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WarDamnEagle
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Do you have a switch that isn't working? If so, most of us have just left the switch in place and bypassed it by installing a jumper on the junction board in the tailgate.
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WarDamnEagle
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Meh
Greg ,
PLEASE do NOT ever post a ToyotaPartSteal Link in ANY Thread , where i am the Thread Starter any time in the future ....
- That TECH thread had value and purpose , that was for more important then any one single person , including myself or you ...
i never posted a link of any kind , for the simple reason it would take away from a very murky and confusong topic i was indeed interested in
from a Technical point of View ....
- i Technically disagree from both a Safety stand point , and a Technical one , that Bypassing the Rear Window Saftey Switch is Sound Recomendation here ...
- what happens if the rear glass window engages upward while tail gate is in the resting down position ?
- or , the key gets stuck in the close up window clocking turn position and can,t be removed or turned off quiklly when noticed ?
- these are my well intended thoughts on this topic for the Thread Starter to consider here for him self ......
- just like all the current and future 55 / 56 owner operators would of had about there Double Tanks Set Up's , , and for that matter , all 68-9/77 ones would have had a new and modern update to get excited about , but none of them i mention above will have that information now , because of things and stuff like Meh ....
- the topic of bypassing the Saftey Switch above , is Tecnically & fundimentally unsafe and NOT Meh ...
matt ...
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WarDamnEagle
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Not worth the reply. Apologies again to the OP.
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Unfortunately Matt, this is not a new phenomenon. Far from it.
Toyota Trails ran a tech article from a vendor THIRTY YEARS AGO which promoted an unsafe steering hack (not my one-penny trick, which I do not consider unsafe)
I submitted an article going into detail, and providing Toyota part numbers (something that I rarely do) on how to do the job properly because I had strong feelings about the safety issue. The editor would not run the article because the previous article had been written by a friend. I learned an important lesson, and submitted no further tech to the community.
As Ernest Hemingway once wrote: in the end the age was handed, the kind of sh*t that it demanded.
Toyota Trails ran a tech article from a vendor THIRTY YEARS AGO which promoted an unsafe steering hack (not my one-penny trick, which I do not consider unsafe)
I submitted an article going into detail, and providing Toyota part numbers (something that I rarely do) on how to do the job properly because I had strong feelings about the safety issue. The editor would not run the article because the previous article had been written by a friend. I learned an important lesson, and submitted no further tech to the community.
As Ernest Hemingway once wrote: in the end the age was handed, the kind of sh*t that it demanded.
So I don’t want to bypass mine, but I also cannot find a replacement. Any recommendations?
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I wound up up buying dissembled ones from Specter Off Road, taking them apart cleaning the contacts and putting them together..problem solved
hey thee , mr. @PRETRD ,
- if either of you folks , requires a new or replacement FJ55 key in any way shape or form ?
- i have ALL the Global Market Regions FJ55 T-SERIES Factory Key Codes programed into my TOYOTA Auto Body DENSO Computerized Code Cutting Key Machine ...
- if any FJ55 Lock Cylinder needs to be Re-Keyed to match the other ones already on the FJ55 like you describe above , i CAN preform that service related Job Scope task as well ....
- as a general rule and practice i do NOT repair ANY Vintage TOYOTA Key Lock Cylinders , however , the FJ55 is one of the rare unique case by case exceptions of my rule when it comes to the rear Power window Key switch lock , both Front side doors , and the optional Gas Door lock too ...
- because there were and still are ZERO aftermarket new key lock cylinder options ever made .....
- so that is the WHY on all that JIS JAZZ ...
- i have BOTH NOS OEM Factory Key Blanks , my own brand Period Correct Reproductions , and a top-shelf aftermarket brand SILCA made in Itally ones too \
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thanks
matt
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