Let there be light!!!

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/02/2020 at 21:57 • Filed to: Longbed 2020

OHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Today I r eplaced two fuses, including one that looked fine but didn’t work when I swapped slots on a whim. Replaced a dash bulb which has never worked anyway. Jiggled all the looms and wires. Found the wiring diagram and was prepared to dive in... And by “prepared” I mean “oh God no.”

Crawled under to touch the wires again before fucking around with the multimeter. When suddenly — SUDDENLY — something happened that’s not occured before... Basically looked like this:

What? WHAT?!? And in the corner of my eye, the bulb that illuminates the climate controls flashed. Next I clamp the wires together and check my gauges. I SEENT them! Because there’s light behind them now!!

Since the dimmer switch is a PITA to get to, may or may not work, the wires are too damn short, and I don’t want to think about it ever again, I did the bipass:

Remember: I have sex in exchange for cash, I’m not electrician by trade.

Point being YESSSSSSSS I like this truck too much to NOT be happy that I can drive at night again.

DISCUSSION (18)

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:08

You're on a roll my friend!

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:10

Look at you fixing eve rything...

I think you are ready to take on another Tercel!

The Snowman > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:11

Nice.

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:13

I wish I could be motivated to do it in the cruiser. I also wish it was remotely simple. They are burried deep in the IP and you have to do a lot of dissasembly to get to them. The “ PWR” button just died and the “D” for drive has been dead sometime. If something I love like the differential lock indicators go...I’ll dive in. Glad you got yours working though. I’ve learned from experience that the fuse isn’t obviously bad sometimes. I’ve replaced one this year that failed in a wierd way that wasn’t at the fuse point. also, buy quality fuses.

dogisbadob > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:13

glad you fixed it

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:19

Kinja'd!!!

facw > HammerheadFistpunch
06/02/2020 at 22:22

The light behind the shifter label on my S40 died and it was surprisingly disconcerting. I would have thought I was shifting by feel, and indeed I was getting to the right place, but apparently a quick look to verify was part of my routine, and without it my brain didn’t trust that I was in the right gear. Pretty easy to replace though. My S60 has a gear display on the instrument panel so I’d have a backup there (also before I got the motor mounts fixed, I could have told between drive neutral and reverse just by the amount of vibration).

gettingoldercarguy > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 22:27

You’re really reminding me of Clarkson. First the fuel pump, now this.

Kinja'd!!!

Chariotoflove > facw
06/02/2020 at 23:05

Now you’ve done it

Kinja'd!!!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch
06/02/2020 at 23:14

This truck has like 12 total fuses and I still cut up my knuckles and skinned my hands getting to what most would call "easily accessible" bulbs and wires. I don't even want to THINK about your Landy Boi

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/02/2020 at 23:48

hell, I just ADDED 12 fused circuits.

Noodles > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/03/2020 at 00:07

Your odometer only has 5 digits?!? I'm guessing it's rolled over at least once. Toyotas last forever, I'm surprised they didn't have another digit in it

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Noodles
06/03/2020 at 00:19

I bought it with x96k, but I found an oil service sticker when I bought it that showed 195k. I also have (almost) every service record since new. I would bet with both hands it’s rolled over twice, but not thrice.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch
06/03/2020 at 00:20

PASS