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excellent... thanks guys for the help... i'll try the above..

Hi All, Firstly Happy New Year. Next, i've got the common issue of a sticking front caliper on my 95 GS. I've trawled the forums and internet and found someone recommending Brakes International for the repair kit but i can't find one listed on the online shop.. Am i missing something there or is there an alternative (non-dealer) supplier for the kits? Many thanks, Nick

thanks mate.. yep its the flange kit i need..... oops!

Hi All, Hopefully you can answer a question for me on something i may have overlooked. I have a '95 GS300 Sport with 113k on the clock and i decided to change the Oxygen Sensors after hearing how they can make quite an affect on fuel mileage etc (and mine is pretty awful) Anyway i found my sensors are 1 wire ones so ordered a pair to go on the exhaust manifolds. After removing the heatshield i found the old sensors are held in by a flange and two bolts where the new ones have a 22mm nut which screws in.. Do i have to buy special sensors with flanges (which i couldnt easily find) or can i adapt the ones with the 22mm nuts? Any advice would be greatly appreciated asap as i need to know whether to send the sensors back.. thanks all, Nick

There is definately something effecting the mpg badly, I've just driven down from Derby to Dorking on £25 (152miles @ 29.8mpg). Thanks alot for posting all that info.. Yeah sounds like something is upsetting the MPG in a big way.. Well i think O2 sensors will have to be the next course of action as i would imagine the car is on the original ones at 110k+ miles. thanks again for your efforts. Nick

hi guys, well i've checked tyre pressures after a chat with a few people on here and am running 34psi allround on the 18" sport wheels.. I read the Oxygen Sensor thread with great interest but we never heard in the end what the final result was with regards to fuel economy and performance. The original poster seemed to go quiet at that point... I've found some very cheap sensors on ebay (new universal 4 wire ones) and may give it a try.. I dont have a workshop manual for the Lexus but does anyone know what the timing should be? May be worth giving that a check since it seems to use conventional distributor ignition.. Currently £30 of 1.04 unleaded will do anything between 110 and 130 miles.. even driven like captain snail in snailville

33mpg???? holy mackerel. Honestly, even driving like 'Miss Daisey' i managed to creap up to 21.5mpg. 33 would be a miracle.. Well its not bad on kick down but nothing special. I dont cruise around in pwr mode because obviously MPG is pretty dreadful anyway and leaving it in pwr mode would just make it worse.. I'll replace the O2 sensors and maybe try a K&N before i give up and go back to the 'german side of the force'.. shhhh dont tell anyone..

Hi there, yeah i kinda guessed it being effectively the last series N/A Supra engine it would be fairly old school.. (Iron block straight 6 and all that) I'm running Esso normal 95 ron. when you're churning it up at 20-21mpg you tend to go for the cheapest.. :-) I've just heard of people getting mid to late 20's on a run and i see nothing like that.. On the performance front i didnt expect it to be startling but i've struggled to keep up with even pretty mediocre cars and that hurts somewhat when they are doing 30-40mpg+ and im doing 20... Could be a very short love affair with the lexus at this rate :(

Hi people, well i've had my '95 GS300 Sport for a few weeks now and its a great comfy car but i am experiencing a couple of issues which may be linked.. Notably i seem to get 21mpg regardless of how i drive it and includes quite alot of dual carriageway work.. i mostly cruise around 80mph and have been driving gently to try and get the mpg up a little.. The other issue is the car seems pretty sluggish.. Its ok from a standstill (which i thought is where it would struggle with its weight etc) but once on the move (50-60mph) it seems you have to bury the throttle and kick down to get any kind of decent progress. So far i've replaced the front disks and pads (as were getting low) and serviced the calipers so i dont have any sticking issues. Oil and filter has been done along with a new air filter. I've reset the ECU as advised on here (many thanks people) and i've checked my ECU for fault codes with the trusty paperclip but all appears ok. The car is on 113k so not huge mileage. Also the car runs smoothly with no misfires in the rev range.(so i dont suspect bad leads or plugs) Just very sluggish. I've read with great interest people talking on here about the O2 sensors but no-one has reported (from what i can see) that their cars have actually driven alot brisker than before replacing them. So im rather at a loss... Any suggestions please people? many thanks, Nick

thanks alot mate!! If anyone else has a pair of 10" going please let me know. I'm at tyre changing time so would be a good time to get the wheel situation sorted. thanks, Nick

Instrument Panel - Part No 55412-30430 (fascia plate) about £15 + vat I think. Radio Cover - Part No 55521-32011 (cubbie hole) around £23 + vat or there abouts. Cheers Rick Top man.. thanks for that!

Ok.. i admit it i'm rubbish searching on Ebay.. i can't find the guy.. do you have the seller or item number to hand? thanks, Nick

Many thanks for info.. i'll have a trawl for him on Ebay..

Hi there, looks like a great job mate.. and at the end of the day what isn't visible, so long as its strong doesnt matter in my book. Do you have the part number for the toyota facia? i think i may go down the same route myself. But does look good... rgds, Nick

sorry dont have an answer for that one but would be interested myself.. as i'd like to bring my Stereo into the modern age. :)

well the answer to the survey was 3 were on 25psi and one on 16.5 psi.. No wonder she felt a little odd! :) On a positive note its amazing how forgiving the lexus suspension is as it drove alot better than the figures suggest. thanks all for your help... i'm going with 34psi allround for a while since often its only me in the car so very lightly loaded. cheers, Nic

excellent... many thanks for that... mine does feel rather skittish so lets hedge our bets what mine are set to.. thanks, Nick

thanks Dave, i'll have a compare with mine cheers, Nick

Hi All, Apologies if this has been asked many times before but i've trawled through the searches and not found an answer. Does anyone have the correct tire pressures for a MK1 GS300 Sport with the 18" Sport wheels. All four are currently the 8.5" wheels.... Any info would be appreciated as i think the previous owner got the pressures round the twist and its feeling rather skippy at the mo. many thanks, Nick

Hi All, Yes this has probably been asked a thousand times but you have to ask. I'm looking for a pair of Mk1 GS300 Sport Rear Wheels ... the 10" wide ones.. I have the standard width ones at the mo and its new tire time so would like to upgrade to some 10" ones. Does anyone have any or know of any? This is a genuine enquiry so real money waiting.. Many thanks, Nick

Hi there, I'll give the mast a good clean with WD40 and see how i go... The tweeter is on the door at near mirror height. I'm not getting any sound from this speaker or the larger speaker in the bottom of the door so my guess would be either a loom problem going into the door or the connection at the back of the head unit. Is the 'door loom' easy to get to? many thanks for your help, Nick

Excellent... thanks alot for that... i'll double check the security code issue as a stereo without any sound would be much worse.. :-)

sorry to resurrect an old post but looking at the universal O2 Sensors from Cats-Direct, which of the two 4-wire O2 sensors do i need? the one with the two white wires (i.e. black, grey, white, white) or the dearer one with Black, Red, White, Yellow??? I need to order some for my GS300 Sport Mk1 '96 which is currently running low on MPG... (19 even on a run!) If someone could answer on the quick that would be greatly appreciated!! :-) regards, Nick

Thanks alot for your help... i'll give it a go! Im guessing on the sound aspect i may need to remove the head unit and check the connections... does anyone know if the Air Vents are hard to pop out on the MK1? i understand i need to do that (among other things) to remove the head unit.... cheers, Nick

any ideas gang??