Wanted to jump in and say hello now that I'm part of the 100-club errr, umm... the LX470 club. Just picked up this beauty, a 1999 LX470 from Southern California. Has around 283k, but with records of an engine swap/rebuild about 20k miles ago (donor engine allegedly had 120k miles on it). OME Lift, ARB brush guard, and Rhino Rack up top. Photo Below
Here are the repair or replace things already in my future:
-Seth
Here are the repair or replace things already in my future:
- Brake pedal is a 2-pumper... mildly soft on first pump, but still functional. No lights on dash. After reading through the forums, I assume this could be the master cylinder or potentially early sign of the dreaded booster motor. I've already ordered a replacement booster motor and going to do a flush (with Toyota brake fluid, of course) when I swap that out. I have not planned on doing anything with the master while I have everything apart. Do you think I should? Something to note, being as this is my first Lexus, AND my first "newer" Land Cruiser that I will be working on (i know, I know, it's not a LC... old habits) I brought it to Lexus for them to do their general inspection – hoping to get a list of things I may need to keep an eye out for. I specifically asked them to double-check my brake system and their report back was "BRAKE SYSTEM OKAY, AT THIS TIME, PEDAL FEELS NORMAL, BRAKE FLUID IS OLD AND DIRTY ADVISE TO PERFORM BG BRAKE FLUID COMPLETE EXCHANGE AND FLUSH ALL LINES"
- Power steering high pressure hose has some residual grease/fluid building up on it... but nothing dripping to the ground yet. Should I be really concerned about this, or can it wait a while? My gut is that if this is not a part that is prone to catastrophic failure, it can wait.
- My starter was a little sluggish the first day or two, but I also noticed that the battery terminals had pretty bad corrosion. Now that the corrosion is all cleaned up, I haven't had the starter click problem. I went ahead and ordered a new factory starter to have it in the shop just in case, but if I can avoid pulling the intake manifold for now, I will. Anyone else seen that same issue, or is the solenoid on these old starters problematic?
-Seth