Disabling the daytime driving lights

Bruce L. Bergman wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:47:21 GMT, "Philip"
> <1chip-state1@earthlink.n0t> wrote:
>> Bruce L. Bergman wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:04:25 -0600, "Ray O"
>>> <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Too bad consumer diesels got such a bad rap here in the U.S. I
>>>> think that most consumers still think of diesels as overly
>>>> expensive to maintain, hard to start, and soot belchers.
>>>
>>> Too many people got burned by the GM 350CID diesel conversion of
>>> their gasoline motor, which was an utter disaster - you can NOT run
>>> 24:1 compression on a two-bolt-main engine block designed to run at
>>> 7:1 on gasoline. Those motors grenaded faster than a (insert witty
>>> homily here...)
>>>
>>> And many more people didn't have one themselves, but watched as
>>> family members or friends got burned.
>>
>> Bruce: Your 2 bolt main assertion is overstated.
>
> Not in the case of the Olds 350 Diesel it wasn't - the block wasn't
> designed for the stresses. 4-bolt caps might have helped tie it
> together, or using a heavier "racing" block, but they really should
> have known better than to even try using a base model gasoline block -
> instead, they let the public do their longevity beta-testing, and the
> engine failed the test miserably.
>
>> Take a look at a Nissan
>> SD22 made from 1964 thru 1984. Four cylinder, THREE main bearings,
>> 2 bolt main bearing caps. TOUGH little motor. 24:1 compression.
>> Fitted to a range of vehicle and small marine applications. Even
>> Chryler borrowed it for marine apps.
>
> That sounds like an engine designed from the get-go as a diesel. If
> the block and crank are stiff enough, you don't need 4-bolt main caps.
>
> And three main bearings on a 4-banger are plenty if they're stout
> enough for the loads they're called on to carry, and the crank is
> stiff enough to not twist around between them.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--

I was working in the business when those miserable things hit the road.
Broken main bearing caps was not a recurring problem. Fractured wrist pins
and pistons were a recurring problem as were short lived injection pumps and
cheap injectors. I recall hearing about a few broken crankshafts.
--

- Philip

> GOOD GRIEF. Do you people pay NO OTHER taxes than on motor fuel?

lol, i wish. £165 a year on 'Road Tax' that goes to repair the road
and stop them smashing my alloys to pieces (rather unsuccessfully i
might add). So in total driving over here costs me a fortune

Costs per year for my '91 Celica GT4

£165 - Road tax
£550 - TPFT Insurance, Group 17 car and only 24, quotes up to £2300
On 12K miles a year £2700 fuel bills.

Total, £3415 a year. Oh, plus repairs etc but they come with any car.

J

On 5 Apr 2005 10:37:12 -0400, KeiperJ117
<UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:

>
>I dont want to disable them, i just want to be able to turn them
>off... I work on a military installation, and its illegal to drive up
>to the Checkpoint at night with Your headlights on.. while the DRL’s
>work at a reduced brightness, it can still be construed as headlights
>on and therefore taken negatively by the guards.. Common sence would
>have been a way to turn them off such as the case with most other car
>manufacturers.... not only is it common sence but courtesy as well.
>
>Jeff

Since the guards are armed with weapons that would cause you to assume
ambient temperature if you disobeyed them...I'd find a way to turn em
off... <g>
--
Scott in Florida

In article <1_519902_a69fea531a405db76cbf3deb157564a4@autofor umz.com>,
KeiperJ117 <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:

I don't know what car you have but on my Sienna to disable/enable DRL
there is a jumper in the fuse block. The jumper looks just like a fuse
but it's not. If you have that type of arrangement then you could
cobble up a switch by running a wire from there to the dash and thereby
turning on and off DRL. Otherwise I don't know what else to tell you.

Good luck.
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In article <xn0e0ncfx1ad9ez000@news.east.cox.net>,
"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> wrote:

> Dbu, 4/5/2005, 5:13:14 PM, wrote:
>
> > In article <1_519902_a69fea531a405db76cbf3deb157564a4@autofor umz.com>,
> > KeiperJ117 <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know what car you have but on my Sienna to disable/enable
> > DRL there is a jumper in the fuse block. The jumper looks just like
> > a fuse but it's not. If you have that type of arrangement then you
> > could cobble up a switch by running a wire from there to the dash and
> > thereby turning on and off DRL. Otherwise I don't know what else to
> > tell you.
> >
> > Good luck.
>
> Do you know which jumper it is? The manual doesn't make reference to
> it.

I'd have to go back out and look. I can take a picture if that will
help.

BTW, if I were to make this switchable I'd cut the jumper and solder two
wires and run those wires thru the fire wall boot above the steering
wheel to a switch mounted somewhere below the dash. It would work, but
kind of kludgy. I don't know about any other Toyotas, I'm just talking
about the 04 Sienna.
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In news:xn0e0ncfx1ad9ez000@news.east.cox.net,
badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> typed:
> Dbu, 4/5/2005, 5:13:14 PM, wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <1_519902_a69fea531a405db76cbf3deb157564a4@autofor umz.com>,
>> KeiperJ117 <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know what car you have but on my Sienna to disable/enable
>> DRL there is a jumper in the fuse block. The jumper looks just like
>> a fuse but it's not. If you have that type of arrangement then you
>> could cobble up a switch by running a wire from there to the dash and
>> thereby turning on and off DRL. Otherwise I don't know what else to
>> tell you.
>>
>> Good luck.

>In news:xn0e0ncfx1ad9ez000@news.east.cox.net,
>badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> typed:

> Do you know which jumper it is? The manual doesn't make reference to
> it.

I would be interested in this also for my 4runner, it might have the same
jumper. Is the fuse box under the hood?

....Allen

In article <8dG4e.34133$ij5.23112@tornado.texas.>,
"Allen L." <notvalid@notvalid.com> wrote:

> In news:xn0e0ncfx1ad9ez000@news.east.cox.net,
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> typed:
> > Dbu, 4/5/2005, 5:13:14 PM, wrote:
> >
> >> In article
> >> <1_519902_a69fea531a405db76cbf3deb157564a4@autofor umz.com>,
> >> KeiperJ117 <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know what car you have but on my Sienna to disable/enable
> >> DRL there is a jumper in the fuse block. The jumper looks just like
> >> a fuse but it's not. If you have that type of arrangement then you
> >> could cobble up a switch by running a wire from there to the dash and
> >> thereby turning on and off DRL. Otherwise I don't know what else to
> >> tell you.
> >>
> >> Good luck.
>
> >In news:xn0e0ncfx1ad9ez000@news.east.cox.net,
> >badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> typed:
>
> > Do you know which jumper it is? The manual doesn't make reference to
> > it.
>
> I would be interested in this also for my 4runner, it might have the same
> jumper. Is the fuse box under the hood?
>
> ...Allen

Yes it is. There was a extensive discussion on the Sienna club web site
regarding this subject.
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Scott in Florida wrote:
|| On 5 Apr 2005 10:37:12 -0400, KeiperJ117
|| <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
||
|||
||| I dont want to disable them, i just want to be able to turn them
||| off... I work on a military installation, and its illegal to drive
||| up to the Checkpoint at night with Your headlights on.. while the
||| DRL's work at a reduced brightness, it can still be construed as
||| headlights on and therefore taken negatively by the guards.. Common
||| sence would have been a way to turn them off such as the case with
||| most other car manufacturers.... not only is it common sence but
||| courtesy as well.
|||
||| Jeff
||
|| Since the guards are armed with weapons that would cause you to
|| assume ambient temperature if you disobeyed them...I'd find a way to
|| turn em off... <g>
|| --
|| Scott in Florida

Duct tape.

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:52:12 -0500, Steve Henderson
<shenderson_2@charter.net> wrote:

>SHARX. wrote:
>> Scott in Florida wrote:
>> || On 5 Apr 2005 10:37:12 -0400, KeiperJ117
>> || <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:
>> ||
>> |||
>> ||| I dont want to disable them, i just want to be able to turn them
>> ||| off... I work on a military installation, and its illegal to drive
>> ||| up to the Checkpoint at night with Your headlights on.. while the
>> ||| DRL's work at a reduced brightness, it can still be construed as
>> ||| headlights on and therefore taken negatively by the guards.. Common
>> ||| sence would have been a way to turn them off such as the case with
>> ||| most other car manufacturers.... not only is it common sence but
>> ||| courtesy as well.
>> |||
>> ||| Jeff
>> ||
>> || Since the guards are armed with weapons that would cause you to
>> || assume ambient temperature if you disobeyed them...I'd find a way to
>> || turn em off... <g>
>> || --
>> || Scott in Florida
>>
>> Duct tape.
>>
>>
>Duct tape is like the Force in Star Wars... it has a light side, a Dark
>side, and holds the universe together.

<grin>

--
Scott in Florida