack on there was nothing else sweet in our apartment but when I went to sit down our rabbits were freaking out and wanted some graham crackers too. Our bunny Felix just went nuts and bit my left hand ring finger super hard and pretty much mangled the edge of my cuticle so now my left hand is at a less than optimal performance capacity. He’s lucky he’s cute I was pretty mad at him but it’s hard to stay mad at such a sweet little friend.

 

Flesh wound **** Tracy!

 

ffs, you can't use the age old short version of Bill, or William instead of **** in a post?

 

it is indeed a fleshwould but ghhat dayumnit did it hurt like ayche eee double hockey sticks!!!

what word did you type that club Lexus edited!!!!

you mean the short name for Richard? That is one letter away from duck?

 

Yes, if you were born in the 50s there was a comic strip/cartoon detective, that famously got shot in the head and called it a flesh wound. He had a smart watch back then!

Looks like you got this, gl!

 

I was born in 1990 but I know duck Tracy lol.

But when someone says it’s just a flesh would I think of Monty python and the holy grail who were probably referencing that when they made that joke.

what do you think, does my passenger side CV axel look like it’s in enough or should I loosen the axel nut and smack the ever loving fecal matter out of it with a dead blow?

 

She Lives!!!!

Need to button some things up still. I regretfully decided to leave the power steering pump that came with the salvaged engine on and it is shot. Now I need to swap it for the reman that came with the engine we pulled out. The moon roof and the window controls on the driver door for the rest of the car don’t work but the lock and the drivers side window control works. The horn also doesn’t work. Need to finish fastening on the bumper and the fender liners. The automatic window close and open only works on the driver side. And I need one or two new camshaft position sensors but other than that it runs and starts up nice.

 

Windows not working because of disconnected battery, you have to operate each one manually on its own IIRC first. Quick search will give exact instructions.

 

Why did the engine backfire?

 

what about the horn and sunroof?

 

Horn could possibly be a broken clockspring wire from the steering shaft being removed. Never happened to me before, but I have heard of it happening, and individual wires as well. Does cruise control not work as well? The horn is grounded through the steering column, very simple and not much to go wrong.

 

the plenum was off and we were trying to diagnose which injectors were leaking / see if we fixed them so the engine really wanted to turn over and when he cranked the engine for me some of the combustion fire came through the intake ports and ignited the gas.

 

I never removed the steering shaft. I tried to but realized it was only a necessary step if dropping the cradle to remove the engine

 

So I’ve got a few issues left to deal with.
2 I tackled today quite easily. One was a camshaft position sensor code but when I was under the car today I saw an electrical connection that didn’t get plugged in. Figured out quick it was the bank one camshaft position sensor. Took the plenum and air box out and hooked it back up. Then I swapped out the power steering pump with the remanufactured one that came with the car because I stupidly left the one that came with the salvaged engine on thankfully that fixed the complete lack of power steering.

but now besides having a battery that won’t hold the charge I have an ABS light on which is triggering the VSC light and I have a P0037 code. Idk what is causing the abs code. I just switched the pads and sanded the rotors with a right angle sander and some 80 grit a couple weeks before the rod knock started. But the car sat on jack stands with no front wheels in it for a couple months. Also the horn is not working but that’ll be an easy thing to figure out. But I admit I’m a little stumped on the ABS at the moment.

the car turned over this morning but the battery light came on and then the dashboard instrument cluster lights just died and came on and died a few times but the tachometer kept functioning while that was happening. Then we turned the car off and it wouldn’t start again. Had triple a come and jump it and they told me the alternator is good but the battery was just under 10v but I checked it 15 minutes after they left with my little craftsman obd and the battery was jumping back and forth between 7.1 and 6.8v so I need a new battery for sure.

 

Hello,

P0037 is a CEL code for a Bank 1 Sensor 2 Heater Element, which is easy enough to check, just measure the voltage between two Black wires when the Ignition is in the ON position, and then check the resistance of the sensor. With that, the thing is that this code must trigger a CEL light, VSC light always comes on together with CEL as part of a design for those cars, check that the light bulb is intact.

Not all generic scan tools are capable of reading codes beyond what's mandated by OBD2 standard, and ABS system is not part of it. Some parts stores should be able to rent you a scan tool capable of reading ABS codes for free, you will just have to ask around. If you won't be able to find a scan tool nearby to use, the cheapest way to read the codes would likely be to get a Techstream cable, which is an all around good tool to own if you know how to use it and planning on keeping a car for a while.

As for the battery, ask a local Toyota dealership, they tend to sell those for surprisingly reasonable prices, at least around here, not to mention the honor that comes with OEM Toyota badge even on the battery.

Hope this helps and best of luck!