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My son picked up a 95 F3 400 a couple years ago only had 95,000 miles now it’s just over 110,000 miles I get to drive it whenever I can interiors shot do the the highs and lows temperatures here in Iowa winters and summer’s but it still runs like a top and sounds awesome! Can’t wait to put new struts in it and restore the interior ❤

Been driving My 96 4000 lbs Boat for 19yrs now. Still fun to ride :)

I seem to have missed out being told to which terminal of the relay the hotwire goes. 85 or 86? Likewise, which side of the donor provides the power to avoid bypassing that fuse?

Love the car but this is literally the worse car I have ever had. I have a e64 bmw m6 my God the amount of issues I already had with this car I'm ready to give it up and get something more reliable. Clutch slave cylinder broke on me abs brake pump broke on me now my plcd sensor broke on me the smg transmission is horrible. They should of just made dct equipped in the m6's.

Helpful. Thank you 👍

Let’s not forget the cell phone that was particularly gangster lol

looking to get my first car, thanks for the video

I got my starter out in 5 hours. Not "easy" I did cut my arm trying to get behind the coolant passage/wiring harness when I dropped a wrench. But when you disconnect the starter completely and get that bit of the harness out of the way along with that unfortunately placed 12mm bolt, a ratchet with a deep socket can get both bolts fairly easily as long as you have a decently long handle. Main things to keep in mind is not to remove the double flare-nut for the fuel line, they're very easy to damage and will require the whole line taken out from tank to engine if you damage it, instead remove the fuel line directly from dampers and just replace the crush washers, there will still be a 10mm bolt holding the bridge between the fuel rails on with the vvti models with the ACIS manifold, but you lift it out you get fairly easy access to that and its a non-issue. Keep in mind, I had a large break in the middle of this searching for the ratchet that fell behind that coolant passage into the trans tunnel, this job could very easily be a 4 hour job if I did it enough. Also keep in mind since you are in there, if you have a VVTI ACIS manifold, replace the damn VSV on the bottom of the intake, it is incredibly common for those to go bad. The other big one you will probably notice when you do this job is that the valve seals leak on these engines, even under 100k you will see the carbon buildup and evidence for valve seal leaks and even under 100k you will have starter issues at the age of the car, consider when you're doing big jobs like this or the timing to get in there, reseal each valve with the cylinders pressurized and reshim your valves ontop of that. At this age its a small price to pay for futureproofing, those kinds of jobs could last you 30+ years as they already have from factory.

E90 328 or 330

between 325i and 330i which is better? In relation to everything mentioned, which one comes out ahead in terms of score?

as someone just getting into bmws, this is an amazing reference

Worst teacher ever

Time out, time out. One picture reference inset is not enough

After i had a M5 E60 in 2009 to 2012 and idiotically gave it back ... i searched and found a excellent treated one in Oktober 2023, and what can i say, like a old Love i always missed! I still have my M6 GC (F06) i also never going to give away. Even if the M5 is not nearly as close to the Performance of the M6, the character and sould this driving machine has, is on another level!

I own a 2007 M6 E63 Coupe as a daily driver. Phenomenal piece of machinery. I smile knowing it Is sitting in my driveway waiting for me. I make excuses to go somewhere just to drive it. And I damn near nut my paints when I push it to redline. No regrets! Best feeling on earth!

Had mine checked twice no errors came up replaced my cap now my engine light came on hopefully it goes off

It will be a collectible but there will probably never be a working and running 100 year old SC in 2092 like we have 1924 Fords that are 100 years old and working in 2024. The electronics and plastics in the car will degrade from the passage of time. It will still be a nice museum piece to look at. This is from when Toyota was building a name for the Lexus brand so their entire approach to it was to build it to be the best of the best then figure out how to make it commercially practical. These days Lexus cars are made starting with the approach of it needs to cost X retail, dealers need to make X, and the corporate profit needs to be X. Then they figure out what can be spent on R&D. I have had three SCs and was amazed by the ride quality, comfort, material quality, and styling. They were 20 years ahead of the competition then. I wish Toyota had done with them what VW did with the beetle and produced them for decades making minor changes and improvements along the way. The fundamental design of the car was perfection. If it was still in production now and had modern stuff like smart keys, smart cruise, blind spot monitoring, and park sensors it could not get any better.

M21 is the place to put fuse if you dont want it to possibly catch fire i did same place m7 bout burt my box completely suggested any other options though?

I have a '99 SC400 that I bought 9 years ago. It had 117k miles when I bought it and currently hit 150k miles. Try as I might, I cannot find a good reason to buy a different car. The 290 HSP engine has as much speed as I could ever want. I picked up a California '98 SC400 a year ago with 145k miles---and sold it for $13,400. For those that really know these cars, they are a tremendous value.

Nobody wants the sc4's. Having owned several 300s and 400s as well as other Toyotas I can assure you. 1uz engines go for around $500 compared to the 2jz which sells for anywhere from $700-$1500. While the 400s are great cars they also DID NOT come with a manual gear box. Furthermore in my experience many of them are riddled with electrical problems including the seldom functioning audio systems.

If you are truly an owner of an M6, you don't know half of the things your M6 e63 has. The car you have weighs 3800 lbs, same as an M3/M4, but more naturally aspirated power, and so much more

I have a 98 sc400 with 200k miles and these cars don't age well at all. Parts are hard to get and really expensive. Honestly the cost of ownership is as high as a v12 german car. Mine has been nothing but a endless moneypit something always keeps breaking.

Where is the smogsc400 on a 1993 Lexus

jeez i paid 20k euros for my e92 coupe 80.000km in the netherlands, you guys got way cheaper prices

4:08 wtf ?

Did you jumper that from the starter relay to just a different fuse. Ive done everything on this truck except change the fuse box and i homestly cant afford to go buy anymore parts right now baha but if this works ill be very grateful for sure

My damm 2019 Ram is doing this I just bought this thing so I can get to point a to point b till it gets fixed

Most of them are actually about 3600-700lbs, on only the JDM V8 Soarer (UZZ32) with hydraulic active suspension (not air) was fully loaded and they tip the scales at about 4000lbs, yet offer tremendous handling (Same idea as the rare active suspension C4 Corvette etc)

I did have a slight concern about the gas on my sc though, if anyone has any thoughts- when I open my gas cap to refuel, it sounds like I'm emptying a balloon. There a loud, big escape of air, should I have that looked at?

Thanks for the video- I've had my sc300 for almost a year now and have run into half of these problems ( power steering, interior cracking, struts, headlamp fading) and with that I can better prepare for the rest of the common issues I may face. I know my window has been slowing down on the passenger side for some time and didn't think much of it, lol.

I got 2 sitting in my garage. And about 4 engines for it also. Once you learn how to work on em you keep forever

Proud owner of 1995 that I drive every blue moon, It used to be my daily driver. 180 K and still run like new. My best car so far.

Neither, you should buy a GS400

What's about the value for the next few years? Up or down?

a little fun fact about the facelifted models the 98-00 the sc400 jumps from 250 hp to having vvti and 290hp and gaining an extra gear

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Awesome video man! Thank you kindly for the instruction and know I’ll have more issues I’ll be looking up on this beast hoping you have other tips. Thanks for taking the time to do this, very much appreciated!!

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Super interesting! I’ve driven an M6 before and can confirm it was an awesome experience 🏎️

If you know what youre doing its easy to work on. The main issue with these cars are the bad capacitors to the ECM/ECU and the faulty Fuel ECU. Other than that a pretty solid v8

Hi would you be able to make a video on how to replace an IACV in a ‘97 sc400? I see tons of info on cleaning the iacv of older models but for this year it seems the iacv needs to just be replaced completely

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Helpful video thank you ☺️

I got a 1996 white sc400. Had to replace the compressor, power steering hose, lower control arms, gauge cluster, left door panel, and fix engine oil leak. I still love it though but those repairs killed me. 😂

It's only 3600lbs. Source: I own one.

I gotta ask what type of body kit is on the white sc400 in the thumbnail?!? That thing is 🔥 🔥 🔥

I picked up my SC400 about two and a half years ago. It is the second one I've owned (my first was a '98, and was totaled when I got t-boned in an intersection), and I cannot say enough good things about these vehicles. I bought my '99 with just over 28k miles on it, and it is currently just a little over 30k. Low miles and body in great shape - this is definitely a head-turner.

thank you i learned a lot. helped me solved the problem

Also i wouldnt recommend using the bypass and calling it fixed, thats more of a get you home and fix it thing. your fuel pump will be running wide open the second you turn your key this way. Now think for a second, say you crash your car. Normally the pcm senses no engine crank and kills power the the fuel pump, with this bypass it doesnt use the pcm the same so it wont shut off. youll be wrecked on the road with fuel pumping out everywhere if the lines or engine took damage in the wreck. Bit of a safety issue that you didnt bring up, use this bypass to troubleshoot if its fuel pump or relay or just to get home to fix / to the shop to be fixed. Basically if you bypass and still no fuel its fuel pump, if the bypass makes it work again its your relay.

You don't exactly need a new TIPM, you can order the relay itself for like $9. Remove the board by disconnecting all power to the unit then pushing all 4 lock tabs down which hold the TIPM. Lift it up gently and unplug the wiring harnesses, they are all color coded so you cant mix it up. Once the TIPM is out take it to a table and open it up, there will be I believe 8 more lock tabs that need undone before the TIPM will open in half exposing the insides. Once open carfully remove the board, DO NOT use force of any kind. Slowly wiggle it back and forth till comes out. Now either take the board to an electrical repair shop and they will switch the relay for around $55, or bust out the soldering gun and remove then replace the relay yourself. Its 5 small connections quick and easy even for a beginner, if your unsure then just remove the board and take it into a shop. The $55 they will charge to change it plus the $9 to buy the relay will save you a massive amount in the end. New TIPM are about $1000, refurbished ones about $350. Your essentially making your old one refurbished for like $65...And there are a handful of videos that show the entire process of this in detail as well.