Hey guys,
I've been a lurker for a while and moreso after buying my LX470 3 years ago. I just want to say thank you for all of you for being a rich source of info from researching the LX before buying all the way to fixing it. The community is great, especially that random guy that welcomingly answered all my random questions at Dulles Airport, lol.
I have a 2005 LX with 188k mi. Bought it with 160k and have no maintenance history.
Here is the list of things I just finished doing:
1. Drain and refill fluids: transfer case, transmission, both differentials, engine, coolant.
2. Replace rear axle seals
3. Replace rear rotors and front and rear brake pads
4. Replace ac compressor and condenser (compressor rear bolt was a nightmare.)
5. Opened up and inspected timing belt. It looked in great shape so I ended up leaving it alone.
I just figured out where the ac leak is coming from (front evaporator) so I am going to change that. But I noticed someone already did the glove box cut trick so evaporator must have been changed before. Which concerns me a bit that this would be the second time this happened. There must be an underlying issue causing evaporators to go bad. Any ideas?
Thanks again
I've been a lurker for a while and moreso after buying my LX470 3 years ago. I just want to say thank you for all of you for being a rich source of info from researching the LX before buying all the way to fixing it. The community is great, especially that random guy that welcomingly answered all my random questions at Dulles Airport, lol.
I have a 2005 LX with 188k mi. Bought it with 160k and have no maintenance history.
Here is the list of things I just finished doing:
1. Drain and refill fluids: transfer case, transmission, both differentials, engine, coolant.
2. Replace rear axle seals
3. Replace rear rotors and front and rear brake pads
4. Replace ac compressor and condenser (compressor rear bolt was a nightmare.)
5. Opened up and inspected timing belt. It looked in great shape so I ended up leaving it alone.
I just figured out where the ac leak is coming from (front evaporator) so I am going to change that. But I noticed someone already did the glove box cut trick so evaporator must have been changed before. Which concerns me a bit that this would be the second time this happened. There must be an underlying issue causing evaporators to go bad. Any ideas?
Thanks again
