Beep, beep, beep over 105km/hr?

mac · 02-23-05, 10:09 AM

Anyone know how to shut off the beep, beep in a 70 series. It seems to kick in over 105km/hr. What's the big idea? Anyway, thanks in advance!

Mac

84 bj60, 87hj60, 88bj74

Stone · 02-23-05, 10:43 AM

Do a search, there was an earlier thread about this. Basically, there is a speed sensor that trips a buzzer over 105 km/h. Some sort of Japanese safety thing, I guess. Look under your dash to the left side of your steering wheel. You will see a small black square box with a few slots on one end (the buzzer end) and two wires attached to a connector on the other end. It is attached to a bracket with one bolt. Unplug and remove this box and the buzzing should go away. HTH.

lowenbrau · 02-23-05, 10:48 AM

Holy!

Finally someody else with this. Charla's BJ73 does this intermittantly and every time I mention it to anyone I just get a blank stare. In her case the beeper is dieing so it is intermittant and varies in sound. Some days its like a cell phone, others Charla describes it "like squshing a frog under a ping pong paddle" (I didn't ask how she knows this sound) most days there is no sound at all.

As for speed, it seems to come on at 105 kph and again at 115kph.

So, the question is. Where is the sender for this thing? I didn't notice a VSS on the speedo cable but maybe there is one at the dashboard end.

Stone · 02-23-05, 11:03 AM

I haven't explored the back of my instrument cluster, Bruce...but I'm guessing that it would be on that end. One thing I did notice, and you can ask Charla to try this, is pin the speedo on 105 km/h and watch the needle. I find mine "ticks" a little on that speed, righ where the beeper would have started its annoying sound.

Just remove the buzzer, and you won't have to worry about it. I was telling Sheldon that I should hook up a large 24v red LED scanner behind my grille and hook it up to the wires that used to power the buzzer...that way when I hit 105+ km/h (120 km/h in actual speed in my rig), the scanner comes on just like KITT in Knight Rider.

TURBO BOOST!

crushers · 02-23-05, 11:17 AM

almost every unit i have brought in has this gizmo. to find it on ol smokey i tore the dash apart and drove down the highway with my head cocked just right and finally found it behind the hot air flow pipe under the dash. it turns out i didn't need to tear the dash apart at all, you can reach it from underneath to disconect...
it sure sounded like it was coming from around the speedo...
picture driving down the highway at 106km/hr with your head burried in the opened dash...
cheers

Island Moose · 02-23-05, 11:35 AM

I was driving through town the other day at about 70kph when I heard a strange "wrrrrrrrrrr.....wrrrrrrrrrrrr....." coming from the rear of my truck, I also noticed red and blue lights flashing inside the cabin...has anyone expereinced this before? Where can I unplug this system?...please??

lowenbrau · 02-23-05, 11:42 AM

You might have to wait for the revolution before you can make this modification. Be proud though, diesel Land Cruisers rarely have this feature

David*BJ70 · 02-23-05, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moose_sv1000s

I was driving through town the other day at about 70kph when I heard a strange "wrrrrrrrrrr.....wrrrrrrrrrrrr....." coming from the rear of my truck, I also noticed red and blue lights flashing inside the cabin...has anyone expereinced this before? Where can I unplug this system?...please??

Make sure the blue and red lights not come from a police car who was following you !! 70kph is a little bit fast in town

mac · 02-23-05, 11:32 PM

Thanks muchly! My world at 110km/hr is now peacefully serene. Just the whirr of the diesel... ah, beautiful!

Mac

Stone · 02-24-05, 11:35 AM

You're welcome. Did you use my idea for the Knight Rider look?

George Cowan · 02-24-05, 02:58 PM

Hi this is my first post. I have a BJ74 and would like to know if that beeper is the lower one with the foam at the bottom,mounted to the bracket behind the air blower just above the clutch pedal. Thanks

crushers · 02-24-05, 03:07 PM

yep

crushers · 02-24-05, 03:16 PM

BTW, welcome to the list...

Ratpuke · 02-24-05, 09:43 PM

Hallelujah! I'm not insane. (http://www.birfield.com/modules.php?.../msg00875.html)

Thanks guys....

Charla

Stone · 02-25-05, 12:20 AM

Charla: You sound like a really interesting person from your posts...it would be neat to actually meet you on a run someday! Frog and Ping Pong paddles...who would have thought?

crushers · 02-25-05, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ratpuke

Hallelujah! I'm not insane.Charla

i do beleive the jury is still out on that one...
;^)

A2B in a TLC · 03-04-05, 11:27 PM

Is this just a speed warning buzzer because the Japs have lower/stricter limits or could it be a warning re engine RPMs etc. I gots to know.

Bruce in Tsawwassen

crushers · 03-05-05, 12:11 AM

definately not a rpm sensor but a km/hr sensor/...

02-23-05, 10:09 AM	#1
mac rust and moth consumables Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wet Coast Posts: 844	Beep, beep, beep over 105km/hr? Anyone know how to shut off the beep, beep in a 70 series. It seems to kick in over 105km/hr. What's the big idea? Anyway, thanks in advance! Mac 84 bj60, 87hj60, 88bj74

02-23-05, 10:43 AM	#2
Stone IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: May 2004 Location: BC, Canada TLCA# 13772 Posts: 1,992	Do a search, there was an earlier thread about this. Basically, there is a speed sensor that trips a buzzer over 105 km/h. Some sort of Japanese safety thing, I guess. Look under your dash to the left side of your steering wheel. You will see a small black square box with a few slots on one end (the buzzer end) and two wires attached to a connector on the other end. It is attached to a bracket with one bolt. Unplug and remove this box and the buzzing should go away. HTH. __________________ Stone's Land Cruiser & Flyfishing Pics Flyfishing British Columbia: www.flyfishbc.com bcfishingreports.com

02-23-05, 10:48 AM	#3
lowenbrau IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary AB TLCA# 5513 Posts: 2,495	Holy! Finally someody else with this. Charla's BJ73 does this intermittantly and every time I mention it to anyone I just get a blank stare. In her case the beeper is dieing so it is intermittant and varies in sound. Some days its like a cell phone, others Charla describes it "like squshing a frog under a ping pong paddle" (I didn't ask how she knows this sound) most days there is no sound at all. As for speed, it seems to come on at 105 kph and again at 115kph. So, the question is. Where is the sender for this thing? I didn't notice a VSS on the speedo cable but maybe there is one at the dashboard end. __________________ Rocky Mountain Land Cruiser Association TLCA # 5513 '87BJ74, '86BJ70, '78FJ45, '53M100, '90M101cdn I support our Troopies

02-23-05, 11:03 AM	#4
Stone IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: May 2004 Location: BC, Canada TLCA# 13772 Posts: 1,992	I haven't explored the back of my instrument cluster, Bruce...but I'm guessing that it would be on that end. One thing I did notice, and you can ask Charla to try this, is pin the speedo on 105 km/h and watch the needle. I find mine "ticks" a little on that speed, righ where the beeper would have started its annoying sound. Just remove the buzzer, and you won't have to worry about it. I was telling Sheldon that I should hook up a large 24v red LED scanner behind my grille and hook it up to the wires that used to power the buzzer...that way when I hit 105+ km/h (120 km/h in actual speed in my rig), the scanner comes on just like KITT in Knight Rider. TURBO BOOST! __________________ Stone's Land Cruiser & Flyfishing Pics Flyfishing British Columbia: www.flyfishbc.com bcfishingreports.com

02-23-05, 11:17 AM	#5
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,825	almost every unit i have brought in has this gizmo. to find it on ol smokey i tore the dash apart and drove down the highway with my head cocked just right and finally found it behind the hot air flow pipe under the dash. it turns out i didn't need to tear the dash apart at all, you can reach it from underneath to disconect... it sure sounded like it was coming from around the speedo... picture driving down the highway at 106km/hr with your head burried in the opened dash... cheers __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt "People are poor because they don't spend money wisely, tough sh!t !!! " John Galt 09/22/08 "educate yourself. Sorry if that seems too blunt." John Galt 11-01-08 Wayne in Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca join today

02-23-05, 11:35 AM	#6
Island Moose IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Auckland NZ via Vancouver Island Canada Posts: 818	I was driving through town the other day at about 70kph when I heard a strange "wrrrrrrrrrr.....wrrrrrrrrrrrr....." coming from the rear of my truck, I also noticed red and blue lights flashing inside the cabin...has anyone expereinced this before? Where can I unplug this system?...please?? __________________ MOOSE SOLD HER - SOMEDAY SOON JDM's...THEY SAVED THE BEST FOR THEMSELVES!!

02-23-05, 11:42 AM	#7
lowenbrau IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary AB TLCA# 5513 Posts: 2,495	You might have to wait for the revolution before you can make this modification. Be proud though, diesel Land Cruisers rarely have this feature __________________ Rocky Mountain Land Cruiser Association TLCA # 5513 '87BJ74, '86BJ70, '78FJ45, '53M100, '90M101cdn I support our Troopies

02-23-05, 11:32 PM	#9
mac rust and moth consumables Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wet Coast Posts: 844	Thanks muchly! My world at 110km/hr is now peacefully serene. Just the whirr of the diesel... ah, beautiful! Mac

02-24-05, 11:35 AM	#10
Stone IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: May 2004 Location: BC, Canada TLCA# 13772 Posts: 1,992	You're welcome. Did you use my idea for the Knight Rider look? __________________ Stone's Land Cruiser & Flyfishing Pics Flyfishing British Columbia: www.flyfishbc.com bcfishingreports.com

02-24-05, 02:58 PM	#11
George Cowan IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 23	Hi this is my first post. I have a BJ74 and would like to know if that beeper is the lower one with the foam at the bottom,mounted to the bracket behind the air blower just above the clutch pedal. Thanks

02-24-05, 03:07 PM	#12
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,825	yep __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt "People are poor because they don't spend money wisely, tough sh!t !!! " John Galt 09/22/08 "educate yourself. Sorry if that seems too blunt." John Galt 11-01-08 Wayne in Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca join today

02-24-05, 03:16 PM	#13
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,825	BTW, welcome to the list... __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt "People are poor because they don't spend money wisely, tough sh!t !!! " John Galt 09/22/08 "educate yourself. Sorry if that seems too blunt." John Galt 11-01-08 Wayne in Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca join today

02-24-05, 09:43 PM	#14
Ratpuke At wit's end Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 633430 6236257 TLCA# 12070 Posts: 862	Hallelujah! I'm not insane. (http://www.birfield.com/modules.php?.../msg00875.html) Thanks guys.... Charla

02-25-05, 12:20 AM	#15
Stone IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: May 2004 Location: BC, Canada TLCA# 13772 Posts: 1,992	Charla: You sound like a really interesting person from your posts...it would be neat to actually meet you on a run someday! Frog and Ping Pong paddles...who would have thought? __________________ Stone's Land Cruiser & Flyfishing Pics Flyfishing British Columbia: www.flyfishbc.com bcfishingreports.com

03-04-05, 11:27 PM	#17
A2B in a TLC IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tsawwassen, BC TLCA# 15095 Posts: 254	Is this just a speed warning buzzer because the Japs have lower/stricter limits or could it be a warning re engine RPMs etc. I gots to know. Bruce in Tsawwassen

03-05-05, 12:11 AM	#18
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,825	definately not a rpm sensor but a km/hr sensor/... __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt "People are poor because they don't spend money wisely, tough sh!t !!! " John Galt 09/22/08 "educate yourself. Sorry if that seems too blunt." John Galt 11-01-08 Wayne in Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca join today

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