Over the last few days, I removed the bulk of the rust in the underbelly with 36 grit flap wheels and finally pressure washing all the dust off, which surprisingly removed a lot more flakes. Majority of the rust was surface and looked superficial except for the rear right sheet metal under the...
Got it. Upon a closer look... It looks like black oil and not grease. My brake fluid is clear so not that... Maybe the hydraulic shock is leaking. No surprise there but I'll look more to confirm later.
Started reading that big thread the other day but found it to be a little overwhelming. I've done just basic repairs and maintenance and electronics up until this point and haven't really been under the car or under the hood much. Last year I tackled my 05 LS430 timing belt successfully so...
I'm probably about 6600 in so far...I can't complain! Really wanted those headlights from bxbuild and almost pulled the trigger over labor day weekend but decided I better fix the more urgent stuff and timing belt job before going for aesthetics.
With suspected near non-existent maintenance, it could be anything I guess. The hum accompanied a slightly but just noticeable weaker acceleration for just a few seconds and only from a complete stop, accelerating hard. I couldn't reproduce it after the few times it did it so I'm second guessing...
I ordered stabilizer + sway bar bushings. I'm seeing a lot of rubber bushings I don't know the names to are worn and cracked. Definitely need to get them in. Also had the driver side hum on acceleration from a stop 2-3 times. Can't reproduce it now but from random internet reading I'm thinking...
Saving this for list of links.
Link - Lumbar Motor (link to thread from @Patassa - Thanks!)
Link - MG CLT Relay Accessible/Replaceable
Link - Mirror Tilt/Pan Motors
Hey all,
I'm finding a whole lot of useful stuff on here...it's a live service knowledge base unlike anything else. Might as well intro and try to mix in.
Got a pretty good deal on an '05 LX470 in gray with 246k back in July for only 4,300. Body condition would be somewhere between 8-8.5...