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Hi Guy/@Guy63, I'm sorry but I recently learnt that John has passed 😢 I hope you can experiment with your valve operation but I'm with you on how a normally closed valve works, good luck 🤞

@Legionaru they look great

Oh no, that's terrible news! So sorry to hear this as he was a good chap. Thanks for the update Herbs.

Hi John @Britprius, how are you doing? How are are your alloys holding up after their refurb? I have a TPMS sensor failure and I'm very tempted to take my car over to Wheel Furb for them to repair/recode my wheels. Did you opt for powder coat or paint/factory finish? Many Thanks, Lee

Whilst you are checking your brakes, ensure all the pads and pad to calliper sections are clean and sliding freely. Also a dab of lube on the back of the pads may sort it, all the common brake maintenance checks. Good luck. Take a look here for the ride height sensor repair;

Hi Jake, so Lexus have taken a look but not resolved the issue - right... Are your disks scoured at all? Is the vehicle new to you? Do you know when the pads were last changed? Do you know when the calipers were last lubed? - the rear have sliders are notorious for drying out and dragging 😉 Oh and dealers typically don't maintain/lube these, they just let them get so bad that they then charge you to replace the whole rear calliper. Do you brake hard to engage the hydraulics are just a little/medium to use the motor regen for most of the braking? I'd have a look at RockAuto over in the states for a ride height sensor. Is it just the arm that's broken? - if so, then you can make up a rod/rose joint yourself to fix it 😉 Regards, Lee

Haha, yes that is comforting Steve

Thanks John/etc, the annual test gets a bit more of a worry as each year ticks by.

Happy day despite the lack of sunshine

Great news Amanda / @IS300KK I'm really pleased it was fixed for you without too much fuss, mine was far too blocked and after repeated flushing/back flushing over several years I recently bit the bullet and had the heater matrix replaced. So it's just bread/water for me now 🤣

Just catching up on your progress and you've done a great job pal, well done.

Thanks for highlighting this, it popped up on my YT feed and enjoy it. It shows plenty of mechanical details, maybe too much for some Lexus owners 😄

I'm not sure how this is relevant but it made me check how many trips we've done to Europe in our GS. ln almost 4 years of ownership we've done 11 trips to Belgium. Surprised me, they soon add up. The only roadside issue she gave was excessive/rapid tyre wear due to bad rear toe adjusters. Terrible reliability, terrible.

Wow, had a good long drive today over Nottinghamshire's finest/worse roads...the car feels completely different with new front dampers. The leaking unit has obviously been poor for some time. Those rough Belgian cobbles took their toll this spring. The next time the jet washer is out, I'm going to try and find the source of the leak in the damper body.