yea just go to the toold bar installs and you wil find your question your lookin for alight

 

Parking lights is TAIL 10A I belive its the top row at the way right.

The others are on the longer brown fuse either the 5A or 7.5A and its ACC1 or something. 2way knows better

 

Are you finally going to listen to me and check all your multi-fuses?

*Edit, I apologize for this post, I was confusing you for someone else with a similar problem

 

well i tried to get the multi fuses out, but they wouldnt budge - i mean I really tried to pull them out without breaking them (to check them). so i called toyota they said that i have to unscrew the screws that hold them in, from the back of the fuse box??

i guess i'll look for those screws next.

As far as the parking lights.....toyota says that they are not fused???
They told me to get a wire diagram of my car.



SickCelica696 said that its "TAIL 10a"....but all the mini fuses are fine (i checked for continuity)....so if anyone knows what the WHITE WITH GREEN STRIPE wire is, I would appriciate it....ESPECIALLY IF you know to where it leads...what fuse???

(the white with green stripe is part of the OEM stereo plug, to dimm it)

 

Okay, now I know your dealership is retarded
This is where the fuses are found, see the 4 large brown ones on the right hand side, no screws, just pull on em with a needle-nose plyers.

Looks like this when they are out

Aplologies for poor quaility, I need a new camera.

(And yes I know I have them in the wrong holes.....I blew one and figured I needed my radio more than my dome light. I just have to go buy some more from Toyota)

 

how hard did u have to pull???

i pulled like almost the entire fuse box (it started moving)...but the fuse didnt come out at all.



what about the white green wire anyone know which fuse its connected to...i dont think the guy knew what the hell he was talking about when he said that the white with green stripe is not fused. BS!!!. so does anyone know which one the white/green stripe leads to (fuse)(its part of the stock stereo plug).

btw thanks for all ur inputs so far.

 

Your parking lights run off the #18 fuse TAIL 10a........top right hand corner of all the mini fuses.

I just double checked by pulling it and my parking lights went out.

 

that one is fine. all the mini fuses are.

what is the WHITE w/ GREEN STRIPE wire that was part of the OEM stereo run to????

 

The white with green stripe is your dimmer circuit
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115489

 

The white with green stripe is your dimmer circuit
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115489

It is fused by 7.5A PANEL 1 & 2 fuses, but it doesn't protect the transistor it blows in the combo meter:
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185353

7.5A ECU-ACC Multi-fuse is probably what you seek for:

dome light, car stereo, and car clock? please????? location and amp please.

 

It is fused by 7.5A PANEL 1 & 2 fuses, but it doesn't protect the transistor it blows in the combo meter:
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185353

thanks for the info.

where is the combo meter? how can i fix it?

 

where is the combo meter? how can i fix it?

He already gave you the answer, the combo meter is in the gauge cluster, and how to repair........if your up to it is in there too.

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185353

 

all my other things/lights work, inside and outside. the thread explain failed console lights. my console lights work fine (a/c & fan lights, and cig). EVERYTHING else works just as it should (before the clock thing, which is a seperate issue).

:shrugs:

 

anyone know which fuse handles dome light, car stereo, and car clock? please????? location and amp please.

Dome = fuse # 11, 7.5 amp (mini fuse)
Stereo = # 24, 15 amp (mini fuse)
Clock = ????

and they all alse run through the 7.5 and 5 amp multi-fuses

also anyone know which fuse is for the parking lights

#18 fuse, TAIL 10 amp

anyone knows what the WHITE WITH GREEN STRIPE wire is

the dimmer control

Hi, HELP PLEASE!!!
I'm hoping you guys might have an idea:
I was installing my gauges and wired them to the same connections as I had with my head unit.
I used my dimmer/parking lights to turn my gauges on, so that when it gets dark my gauges would light up.
I hooked it up. everything worked just fine. the needles moved when I turned the car on. the warning and memory led(s) worked. Then I turned my headlights on, to see my gauges glow. but nothing happened. at first I thought I wired it wrong, but then I noticed that my head unit wasn't dimming anymore either. so I disconnected the gauges wire from the parking lights, and just left the parking lights with the head unit (my previous setup that worked just fine) and tried to see if I could get my head unit to dimm again, but it wouldn't.

You blew out the transistor that control the dimming in the gauge cluster, this is how it can be fixed
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185353

all my other things/lights work, inside and outside. the thread explain failed console lights. my console lights work fine (a/c & fan lights, and cig). EVERYTHING else works just as it should (before the clock thing, which is a seperate issue).

:shrugs:

So yeah.....overall I'm really confuses...........WHAT DOESN'T WORK?

 

Like I said before...





Also on the brown ones I always use needle nose to get them out. Theres alot more friction from the 6 blades instead of a standard 2. You won't break anything unless you pull it out retardedly.

 

what works.
everything, (including actual dimming knob - i can adjust my lights) EXCEPTfor:

these are 2 incidents that happened seperately.

1. i used the white w/ green that i used to connect to my head unit to dim it (this setup worked just fine - white w/green and head unit = good, white w/green and aftermarket gauges was too much) as a connection to light some gauges (greddy boost, temp, and aem a/f wideband, so when i mention gauges, im talking about these not the stock ones). ones i had connected (yes i disconnected battery, etc) the gauge to take power from that wire too. my head unit wouldnt dim no more and my gauges never lited up. my head unit has two settings for dimming..auto or manual. it was on auto and worked fine before i tapped in the same location for the gauges. now it will only manually dim. so i tested to if the white w/ green had any current - the result....NO.
so no im wondering which fuse it leads to. its not the dimmer, if it was....wouldnt my other lights be messed up too?? even my dimming knob works. at this point the ONLY thing that was messed up was my white w/ green stripe wire (from the stock stereo plug). Also, all mini fuses work. I couldnt pull out the multi ones yet but i'll try again tomorrow. So my question is how come everything in my car works but this wire, and where is the fuse for it?


2. so, my friend tried to see if it could tap into the clock for dimming....while i was still trying to figure out what what up with the white w/ green wite. anyways, some how he created a shortage...and now clock, dome light and head unit - they all went out together. my friend was testing the plug to the dome light for current to see which one will dim it. ones we plugged it back in...it wouldnt lite up anymore, nor would my head unit or my dome light, everything else works (besides #1 above ^^^^) works.

I want to fix both #1 and #2.

 

*sigh*



He's all yours Bill.

 

? anyone ?

 

*sigh*



He's all yours Bill.

Gee, thanks... *sigh*

1) The WHT/GRN wire does not source +12V, but sinks to GND. If you wired it to source the gauges... you probably blew the transistor. The easy way to tell.. is if your speedo cluster still dims.. then the fuse is OK & the transistor for dimming outside of the speedo is toast. In order to use the dimming circuit WHT/GRN wire.... you must run +12V to the device you're trying to dim and run the GND of that device to the WHT/GRN wire. *NOTE: the dimming transistor is only rated @ 5A... so, it can be overloaded... especially with indiglo type devices.

2) Clock, dome light and head unit all have a fuse that is common... the 7.5A ECU-ACC fuse... one of those brown multi-fuses. Those items are all controlled by the Body ECU... and that fuse goes to the Body ECU.

 

gauges

1) The WHT/GRN wire does not source +12V, but sinks to GND. If you wired it to source the gauges... you probably blew the transistor. The easy way to tell.. is if your speedo cluster still dims.. then the fuse is OK & the transistor for dimming outside of the speedo is toast. In order to use the dimming circuit WHT/GRN wire.... you must run +12V to the device you're trying to dim and run the GND of that device to the WHT/GRN wire. *NOTE: the dimming transistor is only rated @ 5A... so, it can be overloaded... especially with indiglo type devices.

1. where is this transistor located? i want to replace it.

2. this is my gauge, the wiring is on page 8. http://www.greddy.com/img/PHP/products/pdf/701.pdf
Are you sure that the wiring you explained would work? i was connecting the white one of the gauges to the white w/green one of my car.
in your setup your saying that i should run a 12v to the device,....did u mean another one besides the one that is already in place (red cable in manual)?

3. ur saying that the white and green one sinks it to the ground? could you explain that please.

i'd really appreciate your input.

 

1. where is this transistor located? i want to replace it.

From before:

It is fused by 7.5A PANEL 1 & 2 fuses, but it doesn't protect the transistor it blows in the combo meter:
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185353

2. this is my gauge, the wiring is on page 8. http://www.greddy.com/img/PHP/products/pdf/701.pdf
Are you sure that the wiring you explained would work? i was connecting the white one of the gauges to the white w/green one of my car.
in your setup your saying that i should run a 12v to the device,....did u mean another one besides the one that is already in place (red cable in manual)?

You won't be able to dim your gauge w/o changing, internally, the way it is wired. It is looking for a +12V source on the WHITE lead... one that comes active w/your parking lights. It's been a while.... but I seem to recall there is a fuse in the center console box that goes to +12V with parking lights... it might even be the previously mentioned TAIL fuse... I'd have to look it up.

3. ur saying that the white and green one sinks it to the ground? could you explain that please.

That means that the transistor controls the dimming by controlling (varying)the electrical path to GND. For your gauge's lights to dim, as manufactured, you need something that "sources" (varies) +12V, vs. "sinking" to GND.

Sorry for the confusion. But, sinking & sourcing are common electronics jargon.

To learn more about MOSFETs see this: http://www.bcae1.com/tranfet.htm
the demo shown is roughly how the dimmer transistor is wired.... other than they have the normal POS & NEG of the bulb reversed (which doesn't effect the functionality). Notice that the transistor is between the bulb & GND. Not between +12V & the bulb.

He's all yours Bill.

You're gonna get yours How'd I do?

 

12v?

so for the white lead of my gauges couldnt i run another 12v connect it to a switch and illuminate them that way? if the white lead from the gauges is asking for a 12v.

thanks for you help

 

so for the white lead of my gauges couldnt i run another 12v connect it to a switch and illuminate them that way? if the white lead from the gauges is asking for a 12v.

Yes, or wire it to the 10A TAIL fuse in the center console fusebox. The TAIL fuse only gets power when the TAIL relay is activated.

 

Ok. I've been reading the threads and posts that 2way referred me to carefully over and over again. The only thing that holds me back from trying it that way is that I don't think we are talking about the same "symptoms" here.

The scenarios that are described in those posts have different "symptoms," the seem to say that my console lights don't dim.

Everything on my car now works (I fixed that fuse problem of the clock, etc.).
The only thing that doesn't work is that white w/ green wire from the stock stereo plug that tapped into. When I say everything works, I mean (all my exterior lights, interior lights (all my console, lights, my dimming light DOES dim every light (a/c and fan too)). the only thing that doesn't is this wire that used to dim my head unit (my head unit is an alpine that has an automatic dim option and a manual dim option). I can still manually dim it, but the automatic option doesn't work anymore due to that wire. That white w/ green wire was working perfectly with my head unit until I tried to tap into the same spot that my head unit was using. (yes, I disconnected the negative from the battery). I know I blew something, but from the "symptoms" that were described so far, it doesn't seem like I have the same problem...

It seems like many of you are very familiar with our wiring system and are very experienced in this stuff, I appreciate all your input.

Again the wire that I was trying to hook up to that connection of my head unit and the white w/ green, was the WHITE wire mention on page 8 of this manual (it doesn't specify 12v, it just has a (+) sign where as it does specify it for the red wire of my gauge)

Thanks guys

 

(page 35 of http://www.radphys.com/WIRING_DIAGRAM_FULL.pdf)

maybe this helps?

It looks like the one I tapped into is connector "R4" (I got this from the tech-electrical section). which goes into the "junction connector" labled "J6", which goes to "G3" the glove box light (I have to check if that light works), but also goes to the 7.5A Panel 1 (my fuses seem all fine), which goes to the Tail Relay (which is connected to the battery).

At this point I'm thinking my Tail Relay might be messed up.

1. What do you guys think, does my math add up?

2. How can I test the relay? (besides simply looking at it? It's not a fuse so it works a little differently)