looking for way to disable daytime running lights……….
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Setting the park brake to the first notch works on my PU but then you have to stare at the red brake light on the dash.
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>This is copied from a posting that I wrote earlier. It applies to my >’98 GMC Sonoma, but it might be of help to you. Good Luck.
<snip> In some GMs you can set the parking brake to the first "click" so the light comes on, but there is actually no contact. I don’t know if it will work for your vehicle, but before you go tinkering with all that, you might give it a shot. -Sulkee .oO Orion XTR Gear FS: Inquire Within Oo. Chandler, Sulkee Paul Novice 151-300 (almost legit!) Eclipse/Canton/Orion/Fosgate/Dexdamp/Clifford teamROCS #037 [Jester] ICQ: 4132542
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Only problem with doing this is then your stuck looking at your emergency light applied light in the instrument cluster. foxeye – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->- >->This is copied from a posting that I wrote earlier. It applies to my >->’98 GMC Sonoma, but it might be of help to you. Good Luck. >- >-<snip> >- >-In some GMs you can set the parking brake to the first "click" so the >-light comes on, but there is actually no contact. I don’t know if it >-will work for your vehicle, but before you go tinkering with all that, >-you might give it a shot. >- >- -Sulkee >- >-.oO Orion XTR Gear FS: Inquire Within Oo. >-Chandler, Sulkee Paul >-Novice 151-300 (almost legit!) >-Eclipse/Canton/Orion/Fosgate/Dexdamp/Clifford >-teamROCS #037 [Jester] >- >-ICQ: 4132542
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‘99 monte carlo if that makes a difference ! whose ideas was this anyway ?
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pull fuse number 12 (better check the number in ownere manual ) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >’99 monte carlo if that makes a difference ! > whose ideas was this anyway ?
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>’99 monte carlo if that makes a difference ! > whose ideas was this anyway ?
This is copied from a posting that I wrote earlier. It applies to my ‘98 GMC Sonoma, but it might be of help to you. Good Luck. Look under the dash up at the top of the emergency brake pedal mechanism and there should be a single wire going into a connecter that is connected to a copper switch mechanism. Unclip the wire connector and pull it out of the way for now. The copper switch which is bolted to the parking brake mechanism turns the DRL’s off only when the brake is set, so you need to "fool" your truck into thinking that the parking brakes are set. I did this by installing a toggle switch that allows me to turn the DRL’s on or off. Before you think that I am not addressing your question, I must explain that the following procedure is necessary to give you the result you are looking for, which is to have complete control of your headlights (turn them on and off at will with the engine running). Now, back to the operation . . . The most important thing that you must do first is loosen the screw that holds the copper switch in place and rotate the switch upward about a quarter inch so that it is no longer affected by the parking brake’s position. This step will require some very interesting double jointed contorsions of your body and creative use of socket wreches and extensions. Next cut the wire that leads to the connector which attaches to the copper switch and splice in a simple toggle switch and mount that somewhere in your dash plastic. (I used a rocker type toggle switch instead of those old funky metal ones. Look better. Also, this instruction does not include info on how to install a "lighted" toggle switch.) I just cut a little hole in my dash down by the brake release and mounted it there, it looks fine. Plug the original wire connector back in to the copper switch at the top of the parking brake mechanism and your job is done. Note, this will only work if you have followed the instruction to properly rotate the copper switch upward so that it is no longer affected (turned on or off) by the parking brake itself. Next, if you want to have complete control of your headlights (bypassing the automatic headlamp sensor), it’s easy. Just make sure that your newly installed parking brake bypass switch is "on" before your start your vehicle and you will have complete control of the headlamps. Once you turn your new toggle switch "off" AFTER you’ve started your vehicle, the headlamp sensor becomes active again until the next time your start your vehicle with the new switch "on". Since your parking brake will no longer have any contact with the switch that you have tinkered with, the parking brake indicator light on the dashboard will either be on or off depending on the position of your new toggle switch now.
