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I'm on standard 16inch...

I have Continentals and they are a few bob. I need to sort lower bushes out as I go through fronts very quickly. There are a few outlets other than the well known ones that do a good price but they are not fitted. A local garage that fits one of the big brands fitted mine for £15 all in and I discovered a great little business I'd use again. I managed to get a really good nearly new, never repaired for £35 which I admit was lucky. I'm uneasy about the budget tyres unless your a gentle pootler doing very few gentle miles. Mind you I ran a TR6 on low profile Hankooks when they were breaking into the UK market: they were cheap but boy did they stick. They were fab.

And I should add, this is a way of testing the MAF as the motor might run roughly but it won't stall. I gather it can be a fuel pump or fuel pump relay breaking down but I think this is when the pump is hot. I'd be surprised if it's the throttle body. Worth checking all air hoses and associated clips.

Could it be the Maf sensor? if it's like a Merc you can unplug it and it'll run albeit a bit rough and without full power to get you home.

What can happen: your tyres go out of balance as they wear and need a rebalance. But check the tyres for uneven wear as this points to lower control arm bush wear. Ball joints are worth replacing after years and mileage if they've not been done.

As my sons would say, in approval: they look sick.

I can't recall a master key set up. Your second key should do it...you might need to put the key in and actually turn it...😃 If the fob doesn't work...

This is excellent.

When I shopped tax etc was added and I couldn't find anything close in the uk. i was further lucky as there was an offer on and it made it silly cheap. Kit was £160 all in.

I used the Gates' kit for my Mk4 from Rockauto and am very happy. Spec is same for U.K. Unless someone tells me different! You might want to take the opportunity of replacing any other worn pulleys from the auxiliary belt set up whilst you're at it. Even at 70k miles they might be getting tired.

Well you certainly gave him a scare and he'll have a new If grudging respect for the Lexus🙂

This is not such an uncommon problem. A few posts on this site deal with reset procedures for this issue. Sometimes using codereaders can trip the lights. I might disconnect the battery again and reapply the battery reinstall procedures that you have to do when reconnecting a battery. if that failed I'd try following the terminal jumping procedures as discussed on the forum. Sounds like a resst issue rather than a component failure to me.

I got them from Lexus in Birmingham by post and a discount...now I think that Lexus will only replace the complete component...doesn't mean they won't sell you the bush...

Lexus might not fit bushes but you can buy them from them. Ive got lower control arm bushes and a local garage will fit etc I'm taking the arms off myself.

I'd be a bit surprised if they original at that mileage. If they are I'd replace them without any doubt. It's a job I have to do on my 83k miles car as they are worn. I'll do the ball joints too as they are leaking grease whilst they have no play. Of course, you might have worn and warped discs? I get some brake shimmy and wear out inside tyre at alarming rate...all tracking is spot on. Have work to do.

Alternater is on that side nearish to the wing...I suppose that might crackle away?

It's perfectly acceptable to let it all hang out. The suspension doesn't take much to resettle and I wonder if some grease or dirt has been dislodged and moved where it's not welcome. You don't mention your mileage and if or when any suspension work has been done. It may disappear or might have unsettled a worn out bush or joint. My wife'a car developed post MOT a dreadful clatter front end. Dutifully I removed the front wheels and did a visual inspection, pushed and pulled, spun the discs and saw nothing amiss. No more noise. Bonkers.

Paid a visit to an excellent little garage near where I live to have a 'new' tyre fitted. When I say new it was a Continental I bought with 7mm tread and no repairs - reason is, I'm fighting fast wear to the inside edge with tracking spot-on. I need use of the car whilst I get around to fitting the new Lexus Lower control arm bushes - (garage will drift out old and refit new for a few £'s). What greeted me was the lack of a key for removing the lock nut...there was me thinking it just had normal bolts. So a few miles later and a day, I bought one from a Toyota dealer and eventually job done. Luckily the pin number was on the original card in the boot. I know the previous owner who had the car and tyres fitted at the same Lexus dealership for 10 years...wonder where the original key went then. As I did with my Jag, out came the lock nuts and in went standard nuts...there was a set of x4 new ones in the boot. The nut key, a three pronged Z4676 cost me £24 That and the lock nuts and caps are posted in another place. See if I can at least recoup something. Sometimes some things are complicated.

Yes they do although regulated by a spring thermo device, its a mechanical fan clutch.

Yes I agree check the aux belt first before going into a more progressed concern mode.

Malc, I sense you are pulling out the red rag...yet alas the Merc, any Merc is a bit of a cow to the Lexus bull. No animals were hurt in this metaphor and any reference to male/female gender is coincidental in the context of the metaphor.

Fair point. I remember my TR6 on ramps in the street as I changed the clutch in Fulham. Harder to do nowadays... A parking space with some ability to move around is all you need. As for skills I'm self taught as are many.

It's going to be a great project for the new lucky owner. These motors are still a bit of a hidden secret and getting a deserving price for a sorted one still looks tricky. Demand remains eclectic. We'll loose more to repair costs and light accident damage.

So many lady owners out there...can you share the MOT history?

Interesting this...Pagid are not the old Pagid. They sold out. So the brand is used and now applied to multiple specs and orders. In principal this is what premium manufacturers do for all motor manufacturers but the risk is inferior products. Merc Pagid pads from Mercedes garage are superior to those "identical" on the distribution market. Bed the brakes in. If you haven't cleaned and put brake grease on key areas for years then they will squeak. There is a hard bedding-in surface on new pads that cuts to the disk, it squeaks and groans. Don't buy cheap. I've done it.