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If not in your Aisin kit may wish to consider ordering a JG18461 outlet gasket and AB1207B form in place water pump gasket compound as well as maybe a 90916-03100 thermostat and a 16346-50010 gasket for it....
Tackled spark plugs on my 123k mile car yesterday. Passenger rear plug looked the worst of the bunch. Had the breather hose off the passenger head to the vacuum box break due to age and drying out. Had some hose laying around that I was able to make work. Ordering a new 12262-50060 today to replace that. Did managed to cross thread the bolt at the bottom of the box though .
Originally Posted by ChopsGS
Sitting here while fireworks are going off all over the neighborhood, I ordered some more goodies for the ole' LS430...
Replacement leather cover for the arm rest
Replacement driver side mirror
Replacement driver side climate control switch (which just broke/stuck today)
Diode Dynamics front and rear amber turn signal 510 lumens LED's
Diode Dynamics front amber side marker 92 lumens LED's
Diode Dynamics 6000k backup 510 lumens LED's
Diode Dynamics LED turn signal flasher
Aisin TKT-021 Timing Belt/Water Pump kit
Which flasher module did you go with? I thought they did not offer one for any of the 01-06 LS models? Or are you doing the wire-in resistors?
I've just removed the driver's side J/B ECU (shown in linked PDF diagram above; in driver's side kick panel) to see if I could install an LED-specific flasher relay. To definitively answer this question, no, it is not that simple (and removing the J/B ECU was far from simple). As stated above, the flasher appears to be integrated into the ECU and is not a "plug-in" relay. I pulled both relays from the ECU, and neither are flasher relays. In case you're curious, the p/n's on them are 90987-02016 (reddish brown) and 90987-02020 (small black).
I just installed LED turn signals throughout and ordered an LED flasher relay from Diode Dynamics in hopes it would be that simple. I'd like avoid adding resistors to each bulb as it seems like a poor solution, and I'm not a fan of the heat they produce. I'm a bit frustrated as I don't want to pull the front bumper and headlights again to wire in unwanted resistors.
I'll make a separate post although will ask the question here as well; has anyone found a solution to avoid hyper flashing other than resistors at each bulb?
Oil change and transmission drain and fill. If you want to critique my method for refill see 04-06 Sealed Transmission fluid change interval? (The Mother thread)
Replaced the driver side temp control switch (from eBay). It was a lot tougher to extract than the passenger side and destroyed the old one trying to get it out without harming the surrounding dash material (it was faulty so no worries).
I decided to acquire some back up switches and for all 4 (2 of each) paid less for used parts than just one new item from Lexus. All functions now work as expected.
I thought I found my leak, as there was green ooze on the right rack boot. Upon inspection, I realized, this must be grease that was used on the inner tie rod when the shop did that job. My guess is I have a valve cover gasket leak, and I tightened the bolts which were loose. Meaning, why I think it's grease, is that PS fluid should have a pinkish hue not green (unless this is a German car).
I wondered what it would look like with the cruise trim piece on both sides of the lower grill. So I put one on and found out. Now to do something about the front tag holder.
Most likely power steering fluid, compare the fluid in the reservoir and the leak on a napkin.
I think you are right based on the boot having fluid. Odd the reservoir is right up to the full line. I think the green is because the inner/outer tie rods were done last fall and likely the tech packed the inner with green grease.
So...after getting under the car every day last week, Mon-Thu, she's gonna stay parked the entire weekend, and have a break from the jack!!
01-01-20, 11:28 AM
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