FJ60 Rocker Switches? (1 Viewer)

[RredFJ40]

Frankie - '87 FJ-60 Refurbishment Plus a Few Mods

Thanks, Spike. Your picture, with the probe on the aft end, made me doubt whether I had installed mine correctly. I looked, and according to the IN/OUT arrow on the cat, it is pointed the right way. The probe wire wouldn't reach if it was clocked differently. It seems to run fine and New...

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HTH

Perfect, thanks!

 

[Elbert]

you may be able to get by with wrapping what is left of the legs on the switch bezel with electrical tape just to get it to hold until you find a more permanent fix. This basically makes for a tighter fit even though one or more of the legs is cracked or broke. just go all the way around the switch with the tape on the part that fits in the dash hole.

Yea I was going to see if a little creative tape might work as a temp fix

 

[Elbert]

The hole next to the dimmer is the same as the others in the dash.

A 4WD button from a 62 will fit the large square opening to the right of the steering wheel.

Instead of losing your choke cable (assuming you still have carburetion), use the switch opening to the right of the ashtray or left of the cig lighter.

I'm running a 5.7 Vortec so the carb is gone...thanks for feeback

 

[81Red60]

Related to this topic, has anyone found an oem switch that works for a winch? I would love to replace the crappy toggle I have mounted to an oem blank plate.

 

[MoaByte]

I hear Scion switches fit, use a relay with it.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

this can be a option .........

the leads are 12 guage wire

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[ToyotaMatt]

I have these going on too

I have verticals too

 

[Michael Hanson]

Hi, I have repaired the broken switches with 2 part epoxy. Let sit 24 hours. Years later they are still holding. Mike

 

[81Red60]

this can be a option .........

the leads are 12 guage wire


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I have this switch but I think a winch needs a three position toggle. The one I have currently installed also has three wires. I am not sure how you would wire this one up.

 

[JamesR]

A winch control switch should be "on-off-on "momentary switch. It's similar to a window switch, on for up, on for down, and off in between.

 

[reaton]

I realize this may be old news or known to some, but I'm asking because I've not seen an answer after looking around for some time.

I have a 1986 FJ60, USA model / Gas. There are two or three blanks around the steering column and I believe one or more over to the center of the dash. I'm away from the vehicle. When I was working on the truck recently one of the stock rocker switches came loose from teh dash mount (it might be the rear defog rocker) I don't recall at the time of this msg. Anyway I just barley put some minor leverage on the plastic mount that holds the rocker to the dash and that broke as its very brittle (only 30+ years old). Throwing out questions if anyone knows..

(1) are there replacement rocker switch retainers for the oem rockers that are installed in the area below the A/C control head?

(2) are there replacement rocker switches (OEM or aftermarket) & retainers that work in the blank slots in the dask (around the steering column etc.. ?

(3) are there replacement OEM style or aftermarket rockers switches that fit in the slots under the A/C control head ?

My truck is not stock and has various home-brewed solutions to things, so I'm not caught up on stock look, but I do want something functional and solid. From my observation it appears the current standard rocker switches are not the same size as the toyota OEM stuff.

For example I removed the stock choke cable assembly and I'm using that as a mount for a toggle, and I removed the throttle control cable and I plan to adapt that hole for a toggle switch mount. I obvisouly want to avoid drilling holes, since I have a number of blanks where I could use a rocker.

I'll take some pics and point out what I'm talking about specifically but I would appreciate any feedback on what others have done. Looking for ideas on rocker and toggle style mounts / use of the OEM dash "holes" for mount points. I don't expect to run any major amps through these switches / toggles. I'm controlling or plan to control (aux electric radiator cooling fan, additional interior lights, on board Air Compressor, front and rear ARB locker, maybe exterior fog/driving lights, maybe rear flood light).

I understand that there are other options on external controls like spods, external panels , or external control boxes. Right now I want to see what I can do with the spaces in the dash I have now, and potentially repair the one OEM rocker switch mount I mentioned above that is loose. Given the age of the truck, I expect some of the other OEM rockers might come loose too, given the brittle nature of 30+ year old plastic.

I don’t have a solution for your switches, but I am having some of these blanks 3D printed by my brother in law.

Switch covers for the 1986 fj60 dash board by joorgawt

These are switch covers for the switch holes in the dashboard. You may need to scale +- a few percent depending on your printer settings. They should be snug and not wiggle when installed. Use a heat resistant filament. If you use these, please give feedback on the fit and what filament you...

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