KyLs400dude Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Hello. This is my first post, and I must say I am very impressed with all the knowledge here My first (of what will be many questions) is the service manual for my 97 Ls400. Short of using the toyota / lexus site to download hundreds of separate pages over the 2-day subscription, is there anywhere I can just download the entire manual as one big PDF file? I know for my old BMW, it was very easy to find one for free online, but I can't seem to find that online for my Lexus. I don't get why it's so hard/expensive to get a service manual for a 15 yr old car, but so far I've just encountered frustrations...Thanks for any input/advice, etc...And also a big welcome to everybody here from Louisville, KY.
1990LS400 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 The service manuals on the Lexus techinfo website are in multiple (many, many) separate PDF's. They are copywritten so I doubt if you will find them on forum websites where forum admins often prohibit them. There is a link to some of the service manual sections for the 98-00 LS400 somewhere in a past thread on this forum but it is missing a very important section - diagnostics. You might check eBay for a bonafide service manual set. I think each 2-volume set of Lexus LS service manuals I've bought have cost around $250 from Lexus dealers but I've never bought the separate electrical diagram manual.
LSPaul Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Welcome to the group, KY. I stumbled across a Russian Lexus repair shop's site with (from what I can tell) all of the Lexus TIS pages for the UCF10 and UCF20 cars (in English) that I've had good luck with: http://www.ls400.ru/ . Lots of PDFs... Paul
KyLs400dude Posted January 14, 2013 Author Posted January 14, 2013 Thanks for the replies and all the info, links, zip file, etc....Great resources! LSPaul, your link listed above seems to be very complete...Definitely useable!
sha4000 Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I just had to pop in and say thx for the manuals also. Ive been specifically looking for sunroof removal instructions.
Harbison Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 How do you know what to click on the Russian Lexus page?
Shyameetu Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Use Chrome Browser and google may ask you if you want to translate. Or http://translate.google.com/ will be your help.
LSPaul Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Annnnnd... it was good while it lasted. The last time I tried to access the site I wrote about earlier, it was a dead link. Bummer. There's lots of the '93 and '94 manuals I didn't have time to download. Eventually I'll buy the one-day access to Toyota's database and get the rest. Paul
Harbison Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Paul, Tell me more about the one-day access to Toyota's database. Thanks, Richard
LSPaul Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Do a search here on the forums, or go to techinfo.lexus.com. I believe it's $10 for a one-day subscription. Paul
billydpowell Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 On 9/15/2016 at 6:45 AM, lexywexydoodah said: these links are not lawful..... please remove them Hi Billy, hope all is well with you! The manuals you linked are not legal copies allowed by Lexus who is the copyright holder.... Their attorneys contact us from time to time to take stuff like this down. I pulled the post, no action needed from you.
Exhaustgases Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 If Lexus is not allowing such things then they need to start reprinting manuals for older cars. There are some other company's that allow people with manuals on old defunct products to copy and offer them for free and in complete form on the internet. So is Lexus still selling manuals on the older cars? If so where can I get them? And don't say copy them from a site since they don't allow that.
Frand1978 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 https://onlypdfmanuals.com/workshop Is biggest platform to download service manual pdf. I hope so, Its will be important for you.
paulo57509 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Back in 2018, I went to the Toyota Information Service website and spent the $20 for a two day subscription. It didn't take long to download all the documents that were available for my model year LS400. https://techinfo.snapon.com/TIS/Register.aspx
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