Hello All,
I have been in the motor repair trade (old school repair NOT replace) for the last 37 years, when my 93 LS400's air con / clock LCD failed I was determined not to pay Lexus £504 (£851 for a MK1 car) for a brand new unit when only the LCD had leaked.
As we all now know Jim Walker is probably the worlds most respected authority on these items, manufacturing replacements superior to the originals in that they have a far wider operating temperature, unfortunately Jim only makes MK1 right hand drive versions the wiring connections to these are totally DIFFERENT to the Mk2 version.
Recently I have been in frequent contact with Jim and have managed to adapt the wiring to a MK1 version to work perfectly in my MK2 car, I have also replaced the LCD's on MK1 cars, so now have a fair bit of experience with this problem.
Jim has kindly passed on my details to other 400 owners in England who have contacted him directly and has very kindly referred to me as his English agent.
If anyone wants this defect repaired but does not feel confident enough to undertake this challenge, I will undertake the job very economically supplying both the new LCD and replacing all 7 of the backlight bulbs for a 'bright new display', I will also send any prospective customers jpegs of my work and previous customer No. for references.
The conversion for a MK2 car involves cross wiring some 51 connections and has taken a lot of perfecting so please don't ask for the secrets, as I have stated it works and reads perfectly with photos provided for proof.
Help is at hand please get in touch if you wish to, chrisvince@btopenworld.com
Regards,
Chris Vince
