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Looks like a lot of people are looking for the same part...Lexus sells it new for $537 for a little piece of plastic. OW! They get beat up bad by those concrete parking dividers.

I'm looking for one used and in decent shape...It's part 76851-24030.

thanks

you can email me at bradkava@aol.com

I'm also looking for working trunk struts. Seems like they go bad also on a lot of the SC 400s, with the heavy trunk lid. I've gotten brained, oh, about 1,000 times.

Thanks for your help!

I'm in the same boat looking for the same spoiler...there seem to be plenty of other aftermarket parts...but not this one. I'd love any suggestions.

Thanks in advance

Ummmm ...... not sure about your question ... but I do know some things about the power steering system ..... I am so curious to know ... if you know about the little, small, fragile filter/ screen that is located inside your power steering rack? It is located inside the solenoid. If it becomes dirty or clogged, you will still have problems even if you have changed out your power steering pump .... this is why I mention it ....

It is fairly easy to service .... basically you take the steering rack solenoid out and carefully remove the filter screen .... then put the solenoid back in, minus the little screen .... the idea is to do a total system flush .... clean the screen (very fragile so you have to be very careful) ... then re-instal the screen inside of the solenoid body and put it all back together .... then re-fill the system with OEM fluid .... you are good to go.

Many Toyota / Lexus mechanics are not aware of this service item. It does effect those of us that drive this series of LS 400 ....

The reason this is important, is because the system pressure will become too high and start a leak somewhere eventually if the solenoid filter is not cleaned .... usually the boots on the steering rack will start sweating .... things like that. My filter had never been serviced when I bought my 95 LS with about 110,000 miles on it .... so ... my power steering system was leaking a little when I first got my car. After doing this filter service, my system stopped leaking! That was about 2 years ago .... today my system leaks just a very, very small amount ... mostly from the high pressure power steering line ..... I am just waiting to put together a few more $$ before I work on it ......

anyways ..... if you are new to all of this .... it is something that you REALLY need to know about .....

hope it helps ....

I had no idea about the other screen and haven't seen it mentioned in any of the tutorials. Thanks for the heads up! Where is the solenoid located and do I access it from the top or underneath?

Thanks again...

Hi, I have a 96 LS400 that I'm replacing the power steering pump in. I just discovered that there is virtually no screen left in the resevoir.......is there a solution other than a new resevoir for $250+? (and I can't figure out how to spell resevoir... :huh:d;^) )

Thanks :(

Thanks for the warm welcome...

In my earlier search I did find one other posting that was asking a similiar question but with no answers. Maybe I can find some service manuals that will help me find out if it's feasible.

Cheers

I'm the new owner(and new to this forum) of a 96 LS400 and the one thing it doesn't have is Memory seats....has anyone out there done a retrofit? Is it possible?.. Costs?...Difficulty of DIY?

Thanks in advance...

This looks like a great forum/resource!