GreyBeard

Supracharged-IS340 does beat about the bush sometimes doesn't he?? if the dealer is very dear, you could try the people who are looking into the probs with my instrument cluster and climate control display. although they are 'down south' that would deal with you by post if you could remove it, but talk to them first. 'maria' does the office work and is a member, or if you PM me, i'll give you their phone no. good luck.

thanks james - looks like a useful site!

did you notice the plush seat covering, not leather; and the rear seats are electrically adjustable.

i too spotted that the toyota was much better equipped then my LS400, so the answer to your question is "the rear armrests have no controls built in, just a small snack shelf if you lift the padded bit."

i've got a similar problem with my front passenger door, so i'll watch this thread for help and advice!

B & Q bigger stores have similar mesh about £20 a sheet 600 x 1200, but it's silver.

mines a 1990 LS400 and it ticks over in drive, when warmed up, at 750 but it has just been serviced. on cold starts its 1400 or so.

guess we'll have to wait til the summer to see if the lecky fan can keep the temp down! meanwhile, enjoy the cold weather!

it returned: Richard Head - it's lamps comma filament!

if it would make you feel happier!

eats roots and leaves! you edited your post and put the comma in after my post! what sort of example is that? :D and wouldn't you sound a nerd if you went into halfords and asked for a 'lamp comma filament'. they're only 'lamp, filament' in an index or listing, not in speech - but good effort to try and get out of it!

i took my LS400 1990 there yday, with a failing rpm needle, black display for climate control, and fading display for rds. it seems that most likely it's the psu behind the instrument cluster, but if the climate control is black, then it still won't work even if the psu is repaired. i'm booked to go back once the climate control lcd screen issue is resolved. you can get them thro: www.dsautoelectrical.co.uk Derek 07796 268848 there's also jim walker in USA, but i believe his lcd screen is only for LHD cars (the display is handed).

finally got car on road, but now see tyres are v low - any suggestions about make, type, dry grip, wet grip, etc. i've seen the chart for 215/45 17s, but the LS400 is heavy and i'm looking for a good grip and smooth ride, don't do do-nuts, burn-outs, etc! i'd appreciate a prompt reply, both positive and negative.

nope! they're filament lamps! lamp filament is the tungsten wire inside the lamp capsule!

lop off the exactly opposite blade to balance the fan! my temp runs at exactly midway, but i'm not sure temp is reading right cos the cluster is suffering from the early stages of PSU probs.

but you and i know just how hard you tried, in an effort to make sure that it was absolutely spot on! i salute you sir! and you took it in good part :)

my guess isthat someone took off the viscos one, and the car just runs on the 'over temp' one, but it's not on all the time. i'll have a look and see if there's any clues in the engine compartment.

if you rotate tyres, you may get more even tyre wear, but you don't have the benefit of the best traction. for instance, if you wear a slight slope across a tyre, it will give you a good footprint on the road. if you then put it on another position, yes it might even out the wear, but it will initially wear away the highest part of the tread. it won't have the best traction until it wears the high part down to the level of the rest of the tyre. (thus it not only has less than 100% traction but it has also worn more rubber than necessary off the 'high' part of the tyre.) years ago, car service schedules used to have a diagram showing the correct order of 'rotation' so that tyre wear was evened out, including the spare, and you had to buy 5 tyres at a time. nowadays, most manufacturers suggest leaving a tyre in one position until it wears down to replacement level, then buy two new tyres and put them on the BACK (regardless of front or rear wheel drive). with directional and 'handed' tyres it's only possible to move front to back, not side to side. clear as mud, eh? :)

this sounds like the starter immobiliser coming in. there's a switch in the drivers door lock that seems to be linked to the starter immobiliser. i've had probs with mine and found that sticking the key into the drivers door lock and giving it a couple of 'unlock' clicks, causes the switch to work and the starter to run. if it was a battery prob, it almost certainly wouldn't start on a subsequent attempt.

mine's got a lecky one anyway, so perhaps it is easy to do, but it was on there before i bought it, so can't help i'm afraid!

who are the other 26 and boy, did you make that hard (even word didn't spot it!), but there was one (besides lightbulb); there should have been another set of speech marks after "light bulb", see extraction from original post!!

Maria, seems as tho all your research and efforts have paid off! i'll bring mine along to you soon!

that'll be Dodgy with the lexus police car atavar (he doesn't hide it under a bushel!)

it's all the luck of the draw - i went along to court one day when i'd pleaded guilty by letter just to see what happens. i'm convinced they don't normally read out the mitigating circumstances. i was the only member of the public there and the court usher kept trying to get me to leave. the magistrates were clearly in a rush to get away, and were being delayed by all the letters in mitigation, despite the clerk 'speed reading' them. i recon all the decisions are made before the court even sits, and the magistrates just rubber stamp it. needless to say, as i left the court, i was driving behind one of the now late magistrates who was happily doing 55 in a 30 area to get where he wanted to be! Dodgy could probably tell many stories like this! :winky:

there's some on ebay, but they merely replace the orange indicator with clear; the red bits are still there. is that what you wanted?