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T-Bone Mike

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    LS430
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    2003
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    New York (NY)

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  1. J - Your post was right on target. I previuosly owned a 2000 LS400 with 198750 miles and just traded it in on a 2003 LS430 with only 35,000 miles. It is mint with original tires. But it had a blown sub woofer and the original DVD. I fixed the sub first, bought the NAV update dvd for $179 on Amazon and then tried to figure it out. Your contribution here was spot on. Many thanks - Mike
  2. I'm not a mechanic. BUT, I went back to the file and it took my mechanic 1.5 hours. I paid $360 or so plus $100+ for shipping on the front pipe in Feb 09. I just went back to the site and it's gone up in price. Good luck.
  3. Yes, it certainly can be an "interesting" experience when a TPS fails ... engine running but the gas pedal does little or nothing. Mine failed on a Spring 2009 evening while I was doing U.S. Census work at the end of a dead end street in a neighborhood I definitely didn't want to be in after dark. Having the required government placards on my car didn't make me feel good either and neither did having a nice shiney new looking car when most of the other cars on the street looked like wrecks or were up on blocks. As I was trying to get my car to move from a standstill, about 10 young tatooed guys holding beer bottles approached my car. They were maybe 20 feet away when my car suddenly lurched forward and I waved to them as I drove away. Maybe nothing bad would have happened but I'm glad I didn't have to find out. T-Bone Mike, how many miles are on your car? My car has 155,000 miles on it. I purchased it in 2004 with 50,000 miles as a CPO. I've never regretted it. Thanks again for your help. - Mike
  4. Hi, I wound up purchasing my Y pipe from Lexus of Pembroke Pines. (I found them through this forum a few years ago). They give a good discount (through the internet)plus no tax when shipped to me in NY a couple of years back. BUT the shipping was more expensive than other items I've bought from them due to the length of the pipe. I didn't look hard for an aftermarket pipr as I was told it was a dealer item. Good hunting and here's their link: http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?siteid=214082&catalogid=0
  5. Sorry, but I don't know if the throttle control motor should be "silent". Personally I wouldn't change it if it tests within spec but I'm no expert. I don't remember them being nearly as prone to failure as the TPS. Your mechanic "wants" to change the TPS ... but does it test as being below specification? YES - the TPS tested intermittently bad which was just how it behaved. The car workes fine now - but I don't want to wait for that to happen to me again in 70 mph traffic in the NY metro area. That wasn't as much fun as it sounds! LOL thanks Jim - Mike I'm discovering not everyone speaks the same language; I use Lexus of Pembroke Pines for my parts ordering. (I found them through this forum) They couldn't find the "Throttle Control Motor with CLutch" which was on the the pdf you kindly attached. Instead there were two other costly parts - neither with a diagram. Part Number: 8967230010 turned out to have an application in a GS 400 as an idle control and something else in the LS and Part Number: 2206050011 was a throttle lever assembly. I wound up just purchasing the TPS and will forgo having the "grinding mechanism" replaced. OR, as much as I like my motor head experienced mechanic, perhaps he can't follow reading the resistance readings and fixes by the seat of his pants. BUT - When my steering column motors froze up and left the steering wheel tilted up and unable to adjust at all. He took it all apart and cleaned the various motors and mechanisms, reassembled it and it has worked fine for 3 years since.
  6. Sorry, but I don't know if the throttle control motor should be "silent". Personally I wouldn't change it if it tests within spec but I'm no expert. I don't remember them being nearly as prone to failure as the TPS. Your mechanic "wants" to change the TPS ... but does it test as being below specification? YES - the TPS tested intermittently bad which was just how it behaved. The car workes fine now - but I don't want to wait for that to happen to me again in 70 mph traffic in the NY metro area. That wasn't as much fun as it sounds! LOL thanks Jim - Mike
  7. Hi Jim - my mechanic wants to change the Throttle Position Sensor and the Throttle control motor as he says he can hear what should be a silent mechanism "grinding". Now, I cna't come up with a throttle control motor through the drill down except for as part of the cruise control. Any thoughts? Thanks, Mike
  8. I just checked back as I'm taking my LS in to my mechanic today. ...PLEASED to find your most kind attachment, Jim. Thanks very much. - Mike
  9. I'm checking a "drill down" parts catalogue and can come up with a Throttle Position Sensor - but no pedal position sensor. There is however a vehicle speed sensor - or is that for the sopeedometer (most likely). Thanks again - Mike
  10. Thanks for your thoughts on this. They make sense to me. - Mike
  11. My LS 400 has 155000 miles on it but has suddenly had intermittent response to accelerator pedal. This happens at speed. Pulling over and shutting down momentarily seems to remedy but it is a dangerous situation. Any others encounter this and have a fix? Many Thanks - Mike
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  13. I too use snows in the winter - a high performance Dunlop M1 is adequate for Long Island snow (when we get it). Last fall I purchased a set of ultra high performance all seasons form Bridgestone - Potenza RE960AS Pole Position tires.. I like them very much. Previously I had a great touring tire; the Bridgestone (again) Turanza LS-V which were also terrifficly quiet and confortable. Both sets have great traction on wet roads but even with Bilsteins the car handles like a crisp LS - not a porsche. I have about 8,000 miles on them and they're better now than when new (to be expected of a high quality tire).
  14. I'm told by a reliable source that the reason to run premium when recommended vs regular (computers and kinock sensors accomdate that change) is a moisture issue. Apparently in the long term, an engine set to burn premium will accumulate less moisture in an engine when run on premium than on regular. Engines, of course can rot from the inside even when performing fine on a particular tank of gas. Since learning that, I run my 2000 LS on premium only and these days just try to grin and bear it at the pump as my fillups approach the $100 mark here on Long Island. Anyone know anything about this moisture issue?
  15. I have a 2000 LS400 and mount separate high performance snows 3 months out if the year here on Long Island. We don't get a constant amount of snow, but when we do Long Island is treacherous - as much for the weather as for vastly underprepared drivers! For the other nine months, I use Bridgestone Turanzas LS-Vs but am changing to Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position Tires. I stongly favor buying an extra set of rims. I bought OEM lexus rims on Ebay for a good price and store the winter tires mounted, balanced and ready to go. I view the expense as only an initial expense as I am saving treadwear on my all seasons. BTW, I think the LS does very well for a powerful RWD vehicle. The ECT SNOW mode in the transmission and common sense helps a lot as well. Mike Well all the information is beginning to explain the elusive response I got from the previous owner when I asked about how the Lexus does in the snow. Turns out the wife drove the Lex most of the time, except in the winter when hubby forked over the Toyota Sequouia 4x4 and took the Lexus to work. Right now, I have Bridgestone Turanza's but will plan on getting some snows in the fall. Do any of you keep the snow tires on seperate rims to make the changeover easier? Or do you dismount/remount each fall? (to 'GKLCPA' : I live in the South Bend area. Been here about 11 years now)
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