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Perth
Registered:
June 2003
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Interior light
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Mon, 15 November 2004 15:38
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having issues with the interior light in my 90 sx
it works when you switch it to on (so its not the globe  )
but the door selection doesnt appear to work (its not the door switches as the icon lights up on the dash)
i opened the casing and it doesnt look like its the physical connection...
any ideas? im not really looking forward to wire chasing 
thanks
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Location:
Canberra
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February 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Tue, 16 November 2004 02:37
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Check the actual operation of the switch itself. It may be that its not making connection when you change it over to the door setting. Otherwise it sounds like the unit is not earthing when you open the door. This means (Wirechasing) following the connection from the light unit to the earths in the doors. Good luck.
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Location:
Perth Australia
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Tue, 16 November 2004 16:17
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omg thats gay! my car does that 90 seca =\ its like the door sensors stopped working which my alarm doesnt work anymore, which is why my mobile phone got stolen =\ serves me right for leaving itin the car i guess. hmm i think i know what i gotta do in the holidays, cable following! =\
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Interior light
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Tue, 16 November 2004 16:23
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haha
yerh mine is a seca... but i lost a sub due to my alarm not activating 
the alarm people told me the rear door sensors are shagged, which i agree with as when you open them they dont set off the light on the dash, but the front doors still activate the dash warning light...
ill get into it in the next couple of days and let you know how i go
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Tue, 16 November 2004 19:26
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If you take out the earthing switches in the back panels and clean them out with some WD40 they should come good, the dirt builds up in them and they dont earth anymore.
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Location:
Brissy QLD
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Wed, 17 November 2004 22:39
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ummmm find someone with a wiring diagram, i have the celica ones they won't be much good to you,they are useful things if you want to pretty much change anything with the wiring in any car i wires up some foot well neons to the door sensors.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Interior light
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Sat, 20 November 2004 10:41
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yeah, ive got the hanes (or what not) of my car
i pulled the light to pieces ... lost the spring mounted bearing somewhere in my car  , replaced it with one out of a skateboard...
scraped off all the cr*p, thats built up in the last 14 years and rinsed with wd40, the interior light works fine off the door switches now
now ive gotta figure out if i can get into the door switches (dont think so) as a wd40 clean didnt do the trick
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Sat, 20 November 2004 19:29
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You need to take the switches out and rinse them through with WD to make them work, if this still doesnt work. Earth the wires going in to switches to the body, if the interior light comes on you know the wirings good, just replace the switches.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Interior light
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Sun, 21 November 2004 04:41
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had the multimeter out yesterday, so i know the wirings good
cant seem to get the plug out the back of the switch but ill try getting it out and soaking the switch
ill letcha know how i go
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Interior light
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Sun, 21 November 2004 09:43
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got the switch a good wash still doesnt work
off to the toyota wreckers tomorrow...
thanks for the help Maurice c
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Location:
Brissy QLD
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Interior light
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Sun, 21 November 2004 12:55
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really earth them????? mines the other way around, its stuipid i know but i have a constant 12V suppy in my door how stupid is that!!!!
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