btwilson,

Is there a good way of checking to see if the AFM has that connection we need other than just visual? Might seem like a mundane question for you season pros.. but I'm still really new to all this.

Thanks again

Okay, so we took an OEM meter to the AFM, hooked up E2 - VC and got less than the recommended 200-400 ohms..

Getting anywhere from 150-190 and it's not very stable.

We're about to head to a pick and pull to take a wiring harness and maybe the AFM off of a 7mge Cressida we happened across a month back or so.. the car seems to be in good condition other than the front end collision it looks to have gotten into..

Anyhow.. not sure where to go from there.. all the vacuum lines are still good.. so at this point I'm pretty sure it's electrical.

I've got one more thing I've been concerned about since putting the car back together. I have a picture here showing two plugs that I haven't been able to locate.. While I was tearing the car apart I forgot to label these and it's been making me scratch my head ever since.

I'm not sure if these are meant to actually connect to anything or not.

please let me know.

I think extra connectors under the intake manifold is normal, they could be for the different transmission options/abs/etc. I don't immediately recognize those ones in particular.

Were you able to find a different AFM and see if that made any difference? As far as testing the wiring to the sensor, I would get a look at the wiring diagrams and check continuity of each of the AFM wires between each end an make sure there are no breakes or unusually high resistance.