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Do you mean these? I have used similar ones to ease the load on the mess of wires behind the central console as there were items being powered from previous taps and the like so I have used them to clean things up and to have each item running off a fuse. They work fine but I have found that, depending on the fuse box, they take up room and can block off the slot next to them so some locations are better than others. You also need to work on the connections and try and get the feed shrouded - as in the picture so that you don't have a live feed floating around. Oh - just mean to add that I haven't used them for LED lights but for; GPS speedo, dashcam, USB sockets, accessory (cigarette) socket and something I have forgotten 🙂

So they are the same number?

Good evening starider - is there any chance of finding those numbers please? My 2005 failed it's pre-MoT on: Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits [8.2.1.2(b)] Exhaust lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits [8.2.1.2(c)] Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits [8.2.1.2(b)] I have cleaned the MAF and put come cleaner in the fuel but have yet to locate the lambda sensors. I will also be changing the fuel pump filter - are there any recommendations or ones to avoid? https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/fuel-filter-10361/toyota/alphard/alphard-ath1-mnh1-anh1/25589-2-4-anh10w shows quite a few but none are Denso. Advisories which I am less fussed about: Two tyres are close to needing replacement and one of my 5 brake lights isn't working (this is the one I know that works when I take the tailgate apart and then stops after I put it all back together again)

So far we have 'It's a little matcha candy' and 'the small characters to the left say 'Uses natural salt from Inner Mongolia' and the small text to the right say 'Hand kneading' which is probably hand made. The top middle character translates to 'Shiohara' which seems to mean 'Salt'. The lower character might be 84%? So a salty jelly chew maybe?' it seems they like salty sweets.

I was taking some pics of the driver side fuse board and something rustled behind the hinge of the storage bin, which I had taken out for ease of access - on investigation I found what I assume is a Japanese jelly sweet of some sort. So sometime between build (2005) and import (2018) someone lost a sweet and it's eventually been found. What is a little surprising is that it in all it's journeys it hadn't fallen out, as there wasn't a lot to hold it in place. I have no intention of opening it up of course but it would be interesting if someone recognised the sweet (I think I have it up the correct way). Paul

I suspect your toolkit will expand somewhat with Alphard ownership 🙂 - one of the items I have found really useful is a set of trim removers - small plastic levers that you use to remove trim, very useful for saving wear and tear on paint and the like. As for your supposed ignorance, don't worry about it, we are all in the same boat to one degree or another.

It's hard to tell from the picture with the red cable but I assume it would go into the block you are holding - is it 'live' all the time, when the key gets turned or never? A picture of the end of the block to show the connection layout may help.

There are, of course, other considerations, the newer ones don't look to have rotatable middle seats, and fewer of them - depending on model, but they have more toys. Newer vehicles will _tend_ to be in better condition and have fewer miles (KMs) on them. Newer ones are likely to have easier access to spares etc. but that is rather subjective in any case. But it's all dependant on your personal views.

And you could also do a search for breakers, though my sole experience was someone who wanted to charge the same price for a second hand bit as a new part from Japan.

I got a big box of various fixings from ebay - though I suspect aliexpress, temu, etc. will all do the same. They are especially good for ones that you will struggle to find a particular name for.

Hopefully someone will be along who can help with real knowledge 🙂

I had a quick look on Aliexpress and found some for UKP 33.29. (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007412234497.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.53.2c180Dzy0DzyTz&algo_pvid=a0cb904f-373c-477a-9a4d-e3b932bade79&algo_exp_id=a0cb904f-373c-477a-9a4d-e3b932bade79-26&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"2"%2C"eval"%3A"1"}&pdp_npi=4%40dis!GBP!75.66!33.29!!!673.13!296.17!%40!12000040652898708!sea!UK!6132551462!X&curPageLogUid=EdtADpcqAOm5&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A) you will want to check year and fit etc - this would be for my 05/2005 model. Downside is that they would take some time to arrive.

I would step through everything to make sue it works just to check fuses if nothing else. To my mind it sounds like a dodgy earth strap or similar but hopefully it won't reappear.

I took mine to a local locksmith (ARC in Stevenage) and they scanned my existing key to determine the frequency it used. Then I looked on ebay for fobs and key blanks that matched that frequency and buttons. There was a fair bit of faff around getting the keys programmed but the cutting went well. They needed a sort of OBD patch panel for their fob programmer to get it's expected 12v from the vehicle. But they have done it once now so when they get another 2005 Alphard it should be easier for the next person.

Yep - same light clusters as my facelifted one, though you seem to be missing the dual cameras in the front grill (not that they are of any use 🙂 and the rear wiper.

The deal with the steering wheel buttons is the small white connector that sends data / power / magic to the cruise control stalk. I'm sure someone can elucidate but asfaik it's needed.

Mine is a face-lift model and its May 2005, so yours should be a face-lift version also. One tell for the face-lift version is whether there is a second kerb-side mirror on the mirror to help with parking. there are some examples on wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Alphard. I have successfully fitted cruise-control to mine - very straight-forward once you have taken the cover off the steering wheel, though I did get caught out by the colour of my stalk surround, I didn't realise that the first one I bought was black, rather than a grey colour. Surround - 45186-58020 Steering wheel button - 1870633-30 and a search for 'CRUISE CONTROL STALK SWICTH FIT FOR TOYOTA YARIS RAV4 LANDCRUISER PRIUS AURIS' (ebay item:184954212553) found me the stalk.

I just checked mine (a facelift 2005) and there was no illumination of the gear selector. I know there is a green LED under there so I started to pull on the housing so see what i could see and it then worked - sigh.

I am wondering whether, after almost 20 years, the alternator brushes need replacing. It looks to be part number 27370-20130 (https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/2737020130). Has anyone got any experience in changing an alternator brush?

I have a GPS HUD but I don't know whether that would be Ok for the MoT. The previous people had fitted a simple conversion chart of values which I can only assume is Ok for MoT purposes, maybe that was what your tester was referring to.

I have an auto-electrician booked for next Wednesday afternoon so hopefully he will be able to test both at least.

You could start by finding the item on https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/toyota/alphard - then, once you have the number, look on ebay to see if you can get one quicker / cheaper. If you can extract the existing one you may be able to find the part number on that.

Never seen one of these and don't know what I am talking about but here goes ... I note that there is a bulge to the right of the two buttons - does the bottom of that move at all? Next, are there any buttons on the other side that get exposed when the seat is moved forwards? next, are there any buttons or levers on the front that would swivel the seats? also .. are there any buttons on the dashboard that might operate the welcab? Good luck.

Hi all, I am seeing these symptoms, not sure if they are related or not but any clues / suggestions would be appreciated. I had a fun local trip yesterday, the Alphard started Ok (first time as usual) and seemed Ok until I tried using the indicators as there was no response at all. In the past I have come across this as possibly being a low battery so I kept an eye on things. A 10 min drive later I stopped for about 10 (picking up a dry cleaned rug - probably not related 🙂 ) and when I came to starting it up it was a little sluggish (I would be guessing it was at 11v maybe) but started thankfully. About 2 mins into the drive the ABS and passenger seat belt indicators came on, which I haven't seen before. The engine started to struggle but then recovered and I removed the rug from the seat but the lights remained. I got home Ok and parked up and tried restarting but there wasn't enough to even start a crank. I took the battery out, recharged it overnight and put it back in again this morning. It was reading 13.6v before I connected it. I tried the engine (it started) and the indicators (they didn't work) and started going through the fuses. The battery was reading around 12.5v while running and, when turned off, this would be a little higher (12.8v or thereabouts - I suspect this might be to do with the battery top-up solar charger I fitted to the main battery) but I would have expected 13v to 14v. The HORN-ALT 20A fuse in the large fuse box is fine, as are the others in there. The three fuses in the secondary engine bay box are also fine. I looked through the manual at the drivers and passengers fuses boxes and I can't see any for the alternator or indicators. Currently stumped at where to go from here beyond giving it to the care of an auto-electrician. I must point out that this Alphard has been fitted with a leisure battery charging system and it's own solar charger via a controller. I have also fitted; GPS HUD, dashcam, swapped out the 2 110v ports for two twin USB ports and a second accessory socket. For these I have recently used fused spurs to give some additional fused connections from the passenger side fuse board - like this: And before me: the radio has been swapped for an english unit (whose touch screen is no longer working), causing quite a bit of confused wiring behind the dashboard. A fog light switch has also been fitted and a twin port USB socket as well. Hopefully I have given a full picture, but if there is anything I have missed please let me know. Cheers Paul

When you move the gear selector is there any sort of resistance - I am wondering whether the link between the selector and the gearbox may have come loose. it looks like there should be a cable connecting the two. (this is for a 2005 model though - yours may be different).