Scored a Crazy Good Deal on a VERY Broken Lexus LS430
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Lexus LS430 is widely considered to be the greatest car ever made. It's extremely refined, quiet, comfortable, and still holds up well all these years later.
Except for this one... I managed to score a crazy good deal on this one, but it has one major problem.
#lexus #toyota #ls430
Welcome to the LS 430! Can’t wait to see all your work. Don’t forget to watch the car care nut videos on his LS 430 😎
I love his videos!
Nice !! Love these LS430's. it was a toss up between an LS430 and my current daily a 2002 ES300 which i bought 3 years ago. I'm the 2nd owner of a black on black now with 184k miles. Bought it with 160k miles. Within the first 18 months i had alot of the OEM parts replaced due to them failing: Starter, Alternator, 4 struts (rears were leaking), Exhaust flex pipe (starting rumbling), ignition coil packs (cylinder #1 failed) replaced them with DENSO and all 6 DENSO plugs and replaced front brake calipers they were freezing up. I have more $ into it than what i paid but im ok with that. It will outlive me !
Great car! Sold my 03 ES with 350k miles on it!
@@fisephalnoxtmaybe when I retire in 4-5 years I’ll get a clean unmolested LS430. Recently seen a few going for $17-20k for 2004 to 2006 models with about 60 to 80k miles. These are extremely high compared to KBB
Congrats! You have one of the best variants of the ls430 with the 5spd, much stronger than the 6 speed in the later ls430.
Thanks! Gonna get this thing running great again
I have owned a 2002 ls 430 for 2 years now. I changed the radiator with a new Denzo $250. The lower control arm bushings $115. Pcv valve $28. NGK plugs $100. Gas cap $29. Trunk and hood struts $40. Cabin filter $12.. Its almost 100% i just need to do the front kyb struts which i have $270.
Rear shocks.
@@Justkevin377 Rear shocks are still good. I think the kybs are $247.
YEAH: Future Lexus LS content is in the pipe-line!!!!!
Thanks for making!
Tons more to come! Thanks for watching
Indeed Joe, there is no such thing as too much LS content!
@@Carnold_YTThat is SO TRUE !!! Glad you've been following this page too - It's quite a compliment too!
i live in PCB FL, that was so weird when i saw the piece of paper saying panama city
JM is the best Lexus dealership and I live in Dallas, Texas.
Hello there ,
Drin transmission fluid completely when it's cold .
Remove the transmission pan.
Remove the fluid Felter.
Remove transmission gears sensors , you will find around 6 or 8 polts with size 10 .
Unplug the electric connectors.
Take out the whole sensors as one piece.
Put it in table and start to uninstall it part after part .
Clean all sensors as sperate.
Clean the filters inside each sensor.
Start cleaning with WD-40, then with some gas fuel .
Use tooth prush.
Let them dry .
Put then all together again .
Clean the transmission filter verrrrry gooood , make sure no dirt inside.
Put it back , and put transmission pan back .
Using silicon, make sure to tighten the pan polts with hand .
Wait the silicon to dry for one hour.
Then use small tourq ranch.
Wait for silicon to dry to next day .
In the next day , first put Lucas transmission treatment, then complete the level with original Toyota transmission fluid.
Start the vehicle, Make sure to level it when the car still cold .
And make sure the level reach full of the cold level , not the hot level .
Put the gear on number 1 , do not move , leave it stop 30 seconds
Then number 2 and ، and do same thing .
Then 3 , then 4 .
Then Drive .Good luck
execuse my English
Thanks for the advice! Have you seen this procedure fix this particular problem or done it yourself? Just wondering how likely it is to be successful
@@JJinMotion I did it my self for my LS400 , when I have same noise.
Also check very well all cables and sensors electric connectors inside the transmission, sometimes this happens when you have a broken electric sensor cable or connector not plugged probably with age and time , check with a good eye.
And something also this happens when not changing transmission fluid for a long long long time .
And also sometimes this happens if the transmission filter is very very very dirty , so the transmission fluid can't climb up to the tourq convertor, and it starts making noise sound , with no power to move the vehicle because there is not enough fluid inside it .
Dude I too just bought an LS430 01 UL. Cosmetically not great but a fun project nonetheless! Amazing car and honestly much nicer than the gen 2 Celsior
Hell yeah! We both leveled up
@@JJinMotion wellllll. I didn’t get as good of a deal as you did on yours. Got it off Craigslist as kind of an impulse buy so I didn’t do enough diligence to find out it had a bent subframe, bent oil pan, sheared motor mounts… and then the battery totally died on me right after fixing all that lol. Now I found out it had two blown air shocks… dude must have ran over iron man
Dude!! Holy crap, that’s some serious damage. Are you gonna try to fix it? Hopefully some of my videos of suspension and stuff in the future can help you if you don’t get to it before me
@@JJinMotion yep everything is in except for the two used oem air shocks that should be here tomorrow! The ucf30 suspension setup felt familiar yet surprisingly different from the ucf20 setup. Basically there is no strut bar and a much different lower control arm design
That’s awesome dude. And also isn’t it an aluminum upper control arm and knuckle? That’s pretty crazy if so. Stoked for you to get that thing back on the road!
One owner yet so neglected. Wonder of the final cost to fix everything yourself. Deal of the century might not be so attractive.
Keep it stock but throw the 04-06 18 inch wheels on it when you get to the end of the project. It makes the car look so much better. I also had a base model years ago but mine was an 05. I LOVED not having the obsolete navigation system.
Those wheels are perfecto, for sure. Agreed! No nav is the 🐐
I have a 2002 LS 430, I bought a factory set of the 18 inch rims to replace the disgusting 16 inch factory wheels. It’s one of the best looking factory rims I’ve ever seen, it complements the car so much!Absolutely love my car 300k and going strong!
Exhaust leak from ypipe, possibly from gaskets as well.
And by the way , the noise sounds when you are filming on the driver side , it's not from the engine, it's from the tourq convertor.
Just do as I said in my previous comment, and everything will be fine .
That makes sense. It’s a very strange noise!
looking forward to see the process
What codes do you get?
It might be your oil solenoids
No codes at all
Amazing cars! Only if they were efficient :) I wonder if these can be CNG converted, where I live it's actually a thing (there are a few CNG stations)
There harder to work on than some simpler cars and not as rugged as the forunner or helix
LS430 🥶🥶🥶🥶 fine wine bb
DL later?
cool find dude! Im a bit pickier with my ongoing search. I want a 2005 year in black or silver exterior, with tan or grey interior in great condition, perferrably in the Custom Luxury trim or Ultra Luxury trim. Don't care about mileage as long as it was well taken care of with good service history.
Sounds like a winning combo! I did find a black UL that was in good shape, they’re out there for sure
@@JJinMotion yes dude definitely. Not long after this comment there was black on black 03 UL for sale a couple hours from me.
I saw one locally that has 20K original miles garage kept but the owner want $20K cash!
Amazing but it probably needs work from sitting so much! I’d still buy it tho lol
Get them while they're still affordable.
congrats
Let’s go a ls430!!!!!!! Time to binge watch all the restoration
Hopefully my wallet can keep up!
The 2001s had more engine issues. Should of got a 2004, 2005 or 2006.
How can I find those rims?
On my ls400 I had same steering wheel issue and I simply removed the plastic column cover wiggled wires and it started working and has been fine for months now! Just heads up before ordering a motor! Excited to watch the journey my friend.
Oh wow, great to know! Thank you
Excited for this!!
Had a 400 and a 430 loved them both but recently I got a IS350 and it’s my favorite so far
I think your mistake was running the engine & transmission with a nearly-empty pan, and I wonder how much new fluid you put back in. Sometimes long dipstick tubes for transmissions can take 10-20 minutes for the fluid in the tube to drain before the dipstick reads correctly. My friend bought an 05 for $8k and it had a bad transmission too. Sounds like you were gonna need a tranny anyway.
I definitely didn't break this tranny, the PO drove it way too long in a bad state unfortunately. But it's fixable thankfully
subscribed. I own a 100 serie and LS430, looking forward to more DIY content!
Awesome! Glad to have you
Good luck and can't wait to see the updates!
Thank you!