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My Licence is back on the DVLA register. Only after chasing on the phone was I on the 8th told that it would be restored and given a reference number. Despite having received no acknowledgement of my letter I checked their site to find it up on the 15th December 2015. Meantime I'd written to Dougie Carswell my MP and his acknowledgement and copy letter of complaint he wrote to DVLA on the 9th, was received by me on the 16th. On the same day I received a call from DVLA asking if I'd received their letter - No? It arrived on the 17th dated the 9th December. The Woman asked if I'd received their letter and I pointed out that I had not and that as a courtesy I expected to receive a letter before now. Then after discussing the inconvenience and the cost with her she said the letter enclosed a D1 Form to apply for a new plastic Driving Licence as they did not issue paper ones anymore. Can you believe it, she clearly had not seen my letter enclosing a photocopy of my watermarked driving licence WHICH CLEARLY I STILL HAD IN MY POSSESSION!! "Oh, Ok ignore the last paragraph" was her reply.! The left hand not knowing etc ??? Dougie's asked them to explain - but I bet "human error" will be the extent of their explanation.

Strange. Only "clonk" I get is with Aerowipers when they return to Park the passenger side hits the bonnet. Nuisance and couldn't work out how to stop this so probably taking the paint off the bonnet edge ever so slightly. S'pose I should get a slightly shorter blade for it than original size.

It will cost you over £600 from Lexus and it won't includeany gaskets. Check out ebay,com and you'll find a complete kit for much less. Can't say as to the quality as I didn't know about it until too late (empty pockets) This does include the Water pump which its best to replace at the same time.

Found this parts listing and pricing on toyo. Bit puzzled by cost of 32921D $70.85 for a piece of rubber hose?? 32922 price €11.40 looks more realistic, but....? Trying to fathom what I need from this list which is difficult without an exploded image. Anyone got an image of the oil cooler system to Auto box? Thanks 03/1993 LEXUS LS400 (UCF10R-AEPGKW) my cars ▼ EUR SED RHD 1UZFE HTWC 4FC Powertrain / Chassis 35-14: OIL COOLER & TUBE (ATM), page 1 of 2... Search parts: ('8912-   ) , A341E,A342E Next > 32921 TUBE, OIL COOLER INLET, NO.1 32921-50012 1 € 48.19 32921C UNION(FOR OIL COOLER TUBE) 90404-16029 INLET 1 € 9.32 90407-16009 OUTLET 1 € 38.97 32921D HOSE(FOR OIL COOLER INLET) 32941-50011 1 € 70.85 32921G RING, O(FOR OIL COOLER TUBE UNION) 90301-11006 2 € 3.10 32922 TUBE, OIL COOLER OUTLET, NO.1 32922-50012 1 € 48.19 32922A HOSE(FOR OIL COOLER OUTLET) 90445-17100 1 € 11.40 32923B CLAMP, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER TUBE, NO.1 32923-50010 1 € 7.10 32923C CLAMP, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER TUBE, NO.4 32924-50011 1 € 10.88 32924 CLAMP, OIL COOLER TUBE, NO.2 32923-50022 1 € 8.51 32925 CLAMP, OIL COOLER TUBE, NO.3 90462-12074 2 € 5.75 32926 CUSHION, OIL COOLER TUBE(ATM) 32926-30020 L=35, ID=10, TRAILER SPEC 4 € 1.66 32926-50010 L=35, ID=12 2 € 2.96 90467-16013 *** STD. PART € 2.44 91611-60610 *** STD. PART € 0.67 91611-60812 *** STD. PART € 0.81

Mine idled on the high side until I decoked the Throttle body. That may not have been the cause and it did idle rather high when I put back the throttle body with the Sensor possibly in a different position owing to my marking it poorly.. There's a good vu tube video on checking and adjusting Throttle sensors, albeit not on a Lexus. Confess that after the engine seemed to idle rather high I changed the position ever so slightly and now idles when warm at around 600rpm. Start from cold about 1100. If I have the Climate control selected this does increase the idle revs somewhat, so it gets turned off when likely to be stationary or when freewheeling downhill into Town to keep to 30mph.

Interesting old thread this. I'm having an Auto box fliter change shortly and seem to recall my mechanic saying soemthing about the flexible tubes needing replacement. I suspect that these are manufactured attached to the metal pipes? Does anyone know if the rubber part can be bought and fitted seperately or is it a mortgage to get the pipes from Lexus.? At present I'm not keen that the pipe to the Radiator be disturbed as I know the possiblity of failure internal to the Rad.

You may be wrong on this. I smeared vaseline on my Sons battery terminals and he didn't start the car for several weeks. When needed to remove the car to a different location not a thing would turn on. Battery was still fully charged. Vaseline I've read is actually a non- conductor of electricity. In the past I think it was only used to smear the top of the termnial once the connector had been fitted to stop corrosion.

If you use the original wheelnuts (and they are going to show) get a set of plastic/chrome caps off t'bay for a tenner. 21mm Hex pack of twenty. I used a bit of blue tack to hold them on, especially needed for the locking wheel nuts.

After the events in Paris the hiring of a Car in Europe will be much harder and need to comply to the EU rules - doing a DVLA Licence check for all potential British hirers and similar where such databases exist for other Europeans who want to hire vehicles. Quite how that works with some Countries I haven't a clue. Tracing hirers details was seen as essential to intelligence in finding the source of the situation.

I hired a Car at Nice in September on my paper licence . The guy said he had never seen one before. I think I must have been lucky as not only to have been given the Car, but also not to have had any sort of prang in it. I would have seen the inside of a French Cell if I had! The below link is in stark contract to the assertions of DVLA that errors are rare. Wasting valuable Police time by a Public department is unforgiveable. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-third-of-driving-licences-incorrect-wrong-dvla-data-wasting-police-time-1469036.html I have to contact my MP if I want it to get looked at. Apparantly I've read that the PM wrote three times on behalf of a disgruntled Constituent Licence holder, and got nowhere!

Being completely grounded I can tell you what you guys are missing. Having to lug a Flight bag full of tools and drills to my Sons by Train and then over cobbled paving rattling like a Snake inTexas, My wife and I left before 9pm to catch the Train home only to be accosted on the deserted Platform by a Smackhead looking like Jimmy Sommerv.. who when told we didn't have any money walked away F'ing angrily under his breath within earshot. We boarded the Train for London even though it was not the Train we wanted. Got off and waited for correct Train home and when it arrived who should get off but Birthday Boy who didn't have enough Dough to get to Saff-end. Still trying to tap people for cash. Monday its a Bus journey to the Dentist to check this toothache. Great week I'm having. What a pleasure being without a Car is - courtesy of DVLA's ineptitude!

Watchdog did an item on DVLA's incompetence back in 2009 I see on google. The guy I spoke to yesterday (my first class Post "signed for" letter sent the day before HAD NOT ARRIVED OR BEEN SIGNED FOR! ) said that they get 10,000 letters a day. Think perhaps I should have sent it WITHOUT being signed for, as I can't imagine an employee of DVLA signing for perhaps hundreds or maybe thousands of letters on the PO Hand recorder. I'll send it again today without "signed for" and keep phoning them, at cost rates. The Flat removal of my Son has cost me £250 against £60.00 Hire cost of a Van. Just had to pay up.

Your thread put me in a blue funk until I read this on money saving expert quote "If you have a paper licence that was issues pre-1998, these generally don't expire until you're 70, so you don't need to do anything until then unless your address or personal details change. All licences must be in the photocard format by 2033. Once you reach 70 there's no fee to renew, and you'll then get a photocard" Unquote. My paper Licence was issued well before 1998 on change of address and should be listed as valid. The only curious possible coincidence and pure conjecture on my part as to DVLA's error, is that I believe my Mother may in 2003/2004 have surrendered her Licence by Order of the Court owing to a minor incident and Police advice. At 84 I was quite understanding that her driving days were over. Now I can empathise with the trauma it caused her and was partly I'm sure responsible for her gradual decline into dementia. She loved to drive and hated the idea of being without her Car. We become dependant and sometimes more so, as we age. How would Members cope with not being able to drive I ask?

As a small business owner I renewed a Consumer Credit Licence for thirty years each five years the final being despite knowing the CCA Licencing was to be abandoned one year later for the Financial Conduct Authorities introduction. After complaints to my MP I did get a refund for the four unnecessary years paid and had to make an application to the FCA for interim permission. Thankfully, I have been able to successfully argue that I do not need a Licence from the FCA and so no Application needed to be made. Had it been necessary I would have closed the business as the monumental nature of this legislations requirements to comply would make running a small business an absolute nightmare. The real culprits in business will invariably either not apply for a Licence or not be spotted and inevitably avoid prosecution where wrongdoing is discovered. The Data Protection Act was IMO a Sledgehammer to crack a Nut and where the decline of our Country started. The legislation grows apace despite as I recall David Cameron saying "we are going to cut red tape from small businesses". With the Belgium legislative Beaurocracy machine in full throttle the opposite has taken place.

OK off direct Car topic. I had a bizarre day yesterday. My youngest Son who has mental health issues, needed my help to move Flats. Got up early and merrily scraped the frost from my Car Windscreen having pre-arranged to Hire a Transit van from a firm I hired from, four years ago. To my dismay, having brought along my Driving Licence (Paper variety), a Utility Bill and my National Insurance number I was told I could not be traced on DVLA's Driving Licence Register. Phoned through to DVLA to be told that I had surrendered my Licence in 2003! No I didn't I have it in my hand complete with Watermark! Invoking the Data Protection Act they would give no other information but suggested I fill out a D1 Application for a Driving Licence. So according to their records, technically I could be arrested if I drove my Car home and have been uninsured for twelve years!. I'm grounded until DVLA find their mistake. Unlikely to be quick. I have witten to them and NOT filled out a D1 form as I don't want them taking the short cut route of suggesting I need to take a Driving Test etc, etc.. I've had a clean FULL (a) (d) & (e) driving licence for fifty years and it expires next year.. Absolutely unbelievable, not to mention extremely inconvenient. MY ADVICE TO ALL WOULD BE TO GO ONLINE TO DVLA AND CHECK YOUR LICENCE IS CORRECTLY RECORDED.

Weather forecast! Why does the engine have a Toyota emblem - is it a Celsior essentially? If so, Why didn't Celsior have its own Badge?

Paul - Now thats what I call putting a Cat amongst the Pigeons !! but thanks if you are absolutely sure on this. I have asked the Question what did Fluid type T-II mean? and I made an assumption it meant Dextron. The debate will no doubt continue during my absence and as a 1993 owner I'll look forward to reading updates on my return. I'll buy whichever is the right fluid for the car irrespective of price. G. knows I've spent enough not to want to wreck the car after so many issues have now been resolved. Pity the Handbook did not actually give a brand product.

I think I told you I had to pay £95.48. Pretty sure this is for the import of the two Rear UCA's. My bill shows Customs duty £10.42 Excise Duty £0.00 Import duty £71.56 Other £0.00 Clearance Fee £13.50 (zero rated for VAT purposes) total £95.48 Hope this helps.

Ooops! sorry if I seem to be going against advice - Unintentional. I assumed that older model cars which stated in the manual "fluid type T-II or equivalent" meant Toyota Dextron 2. Was I wrong? If not, my trying to get to grips with this issue suggested Toyota labeled Dextron III must be an "equivalent" but no info as to if 3309 compliant. The price is what caught my eye. Yet to buy, so I guess I can try to engage my brain once again around this issue in due course. ps What specific parts in an auto box vary from manufacturer to manufacturer in terms of the material used?

Yes - I think they got scared, seeing your age. I wouldn't trust my Son of similar age with anything of value Car wise. (Golf Mk 2 owner and driver - well would be if he could be bothered to fix it) LOL You say it was "cheap" to do, but I doubt that would be the case as you don't just want to change the Cambelt but also the water pump and tensioners as water pumps within the housing do begin to leak and the Tensioner is critical. Don't want to have the work done twice. Parts alone from Lexus are over £500 but on ebay USA you can get a kit for $250 (? or thereabouts) So, before sorting a mechanic give this some thought. ps No, my Son doesn't drive my Lexus as he loves to talk about drifiting!!!

A salutary reminder that corroding brake pipes need more than a bit of Hammerite to cover up for the MOT inspection. Have had replaced most of mine, one I see goes right around the back of the engine bay. Also had added s/s hoses. Absolute confidence now in the brakes which when I got the Car were UNBELIEVEABLY DANGEROUS. Never experienced such poor brakes on any other car I've owned and yet it had an MOT.. Interesting that you mention can buy pre-shaped brake pipe. If I'd known I might have have saved my mechanic some work. Ps Exhaust never corrodes?? - aren't you forgeting Steve that the flanges are mild steel, rot away and are a PITA.

See Genuine toyota ATF Dextron 111 from Shop Toyota £9.36 a litre with free delivery on thE bay. 3 litres should do me, but 1200 mile drive before its booked to be changed. Pity, I'd have liked it done before the drive.

Well with four hours to go and only one bid of a fiver - anyone in Edinburgh or nearby must get a bargain. The Cats for scrap must be worth £60. Like the lexus emblem over the pipe ends. Not sure they will enhance perfomance. Most probably do very little. The Y pipe looks as bad as most do. Put the pipes on the end of existing standard exhaust for fun look. Not keen on the noise it made but for parts if I was closer I'd take a punt.

Personally I like a good old fashioned Antimacassar to keep my Brilcream off the headreast - Hahahahaha!

Just been looking at what atf to buy and notcie in the Handbook under "Specifications - Automatic Transmission " Fluid capacity drain and refill 1.9L (2.0 qt. , 1.7 Imp qt.) " "Type T-11 or equivalent". Surely this can't be right? Always assumed it would need about 7 litres and read on this thread someone used 12L !