Ls400 timing belt life ( officially now ) at 165k miles

[dendonc]

So the difference in the

45 minutes ago, ambermarine said:

Just following up on Steves excellent review on clarifying the series by reference to the gear change lever layout,I was informed at the time of stepped mechanism

OK got it now thanks

[Malc]

Denis, so is your's a Mk3  ?  or a very late left over Mk2 perhaps

Malc

[runsgrateasanut]

1 hour ago, ambermarine said:

Just following up on Steves excellent review on clarifying the series by reference to the gear change lever layout,I was informed at the time of stepped mechanism introduction by my then techy at Lexus that the change was brought about due to customer feedback in the US.

The problem was that drivers were by accident knocking the lever into 2nd gear at high speeds and causing tailspins and brown on white underwear.

I had a couple of times this happened bearing in mind it was possible to reach 100mph in second gear.

Knocking the gear lever backward seems unusual. I had a fright recently in France where I admit to a mistake on a rural crossroads, seeing both clear, left and right, but not realising it was a crossroads and not a T junction pulled to the centre and almost turned to my left at which time my wife shouted and I realised a car I thought was parked on the opposite of the road was  parallel to me. Swerved to the right and avoided his left rear wing. Phew!  Now my wife in her panic hit the Gear lever to hold on to it.  Surely only with the button being pushed in, will the gear lever move?  If she'd pushed it forward it might have gone into Reverse gear and crashed the gearbox. Either error would have put us in dire straights for the rest of the holiday.

[runsgrateasanut]

1 hour ago, Malc said:

Denis, so is your's a Mk3  ?  or a very late left over Mk2 perhaps

Malc

My 1993 Mk2 has a moulded Gear shift lever, so the 1994 must have the leather (look??) gear shift lever

[dendonc]

On 8/22/2017 at 6:08 PM, steve2006 said:

All UCF-10 engines

 

14 hours ago, steve2006 said:

Yes the 1995 is a series III LS400, UCF-20 engine and is interference.

I am not confused by the '1995 series' bit, but, what still confuses me & has done for years are the above UCF numbers..........I mean where are they situated thats visible? all I see when I open the bonnet is the number below, "UCF" means absolutely nothing to me

 

 

[cornershop]

UCF number stamped on the bulkhead/firewall IIRC? Open the bonnet and look at the metalwork under the screen