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Mark Tierney
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NSW
Soarer GTT & Celsior

Posts: 261
Reg: 09-2005

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Monday, August 10, 2009 - 02:26 pm, by:  Mark Tierney (Mark_t)

Let the maintenance update begin: 1) air conditioning

For the last few months I've had the crazy squeal coming from my air conditioning compressor on the Celsior. When investigating in Sydney the refurbishment/replacement job was going to cost somewhere between $1000 & $1500 to fix. I wasn't impressed.

Finally I found a link on EBay that seemed almost too good to be true. Reconditioned air con compressors for the LS400 for US$250 with clutch. They even had a best offer option, of which I made an offer of US$230 & they accepted. Shipping was US$91.00, so a total of US$321 (A$382.00 - about $400 - 500 cheaper that I could get it done locally).

The re-gas & new valve was $130 and the labour was about $340.

All up fitted & regassed was $850. If I had have fitted it myself, it would have been a $500 job.

It has been in for a couple of months now & is running perfectly.

I know there are a few of you guys experiencing the same issue of air con, so I thought I'd post the link...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-97-LEXUS-LS400-LS-400-AUTO-AIR-AC-A-C-COMPRESSOR_W0QQitemZ35016236 7204QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item51874db2e4&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

It arrived about a week after purchase and I'm very happy with the result.

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