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  1. Mine literally just blanked out this morning! However, I also have no cig lighter now, no front or rear defrost, no backlight for a/c control nor any beeps from a/c control. I checked the 10amp (volt?) blade fuses under the kick panel and under the hood (in 1st or second slots, can't remember) and they are still good. Is there another fuse or relay I'm not aware of? Thanks anyone :-) UPDATE: Well, I replaced the fuse for the cigarette lighter (not the a/c or heating fuses which were fine) and viola! A/C controls back in order.
  2. I, too, would like to know which 2 wires on the cd changer input are the line level left and right. What color wires? Anyone know?
  3. Hi. I'm new here but am glad I can actually contribute something useful :-) I had a real headache tracing the problem with my turn signals. When I first bought the car a week ago, one signal was faster than the other. After a day, when engaging the turn signal, I would just get hazard lights (both flash). Of course, I thought that meant the flasher unit under the dash was going bad (like most of my other cars that had this problem). Lexus wanted $89 for a flasher (other cars are $10 at auto zone, etc.!) so I decided to visit the junk yard. I tried 3 other flasher units and all had the same kind of results. This made me think there was a wiring issue. I had read on another forum that the SC's had issues with taking on water in the taillights so I though the sockets may be corroded. I took the left taillight out (the faster flashing one) and sure enough, the brake light bulbs were rusted right into the sockets! I tried for a couple hours to clean them out (after breaking the bulbs in the sockets) and eventually got them out and cleaner. They were still pretty jacked up. I put in new brake light bulbs (not turn signal lights) and the turn signals were no longer in hazard mode. However, one was still fast. I therefore thought that I just needed to buy new wiring for the taillights. I found a guy selling 2 tailights with wiring on craigslist and offerred to buy one (lucky, huh?). He agreed, I picked it up, popped it in and VOILA! Working turn signals. All's normal and good. So...long story short... If you have this problem, replace the brake light or other taillight bulbs or replace the sockets and/or wiring they are in and you will be back in business most likely (if your flasher is still good and your turn signal stem is good, etc.) :-) McKay
  4. Thanks, guys :-) I think I may skip the spoiler though it does look cool. I kinda like the rounded look as is. The steering wheel is a Nardi (same guys that make the Jaguar steering wheels). The guy I bought the car from had brought it back from Japan. I like the feel of the wood. I AM bummed about the airbag missing now AND the cruise control controls missing (it was on the stem somewhere, no?). The GOOD thing about the steering wheel is that with a push of a button and a slide of the metal collar, it pops right off! That's a great security feature for the car ;-) I've had 2 vehicles stolen in the past 8 years! Ugh. I take my steering wheel in with me at night. I was thinking about building a set of switches for the cruise control and mounting them on the console (these cars have cruise originally, right?). Anybody got any links or ideas for that task?
  5. Hey, what's up everybody? I'm new here and thought I'd post some pics. I can't take credit for the pimp job on my SC (Lance, you hooked this car up niiice!) but here she is :-) Now I gotta figure out what's up with the turn signals (tried replacing the flasher but think it's a wiring thing with rusty brake light connects). I got out the contact cleaner on the key remote and got that working again. Yeaaah, dude! Lovin' the SC300 :-) Gotta get the front end painted soon. McKay P.S. I think I have a fix for the turn signal issues...will let ya know this week
  6. Hmm, that's odd, I've found the exact opposite to be true in my vehicles. The FM transmitters are really not good quality sound that I've tried (up to $70) and the cassette adapters I've used sound MUCH better. I'm sure a direct connect bypassing the cassette play head option would be better (most likely) however. McKay Garner Bounce Inventive Audio Los Angeles http://www.b-oz.com
  7. I've been having a similar problem. I tried several flashers from salvage with the same issues (hazards only) but I think I have found the problem. The left side tail lights' connectors (where the light bulbs go) are seriously corroded. I believe I read that taking on water in this area is common. My flasher would only generate hazard lights when using the turn signals (first it was fast on left turn signal and right was normal then went to just being hazards). I took apart the brake light assembly and found that the sockets where the brake lights go were totally rusted. I know, you're saying "the brake lights are not the tail lights!" However, I believe when there is a lighting problem with this car, the warning is a switch to hazards on the signals (anyone verify this?). All I know is that I madly cleaned and scraped out these connectors using contact cleaner and put in new brake light bulbs in this spot and the turn signals are working again (albeit the left one is faster). Tomorrow I am buying a new left tail light assembly from a guy locally. If you need a right rear assembly, let me know as he will still have that one left. I'll let you know if this fully fixes the issue.
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