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hey all
I'm installing the complete high series dash into my GLi, and the only problem I have come across is with the door ajar sensor wiring. I wish to use the stocko push-buttons instead of the rare sensors, and use a diode rig to make any of the doors activate the interior light, but I cannot find out to make the cluster think the door is closed. The boot light comes on when grounded, so thats cool. but the 4 door lights flash with an open circuit, but neither +12 or grounding the connections results in a change. has anyone solved this one? thanks heaps
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| twase |
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There needs to be 2 resistors, 180 and 1200 ohms from memory. You need to short out the 1200 ohm when closed. The sensors are not rare, any E series fairlane or LTD has them and they work better than a switch as it actually detects unlatched rather than actually open.
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| shannonwulff |
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sweet thanks mate, ill give that a shot
but arent they prone to breaking due to their age?
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| twase |
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shannonwulff wrote: sweet thanks mate, ill give that a shot Only getting them in or out.
but arent they prone to breaking due to their age?
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| shannonwulff |
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sweet. thanks heaps
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| BenJ |
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The other side effects of doing the easy/lazy way is
A. that you already know the door is open as the light is on B. you won't be able to tell which door is open specifically, so all the doors will show as open on the dash C. if you turn the interior light on manually the doors will show as open Do it the right way. Get the sensors from any Fairlane NA to NL. Worked a treat for me. BenJ
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| Happy |
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Vic might be able to help you here, he's done this mod...
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| shannonwulff |
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nah man i can do better than that.
ill use diodes to create a situation where the door lights and the interior lights are mutually exclusive, the only difference will be the lights not coming on when the doors are just clicked open. BenJ wrote: The other side effects of doing the easy/lazy way is
A. that you already know the door is open as the light is on B. you won't be able to tell which door is open specifically, so all the doors will show as open on the dash C. if you turn the interior light on manually the doors will show as open Do it the right way. Get the sensors from any Fairlane NA to NL. Worked a treat for me. BenJ
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| BenJ |
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You will still have the problem that one open door will show all the doors on the dash as open.
I did this conversion in the last two weeks. Yes it is a pain to completely dismantle the doors to get the locks out, but then you just clip in the switch and reassemble. Run some wires to the car and hook it all up. The doco has all the info. In addition, the door ajar sensors will indicate the door is still open if not completely closed. The interior lights will be out but the door may not be latched home. It defeats the purpose to hook it up the way you plan to do it. Good luck BenJ
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| shannonwulff |
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nah nah man like this
sorry about the s**t diagram lol
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| snap0964 |
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Do it properly using the lock switches - You'll find it not much more work than setting it up with resistors/relays, etc.
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/ef-auto- ... 12277.html
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| muncher2002 |
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I found that if you connect a led to the wire from the dash and then earth the other end it shows up on the dash as doors closed, a temporary fix
But as snappy says do it properly otherwise what is the use of getting a Fairlane cluster Re the relay trick: the resistors needed cost $0.06 ea for a 1% tolerance 4band colours 1200 ohm = brown red red brown 180 ohm = brown grey yellow brown
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| OZBMX |
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hey just curios about getting the sensors out if anybody has any suggestions on how how best to get them out, as I had to leave the set I had access to, just couldn't get them out.
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| BenJ |
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To get the sensors out, you need to remove the door lock from the door. Then unclip the sensor.
BenJ
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| snap0964 |
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Or you can swivel the lock around - carefully pull the sensor out by the bottom part, if you break the lower clip, the sensor is useless, it won't clip in.
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