GreyBeard

Yep, you're right - sorry - mine's a MK1.

or eBay item 2489803888 where i had mine done. hassle free and they do all the work.

Dudes,

I've decided to keep my car for another 5 years at least, so it's going in to the mechanic on Monday morning to have a bit of an overhaul. :D

I'm changing the front lower control arms, front lower ball joints, front anti-roll bar bushes, strut bar cushions, both engine mounts, transmission mount, rear anti-roll bar bushes, rear upper control arms, both idler pulleys, timing belt, timing belt tensioner.

I got the parts from Lexus USA, and I'm using a specialist. Had I ordered the parts from Lexus UK and got everything fitted at a Lexus main dealer, it wouldn't have been worth it.

Anyways, can anyone recommend anything else it might be worth doing as preventative maintenance at 171,000 miles? I was thinking of asking the mechanic to clean out the throttle body since that usually gets very full of carbon deposits.

Thanks,

Maneesh

i've been sadly disappointed with the management's interpretation of the 'mission statement' of the club, and have subsequently kept off the boards, but felt that such a loyal LS400 owner as you deserved a reply.

re-seal or replace power steering pump (mine's not leaked since the seals were replaced) but sounds 'rough' when a mechanics stethoscope is used.

remove transmission sump and filter, drain all the oil (or as much as you can get out!) fit new filter (cheap from the states as you probably know) and refill with genuine toyota auto box oil.

i'd be interested to hear how yours rides after the suspension refurb.

well, you've asked the audience and over 90% said it was 'B', so it's your move now!

Na don't like them myself. I want some of the lexus style 18's... Just thought these looked odd? Like something of an old 1980's car.

Got my eye on these:

you get my vote! where's the third option in the poll??

"Street car shoot out".... The UK's fastest road cars do battle.

Check it out tonight at 9pm on Men and Motors...

i understand that the LS400 showing of 'men and motors' is 9pm this wednesday coming; so is saturday a repeat of wednesday? or have i got the wed date wrong?

as we can't get sky on our 9" B & W Bush, i have to ask someone else to video it, and i've told them wednesday. can someone reasure me that wed is right? thanks.

as i understand it, someone else was quoted about £550 just for the new screen, pcb, buttons and lights, cos that's all lexus would sell, (with labour to remove and refit extra). i then looked around for a cheaper solution.

the site you gave the link for shows the american model (time and temp on opposite sides, and all buttons swapped round), plus the unit is different from the one in my car, and one of the bulbs is different. (there are three kinds of bulbs, although lexus reckon there are 8 in total, whereas i had 7).

based on what you've said i'll ask lexus what today's price is, and then i'll know whether i got a good deal or not!

i'm still happy with it tho! but it's odd that with all that screen, it doesn't show what the outside temperature is.

yer tis:

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...=0entry114220

there's a post telling how to get the nylon insert right out by doing a combination of button presses, without stripping down hardly anything. not sure where it is tho, but a search may find it.

D's autos price was £300, which included taking it out of the car, repairing it, and refitting it. there were no scratches to the trim or anything; the car looked just the same as when they started, except the black screen was now the correct grey colour, which lit up green when ignition was on. they also replaced the back-light bulbs for both the screen and the push buttons.

all i need now is for the aircon to work and i'll be laughing!

me, but if my numbers increase beyond one, i'll let you know.

i can but my son was hoping to come along and he can't make the new date. at least the traffic should be easier as it's not a bank holiday weekend (somebody will tell me it's wakes week, or whatever its called 'ooop narth')

i took this off a posting some time ago. it may work for your car.

With the ignition off, whilst pushing both the buttons marked 'auto ' and the air re-circulate one with the picture of an arrow curling to the right, turn on the ignition.

All the little green indicators will flash, and the screen shows 00. press again the air re-circulate button and the system goes to sensor check. it goes thro all the heater vent controls, the button functions, incl front screen de-ice, temp change, etc, and a code appears in the display.

These are the codes

00=normal

11=inside temp. sensor

12=outside t/s.

13=After evap. sensor

14=water temp.heater radiator

21=solar sensor

22=compressor lock detected[short of refrigerant does this one]

23=coolant pressure

31=air-mix servo potentiometer

32=IN/OUT change damper servo potentiometer

33=Mode damper S/p

41=air-mix damper S/p.

42=IN/OUT change damper S/p

43 mode damper s/p

To cancel push the 'off' button

hope this helps

i'd like to come, and can make 30th but need to know if it's another day. ultimate location would make it easier to find too!!

addams family springs to mind

i was thinking more of that commune in WAKO!

Steve - i appear to have misunderstood; i assumed that the cost of the event would be bourne by those attending? seems reasonable to me.

as you and claire are so busy now, should we put back the date to ease off the pressure?

why's a 'goldies only' meet being discussed in the public forums? many of the ordinary members may have been put off joining gold by reading the petty bickering contained within some of the posts.

screen done at D's! painless, except the self diagnostics are not! (not the screens fault, more the owners probably!) does anyone have a clue as to why the diagnostics are telling me '00' which means normal, when it's not working? the vents and fans work, temp indicator goes up and down, aircon light comes on, revs pick up 200 or so, clutch doesn't come in and pump doesn't run. fuse i guess, tho maybe lack of gas, but low gas code is 23 and i don't get told that. anyone offer any suggestions? gas recharge next wednesday, so maybe that'll fix it.

PS. if anyone is waiting for an email reply from maria at D's Autos, their web computer is down, so hang on for a bit longer!

i've ordered a hamper from fortnum's, so please don't just let it die on it's feet!

can't get the hang of this thing! decimalisation was bad enough!

well i dont suppose any of you have possibly considered why the authorities have started clamping down on the use of tints

there's also a more sinister reason - 'they' are gonna start taking pictures of the fronts of cars so that 'they' can prove who's driving (cos lots of wives and girlfriends are getting tickets for speeding in their blokes cars!). a decent tint on the front, especially something that had a reflective capability, would stop the cameras identifying the driver.

it's just like christmas - i won't be able to sleep tonight - i'm getting my climate control screen fixed tomorrow (all things being equal!!) yippee!!

i tried the cheaper route but am now of the same opinion - flash the cash and save it on the first job. one day, some-one with time on their hands and a decent scanner will put the whole lot on a 'backup' CD!

if you only want it on with the ingnition, try the bulb failure detector or the fuel pump, or even the boot open motor. one of them will do it, and you might find a permenant live if you run a tester around the connections, but make sure it's not part of a sensor circuit! also, consider the load. i don't know what your cooler takes, but it's more than a headlight bulb i expect, so don't overload an existing circuit. and if you don't know what you're doing, wait for someone else to tell you exactly where to connect it! lexus electronics are complex!

quite a lot on eBay - printed versions usually from USA so cover their cars.

CD versions, i've only found the two-CD mitchells USA versions, and i'm wildly underimpressed with them. Lexus dealerships will offer a UK printed manual, for, if i remember correctly, about £160 for the three book set, but i might be wrong. if you wanted to go that way, PM Chris Shipley.

good luck

i've got, but not fitted, one of the chrome grill kits. its a number of strips of chrome effect plastic 'U' channel (dutch fold if you know about these things), with a strip of tacky stuff in the bottom of the you. i guess you press them on to the horizontal grill bars, then maybe warm them with hairdrier and push them on. but, they come as a number of strips in a tight roll, which means they don't like to go straight! in the pic i saw, they looked great on the silver car (which mine is) and with a gold metal badge in the centre (which i've bought, but also not yet fitted).

if what i've got would fit well and look good, i'd be very surprised.