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NEBCO

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  1. how often should i flush my brake system. how effective is simply sucking out old brake fluid in reservoir without individual wheel bleed?
  2. well, went through all the fuse boxes this afternoon- found one bad fuse for the stereo. the weird thing is the car now drives fine with no CEL or VSC issues. ABS works as it should, and VSC works when on. i don't know if letting it sit overnight did something, or if the process of removing all the fuses and replacing them caused something to reset. radio is still dead, but that appears to be the only problem. it will now go to the dealer, and i'll have the codes pulled. happy new year!
  3. battery appeared to be going dead (it's the original on an '03) so i pulled it and had my son pick up a new one while he was out. in the meantime, i got a fire call (i'm a volunteer firefighter), so i tossed the old one back in (i had it on a charger just in case) and in my haste i swapped the cables- put the neg cable on the positive terminal, and vice versa. bad news. after a little diagnostic work, i found that the charging system fuse (#62- it's a big sucker at 140 amps) was blown. i replaced it, and put in the new battery. car still wouldn't start, so i found that one of the other fuses (a small 10 amp atm style fuse) related to fuel injection was out. i replaced that fuse also, and now the car starts and idles normally, but only barely accelerates. if i put it in park and hit the gas, i can only get 2500 rpms. i also have a dash warning to check the vsc, i have an icon on the dash that says vsc off, and the check engine light is on. radio display is completely dead, but i suspect that issue is not related to my acceleration issue. any thoughts on what the acceleration problem is? towing it to the dealer is a major problem because i live in the sticks, and the tow would be big bucks. thanks in advance. btw, if anyone in the future searches for how to replace fuse 62, here's the trick- there are four plastic tabs that hold the fuse box together. two tabs are on the front side of the box, and two on the back. take a regular screwdriver and press straight down on the movable part of the tab and the fuse box will start to separate. it helps to do both the driver's side tabs at the same time, then do the passenger's side at the same time. with the box separated, use a 10mm ratchet to remove the bolt holding the wire to the bottom of fuse blade closest to the front of the car. use an 8mm ratchet to remove the bolt holding the wire on the fuse blade towards the back of the car. be careful not to lose the bolts into the bowels of the engine compartment. the fuse will now slide out the top easily. replace and reverse the process.
  4. THANKS FOR all the input. it turns out that when i took both old lifts off, i was able to force the trunk lid further open, allowing just enough more space to finish the job, which was very easy, once i solved that problem.
  5. THANKS ALL--MY GUESS IS THAT I HAVE THE WRONG PARTS.
  6. i am installing new trunk lifts for my lexus. each one needs to be squeezed down about an inch so it will fit on the knobs. I know it can be done because the trunk does it every time it closes, but how do i do it? i believe the instructions say it can be done by hand.
  7. ACTUALLY--if someone wanted to hide something like a handgun there,---they would need to remove the tray that slides out because it doesnt have enough room to hold a handgun. then you would find a nice cardboard box that would fit there and put the gun inside of the box. if you dont have the box, then the gun will fall into the seat mechanism underneath.
  8. There is a small storage area about the size of a mans wallet under 2/3 of the way down the front seating area of each front seat ---push in and out comes a little tray---lexus must have had something in mind----but it is unscrutable to me.
  9. Anybody have any good ideas on what to store in those teeny little boxes in the front of the front seats?
  10. A bunch of asses, lol. Actually Eatingupblacktop, thats a brilliant idea. Guess the wife can just play with the buttons now that her mem2 has become my "all the way back" button !!!! WELL! Lots of interesting replies. I guess the Germans are less intrusive than the Japanese because my BMW allowed me to hit the seat button while moving, and the danger was minimal. after all, you have to hold the button down while the changes occur and so you just quit pushing it if there is danger. too bad Lexus didnt fully reverse engineer that feature. I guess I will have to make a deal with my wife to have her hit my button when she exits the car. By the way--does anyone have a good idea on what to store in that teeny tiny box under each front seat?
  11. I never seem to remember to hit my button to adjust the front seat settings until i am moving, and the lexus wont allow me to hit it until i am stopped. I dont spose there is any work-around on this, or a way to reprogram?
  12. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP--I AM HOPING SOMEONE CAN ZERO IN ON THAT AM ANTENNA. I HAVE CALLED ABOUT 20 LEXUS DEALERS SERVICE DEPTS AND ABOUT 30% TALK ABOUT THE ANTENNA IN THE BACK WINDSHIELD, BUT THEY DONTS SEPERATE THE FM FROM AM---I KNOW THE REALLY SMART GUYS IN THIS FORUM WILL COME UP WITH THE ANSWER
  13. some people say the antenna for am reception is in the rear window. they say the heating wires we can see in the ls430 back windshield IS the antenna, and others say the antenna on the roof is the am antenna. what i need to know is where is the thing, and is there any way to boost it to get a better signal?
  14. Where is the am radio antenna located on a 2003 ls430---is it the roof or rear window? can it be boosted for better reception?
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