4x4steve

butchery of the highest order

Whispers  so he doesnt get stonned by the purists 

I am so far missing both rear boxes and the first box. I didnt want to loose the front  one but i had a replacement  y section made from stainless so it just went

Ita a little boomy at 60 towing the caravan  but has a nice burble while pottering about. 

I also had a valve  put in before the boxes opened via remote control keyfob  and that was fun till i broke it. The valve thing not the ls

I get 19 to 20 mpg. But i drive mine like a tool.  Man i love that second rush of power after 3000rpm.

On Wednesday, September 06, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Sunnybrae said:

If it works, will you do mine for me please? 

See how i get in with mine first

Fantastic links. Had a quick look tho while at work. I shall order some bulbs and  pick a date soon. Lol

well bugger me i have just found out what it is, i just popped upto the shop and drove back with the rear windows

down for no reason, well i was listening to the noise, cus windows open is when i can hear it, and  thinking grrrrr

so while parking the noise starts, the first time ever not moving and i realise its just something on the exhaust rubbing or resonating somehow,  so i have 50 percent found it, bloody weird noise tho to sound more like chirping/dragging brake squeak kinda deal

4 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

Frustrating though eh? It would nice if one of the suggestions posted had hit the spot.

they are all valid suggestions, just not this time, i dont worry, i will sniff it out in time

6 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

Keep us posted, it's always good to hear the outcome.

oddly it doesn't seem as bad as before, but i think that's just me, but yeh if i ever get to the bottom of it i shall deffo share

so the lights are starting to go out on the center consol on the ls400, could anyone advise me on how to get at them, can i change them etc? 

so an update, i still have the chirp, only think left to change will be the tensioner pully bearings

cam belt now done, and i am happier about it, it was well overdue, 

4 minutes ago, Malc said:

cambelt could be 100k miles and/or 10 years  !

Malc

some one i met (who bought my old wheels) said the same, 

it was changed in the 90's so ready for sure

i checked the bearings on the aux belt and they were ok, 

the belt was last done at 50,000 and a long way back, its on 101,000 or so, like i say well needed

Just to update 

Changed the aux belt but altho it looked tired it didn't solve the problem. Ran it a while longer and decided on a new cam belt and pump. I should get it back monday. The belt was due a change anyway so see if it sorts it...

i will check the belt, the noise is brief, i would of expected a longer noise if the belt was slipping, but yes heavy acceleration would be where i hear it, so will report back tomorrow when i try that

As much as i love to hit the air con i do from time to time open a window, well mainly cus i am down to 2 silencers on the exhaust now and it sounds nice, so anyhoo i noticed a noise the other day

when i accelerate more briskly than usual i get a noise, best described the same as a brake disc squeak, now i thought it was a brake but tapping the pedal doesn't stop it, nor wiggling the steering left to right, so seems to do it when i accelerate, i am now starting to think water pump or belt tensioner, something like that? 

thoughts people

Nice. Motor. I almost went ls430 but chickened out and went ls400. Still i am sure in due course i will get one. 

51 minutes ago, steve2006 said:

The upper red section is tail light only on mine and the bottom section brake light only, is the bottom section bulb a single or twin filament on yours?

Its a twin filament 

30 minutes ago, ambermarine said:

Steve

The bulbs are all the same type in that combination lens the reason for the third wire is one of the wires goes to the lamp fail ecu that is located in the boot just inside the left hand boot hinge if you pull the flap to one side you will see a green module that is wired in series from the lamps in the combination lens and when the bulbs fail(whichever) it sends the signal to the lamp on the handbrake icon.

I get ya. I think maybe someone stuck a stop tail bulb cus thats all they had

I will pop a stock bulb in in confidence its all ok.  Cheers for the help folks 

oh and here is a pic with my nice new (used) ls430 wheels

got in the motor the other day to find the handbrake warning light stuck on, a quick check revealed the rear brake light was out, 

well i was expecting a thing on the dash, but i assume thats the reason for the handbrake light, so i remove it to check the bulb,

now here is the thing i am not sure about,  there are 3 wires coming from the bulb, its a stop and tail light but only the brake light seems wired in, 

in the pic above the indicator is side lamp only and below the indicator is the brake light only, is this normal or some one been messing in mine???

52 minutes ago, mikeyv said:

I was advised on a thread a few years back, as were a few others, to use this firm, which I did with good results.....no more water in boot.

I'm not saying the silicone method won't work, but why bother, when a new seal is cheap and quick to fit, with no mess.

If you try the silicone, and it doesn't work, you'll have to clean it all off, a right pain of a job.

If you type boot seal in the search box, and search the LS forum, you'll see a couple of threads on the subject.

no thats cool, i may of erm tried the silicon method, i am used to the silly prices bmw charge for anything, if i had known i would of just ordered a new seal, so yeh, i shal  be ordering one and scraping the silicon "someone" left behind 

2 hours ago, mikeyv said:

ETS59 is the stuff you want, 5 metres of it, from this site.SEALS DIRECT WEBSITE.

ah cheers, i have found them, but the profile looks slightly different, i assume that it will seal better because of it

7 hours ago, steve2006 said:

Ah ha, the mystery owner has joined us, I never saw this one for sale, was it on the island all it's life?

Welcome to the LOC.

I had been stalking a few for a while but was super keen on a beigh free motor, rang the next day ans put a deposit on it, but paperwoork  took untill friday, 

It was a uk car exported in 2000 to the island only to return recenty, looking at the sat nav i guess he came to the uk plenty in it tho

Thanks for the welcome, i am no stranger to forums having owned a hilux pickup of one sort or another for a while

7 hours ago, The-Acre said:

Aha, there you are! Welcome to the LOC and it would be appreciated if you could post some photos for us all to see.  And if you find yourself in West Sussex at any time it would be great to see it in the flesh.  Enjoy!

Well so far after alot of giggling i found my first problem  a wet boot, so researching that, at the mo, a new seal from eBay seems to be the cure, i will do some pics when the rain has gone so you can see it looking its best, any requests, lol

Do you want thr pics in this thread or else whe, i guess i could do a new member thread, lol

On 11/1/2016 at 0:47 PM, The-Acre said:

The blue MK4 from the Isle of Man that just sold on eBay looked like a good example of rare genuine one, the photos look superb. It certainly didn't hang around long!

i can tell you from experience its as nice as it looked, time will tell if i paid to much