darimura

they charge $15.00 for 30 days and $25.00 for a year for online access. Just wanted some feedback thanks

LScowboyLS

the real Toyota site is MUCH better and available by the 2 day or monthly subscription, but the cheapest/best value solution is the factory shop manual - just keep an eye on ebay and you can score one for $50-$75 if you keep your eyes peeled!

PS - the REAL factory shop manual looks like this:

Yamae

I used to use Chiltons but I found it not very useful to me. The best for me regarding Celsior is this.


This is a CD-ROM which contains several different service manuals for each year models, circuit diagrams and technical service information in a 650MB disk converted to PDF files. I was once told that this was almost equivalent to buy all those printed manuals for different Celsiors paying totally for close to 1000 US dollars. Without this I couldn't keep my old 98 Celsior.

A guy who works for a repair shop sometimes asks me to help pointing out a circuit diagram in the CD-ROM. I only have payed about 20 dollars for the CD-ROM but with this + some of my experiences, what I have gained was far beyond that money. I never have expected so but I enjoy nice dinners or coffee times with the shop owner. I also am allowed to use equipments in the shop freely. The CD-ROM helps me a lot. Isn't there a similar CD-ROM for LS400s in US market?

darimura

I have not seen these here is the U.S., Are Lexus's called Celsior in Japan?

LScowboyLS

yes! - Lexus LS400 and LS430 are called Toyota Celsior in Japan