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Old 03-25-11, 10:19 AM
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After doing some research I have decided to replace my TRANNY mount on my 1998 LS400. The motor has a very light vibration when accelerating and I believe it is one of the mounts. The car has 218000 miles on it and the engine hardly moved when testing the motor mounts. Which leads me to the transmission mount. Anyway, I am trying to get the "best value" out there. There is a wide difference in price. Basically $30 to $90 out there. Can someone tell me what would be the best for your buck? Maybe the website / company to order from. If I can spend $50 bucks I would be happy. Thanks for the input.
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By the way I am looking at a MTC brand for $38.07 right now.
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a new OEM lexus one is $35-45....
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Is there a lexus website I can order from or should I go to the local dealer?
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there are many vendors on clublexus site
you may try sewell (after registretion you gona have club discount)
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puredrifter,
where can one find oem trans mount for 35-45? sewell's is around 65 and etc...
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http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...?siteid=214082
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Originally Posted by wcoastls
sewell's is around 65 and etc...

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Sewell has it listed (retail) as $55. It's sold for $32..

95-00 transmission mount part number: 1237150060
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got mine from parts train for less then $40 shipped iirc. worked fine.
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gsteg
i meant with shipping etc, right around 64. what do u mean sold for 32?
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if you can't figure out how to use the sewell website perhaps you'd be better off giving them a call...
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i even put clublexus as promotional code, but came up invalid from sewell site. am i missing a new code?
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go here: http://lexus.sewellparts.com/

click on sedans, choose LS400 (or what ever you drive) you should be able to do the rest.. cheers..
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Originally Posted by wcoastls
i even put clublexus as promotional code, but came up invalid from sewell site. am i missing a new code?

You need to register your clublexus username on their website:

https://secure.sewellparts.com/account/create.html

Once you've logged in, you can see the discount.
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Even a local shop might not be bad, my guy got me $46. It was a unexpected fix since he was doing something else and found it. Didn't charge labor for that portion since he was already under there. Now the gear selector is vibration free.

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