Broken airbox

[ambermarine]

This is a post that covers the problems that occur buying second hand parts.I recently broke the stay bracket on my air cleaner box whilst changing the power steering fluid. I am too embarrassed  by my stupidity to explain how, suffice to say it distracted from the pristine condition of the engine bay.

I sought out a used box from several online scrapyards who assured me that the one they had was perfect as is usually the case with scrapyard products they turned out to be damaged usually in the removal from the car.

After three fruitless deliveries of non useable returned items,I sought out a dealer price and £300.00 for the complete box when I only wanted half of it was not going to happen. I then sought out the part new through a company in Japan who would sell me the half I wanted for £45 but the shipping and duties etc sent it up to £125.

I then noticed one of Paul frosts Mark 4s for breaking and he assured me he had the part and it was perfect I have just fitted the part and it is perfect so after months of searching I have finally found a reliable supplier of used parts.

As the LS400 is getting older the new parts are going to go unavailable so it is important to have a guy who specializes in the LS range and strips and stores parts that will become difficult  to obtain.

[Newbie1]

Great guy to deal with and describes things accurately.

[RgrWynne]

Have recommended him on numerous occasions