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[yohavos]

Ok, got around to take pics of 'auto light'. Switches off light @ door open, switches on @ 'dark threshold' e.g. Under tree shade. Truly set and forget. But I rather like to turn things on/off myself

The ' light on' setting on stick switches on beam in all situations, regardless of key out/door open etc

1 Ambient light sensor on dash 2 auto setting on stick

Haha, our headlight controls are even on the opposite side of the steering wheel. No where near what we got

My 97's door sensor must be fudged (need to figure out what's up with it) cause my drivers door doesn't turn my dome light on or my head lights off

 

[Ebag333]

My 97's door sensor must be fudged (need to figure out what's up with it) cause my drivers door doesn't turn my dome light on or my head lights off

Someone (in another thread) mentioned that the dome light can fail, which causes problems (since the whole circuit runs through the dome). I'd check there first.

 

[sky90]

Here's more JDM quirks, perhaps-
Built in fog light blinks 30 times when doors open.
If doors opened with fog light switched on: front fog light, rear stop light, dash meter cluster and letterings on gear shift blinks 30 times.

 

[Ebag333]

30? Isn't that like....a lot?

 

[sky90]

30? Isn't that like....a lot?

Aw shucks, now I hv to Actually count the blinks, since you asked... No wait, the wifey can do it since she's 'interested' in safety matters, like walking the river crossing... Hehe

 

[sky90]

30? Isn't that like....a lot?

Since it's yota we are talking about, I won't be surprised if some engineer there drank a barrel of rice wine and figured out that 30 blinks duration is whats needed to-
Get out of the cruiser, by the foggy road shoulder, while intoxicated, pee the barrel of wine and get back in.
Makes sense?!

 

[BamaPaul]

Went and bought the $3 buzzer from radio shack this weekend and installed it(they had about 4 different styles at that price so I picked the thinest). Worked like a charm connected one lead to the tail fuse and the other to the gauge fuse and was done. It's a great cheap mod and will probably save me more time and money in the long run than the auto up mod(also a great simple cheap mod).

typed badly on my iPhone using IH8MUD

 

[FrankTorres]

Headlight warning buzzer...

Just installed a headlight warning buzzer now that my 17yr old daughter drives the 80.
First day driving it to school she leaves the lights on.
It has happened to my wife at least twice and to me once. In daylight on a dry dusty road, I needed the headlights on to be visible in traffic. Then I got distracted when I parked.

Don't know why I waited so long??? Pretty easy to install a buzzer.

I used a two wire buzzer from my chit pile in the garage or go to radio shack for around $5.
Red to tail light wiper (+) and white to windshield (-). 10 minutes and the buzzer works great.

 

[subzali]

Bumping this thread.

Did a 1996 US FZJ80 have auto-off or headlight warning buzzers from the factory?

Since it's late in the day and I can't think, could someone explain why connecting the buzzer to the tail lamp fuse on one side and the rear wiper or gauge fuse (both mentioned above, maybe another would work too) on the other make this buzzer work when you want it to (i.e. key off but headlights still on)? I get the tail lamp fuse part of it, but is there a path to ground on the rear wiper/gauge fuse that is interrupted by the key switch being in the 'ON' position?

 

[subzali]

Anybody?

 

[Copenhagen1]

Anybody?

I am going to bump it up for you. I can't answer your question but I can tell you thanks for bumping it up from 2011.

I purchased this buzzer from Radio Shack for $4. http://www.radioshack.com/76db-piezo-buzzer/2730059.html#start=2

I put it in my 92 and it took about 5 minutes. Works like a champ.

 

[landcrshr]

Bumping this thread.

Did a 1996 US FZJ80 have auto-off or headlight warning buzzers from the factory?

Since it's late in the day and I can't think, could someone explain why connecting the buzzer to the tail lamp fuse on one side and the rear wiper or gauge fuse (both mentioned above, maybe another would work too) on the other make this buzzer work when you want it to (i.e. key off but headlights still on)? I get the tail lamp fuse part of it, but is there a path to ground on the rear wiper/gauge fuse that is interrupted by the key switch being in the 'ON' position?

The GAUGE fuse has many paths to ground. Not directly to ground, but through the myriad of circuits it supplies the resistance to ground is relatively low. The WIPER fuse is tied to the GAUGE fuse. The +12V source to these fuses is switched off with the key, leaving the path(s) to ground seen by the buzzer.

Does this help?

 

[subzali]

The GAUGE fuse has many paths to ground. Not directly to ground, but through the myriad of circuits it supplies the resistance to ground is relatively low. The WIPER fuse is tied to the GAUGE fuse. The +12V source to these fuses is switched off with the key, leaving the path(s) to ground seen by the buzzer.

Does this help?

It just seems that if the negative was tied into the wiper circuit that the buzzer would go off every time the wipers cycled and the tail lights were on. Guess not though if it's worked for other people.

 

[landcrshr]

The WIPER fuse is always "hot" when the car is running, regardless of whether the wiper is cycling or not.

Both + & - wires of the buzzer will have +12v when the lights are also on.