daspeakman

here's a link on www.ih8mud.com to a thread with a guy who fabbed some of these gears and is selling them pretty darned cheap -- as of Sept. 2008, they were $20 for a pair.

click on this link

Does anyone know if the white cap maker is still offering his help? Clicked on the link but the last post was from this fall.

I have the same problem and the dealer can't figure out how to make it stop. Anyone know?

Still no luck on my end with it. It comes and goes with the seasons. I think it's about that time again.

Mine rattles all the time. As with previous mention, pushing up on right front corner stops the rattle.

It's obvious this is a common problem. Mine does it too! I think it has to do with the temperature changing.

Have had the same issue with the sunroof but found it was the plastic casing around the interior that was shaking loose upon closer inspection. Haven't fixed it yet but glad to isolate the culprit.

Rookie's right -- it's the oil pressure gauge you're looking at.

I don't know if it's still offered, but I was able to get a replacement owner's manual sent to me free of charge from the Lexus.com page. All I had to do was enter the VIN for my LX 450 and my address and they sent a replacement to me.

somewhere in the "owners" section -- you should see the tab on the main page.

My 96 LX450 does the exact same thing. Haven't had any oil pressure problems, except the one time the cap on the oil reservoir shook loose and emptied all the engine oil out. Easy and cheap to fix but quite a scare to lose the pressure so suddenly and completely.