Ebay Tails GONE! Stocks on, UNhacked Wiring, Left running lights OUT.
05-14-13, 04:22 PM
#1
Driver Side Rear "Running Lights" don't Work. All Others Do, Please Help.
FIXED!
Greetings,
Everyone who was physically or emotionally affected by my ebay taillights will be thrilled to know:
Your suffering is likely over.
The stock tails are on and THEY LOOK AWESOME! (Really, thanks for not letting me forget about this!)
However, we have a problem.
The wiring was spliced up crazy to make the Altezza (or whatever) lights work.
Most of the hack was to the ebay harness but there was a red wire that was spliced in from the green wire on the right car harness to the green wire on the left car harness.
Not knowing how it is supposed to be, I just removed all spliced in wires, taped it up and gave it a try.
Currently this is the status.
Brake lights work
Backup lights work
turn signals work
Right running lights work.
Left running lights are out. (assuming running lights are the top 3 lights that stay on when you turn your lights on but nothing else is activated)
The fourth picture shows the top center lights that should be operating as running lights actually working (i think i had my flashers on). But none of the top row of lights on the left side comes on when I put my lights on.
I'm going back to the car now to verify that one of the the same light that are NOT working as a running light actually IS running as a Flasher. Looks like some wires are crossed but they look ok to me (means very little).
Any Ideas Gents?
Thanks in advance,
SG
Greetings,
Everyone who was physically or emotionally affected by my ebay taillights will be thrilled to know:
Your suffering is likely over.
The stock tails are on and THEY LOOK AWESOME! (Really, thanks for not letting me forget about this!)
However, we have a problem.
The wiring was spliced up crazy to make the Altezza (or whatever) lights work.
Most of the hack was to the ebay harness but there was a red wire that was spliced in from the green wire on the right car harness to the green wire on the left car harness.
Not knowing how it is supposed to be, I just removed all spliced in wires, taped it up and gave it a try.
Currently this is the status.
Brake lights work
Backup lights work
turn signals work
Right running lights work.
Left running lights are out. (assuming running lights are the top 3 lights that stay on when you turn your lights on but nothing else is activated)
The fourth picture shows the top center lights that should be operating as running lights actually working (i think i had my flashers on). But none of the top row of lights on the left side comes on when I put my lights on.
I'm going back to the car now to verify that one of the the same light that are NOT working as a running light actually IS running as a Flasher. Looks like some wires are crossed but they look ok to me (means very little).
Any Ideas Gents?
Thanks in advance,
SG
Last edited by Studiogeek; 05-19-13 at 06:41 PM.
05-14-13, 04:29 PM
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I had the same problems when I bought the car haha..I've 97 so I've to buy another set of 97+ harness from Toyota dealer online and goes back with original tail lights.
I've the 92-95 harness pmed me for offer!!
I've the 92-95 harness pmed me for offer!!
05-14-13, 05:45 PM
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More pics
These should give a better idea what is not working.
In the splice picture you can see the green wire on the harness that was spliced and had a wire running to the other side of the harness.
That was the only splice that was on the car harness. The rest were on the taillight harness and it was a mess.
Looked like I removed all the hacks but i guess not.
In the splice picture you can see the green wire on the harness that was spliced and had a wire running to the other side of the harness.
That was the only splice that was on the car harness. The rest were on the taillight harness and it was a mess.
Looked like I removed all the hacks but i guess not.
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05-15-13, 09:47 AM
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I can't even believe the difference that alone made, looking good, I would try and remove all the splices and match the original wires back up hopefully that should get it all working again.
It shouldn't be too hard to get the running light working again thats all that seems to be left If I am seeing right.
also make sure the bulb is good, try swapping with the ones from the other side, they can go bad if you start moving the tail lights around alot.
The tail light harness unplugs from in the trunk, so worst case scenario you just swap it out for a good one, like when I went from 95 to 97 tails, I took out the old harness with the tails, and put the 97 harness and tails in. I have the original 95 harnesses somewhere but finding them would be the hardest part.
It shouldn't be too hard to get the running light working again thats all that seems to be left If I am seeing right.
also make sure the bulb is good, try swapping with the ones from the other side, they can go bad if you start moving the tail lights around alot.
The tail light harness unplugs from in the trunk, so worst case scenario you just swap it out for a good one, like when I went from 95 to 97 tails, I took out the old harness with the tails, and put the 97 harness and tails in. I have the original 95 harnesses somewhere but finding them would be the hardest part.
Last edited by Ali SC3; 05-15-13 at 09:52 AM.