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zervo33

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  1. What year of the LS400 can you find them on?
  2. I am looking for seat covers for my 1990 lexus LS400, something good but not too expensive. I love this car, but am a student and dont have a lot of money to refinish the leather, is there a good seat cover i can buy that is fairly cheap that I can use to preserve what is left of the leather on the seat. I still use lexol on the leather, but the previous owner carelessly did not tend to the front seat very much. They arent bad, but i would like to find something that matches in gray to cover them. Any suggestions. :whistles: Please tell me of any products out there and links to places I could buy some seat covers that fit the seats in this awesome car. Thanks.
  3. I have a 1990 LS400 with 190,000 miles. The car runs like a champ and the exterior is amazing. The interior is well taken care of, except the front seat bottoms are cracked and split. The color is grey leather, and I want a seat cover that looks decent and matches the color without compromising the asthetics of the car. I dont care if they are cloth or vinyl or leather, as long as it fairly cheap in price. I dont see the need of paying 200-400 dollars for seat covers when the car itself is worth about $4500. Any suggestions or links to several websites. thanks!
  4. I have a 1990 LS 400 and a friend of mine apparently slammed the right rear door too hard and apparently caused the speaker cover pins to snap off. The cover it self is in good shape but the plastic pins on the back are broken off. I only found one pin, and was thinking of super glue. The only problem is im not sure i can glue it on without glueing the whole cover to the door panel, cause i think i will just lose the pin in the process of attempting to glue it back. The only other solution would be to take off the entire door panel and use a twist ties through the holes in the door panel where the former pins fit and the grill of the speaker cover under the fabric covering the cover itself. I dont want to remove the door panel. Is there any other way to do this!!!
  5. It sounds that you have gotten it right, but I don't fully understand your explaination. It is critical that you get it right, these are interference engines and you risk damage if its not right. Step eighteen from my 1998 engine manual states; 18. CHECK VALVE TIMING (a) Temporarily install the crankshaft pulley bolt. ( b ) Slowly turn the crankshaft pulley 2 revolutions from TDC to TDC. NOTE: Always turn the crankshaft pulley clockwise. ( c ) Check that each camshaft pulley aligns with the camshaft timing marks on the camshaft housings. (This is at TDC!) If the timing marks do not align, remove the timing belt and reinstall it. Good luck. Thanks a lot!!! Everything went well!!! The only thing that did matter after all was the fact that the crank and the cams were in sync. The process went well without a hitch. Again thanks for the input. For further reference regarding this issue, I consulted with two mechanics at the lexus dealership and they too said that it would occur like that. Because of the rotation at different speeds. both mechanics agreed that if the timing of the cams and crank were in sync, there should be no issue, as there was none in this case.
  6. I am in dire need of help regarding the timing belt on a 99 Lexus LS 400. I replaced the engine pullies and timing belt, and tensioner. I alligned the engine when removing the belt at 50 degrees (the white dot on the plastic timing plate) and removed the belt. I replaced the pullies, and then placed the new timing belt on. I matched the arrows on the belt with the notches on the cams while the timing was still at 50 degrees, so that the Arrows pointed at the "T" mark near the cams. I made sure to match the CR on the belt with the crank, and then placed the new tensioner on the car. i removed the pin so as to tighten the belt. After this i cranked the crank by hand with the wrench as a check to see how the timing was. I made the two rotations as suggested, however the timing belt arrows were no longer at the notched positions on the cams, and were further several teeth. The CR i believe is also off alignment. However, even though the marking on the belt are off, the cams are in timing with the crank, when i rotate as indicated by the notches on the cams with the notches on the crank and their respective reference points. TDC with the cam notches and the "0" with the crank notch. also matched were the cam's notches at the "T" position while the crank notch was matched at the white dot (approx. the 50 degree position). My concern is if i neglected the marking on the belt, despite the correct timings with the crank and cams as indicated by there respective markings. would this cause issues with the timing, and potentially damage the engine; or is the position of the markings on the belt irrelevant since the crank and cams appear to be in proper alignment????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
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