New RX300 Owner

[Delphius1]

I bought a 2004 RX300SE Sat Nav last week.

After a few days of ownership I've started rectifying some of the small issues that come with buying a car on a private sale.

It has a knocking on uneven road surfaces, which I have traced to worn rear anti roll bar bushes. I've ordered a pair from eBay for a tenner. Hopefully I can get them fitted in the next few days to see how the noise is improved. Waggling the ARB shows movement and the offside bush hole is almost as big as the lip on the ARB.

Today I fitted a new fuse for the Cigar lighter, restoring power to it. Finding the fuse box was a bit of a mission, but it's there under the glove box on RHD cars behind a removable plastic panel. Some contortions to get under the dashboard and a 15A low profile fuse later and power was restored.

The reversing camera doesn't work, but I have a cheap Chinese NTSC camera that I'll connect in to see if it's the camera or the wiring at fault. If it's the camera, hopefully another cheaper Lexus camera will bolt to the mounting bracket because I'm getting quotes of £120 for a used RX camera, but IS cameras cost around £30. But the housings and connector look identical.

I've plugged in a cheap Bluetooth OBD reader and there are no codes,which is a bonus. 

No other issues. All 4 tyres have a good amount of tread on them, all the other toys appear to work and there is no water ingress. 

I've a bunch of paperwork with it including the original sales receipt which states the original cost in 2004 was just over £35,000. Last week it cost me just £2500.

Anyway, hi to everyone on the forum, I will post how I get on.