Cougar72
Daily Driver
Hey Howdy
install a manual pod switch (or similar) ???
I just installed new LED headlights - Amazing. Its like driving with the sun attached to the front of your car. It increases my vision and safety immensely here in deer/elk country (Rural Colorado). I see a new dead deer every single morning on the roads and I figure that a deer strike in my X it could be fatal... ( but not so much in my F350)
The reason for my question is that these new lights contain Halos - White for DRL's (daytime running lights) and Amber for turn signals I would like to wire the DRL's to my white factory driving lights - and thus would want the PODs open and the DRL's "on" when my Lights are on "park". I also will wire the turn signals to my existing turn signals.
It is after all a small car - (tiny actually) so having DRL's turned on during some of my daytime driving cant hurt - right??
I have been studying the electrical diagram posted in the WIKI - (which is for an 1980- mine is a 1979) It looks like they may have changed the function of the parking lights. My parking lights ONLY illuminate when the car is OFF. conversely, when the car key is in the "run" position, setting the "park: position on the headlight switch does absolutely nothing - ...until you turn off the key, then the parking lights illuminate. The posted diagram makes it look like in 1980 the parking lights work BOTH running and not.
So I have 2 issues
1. Make the parking lights "work" while running - this should be easy, I have a few ideas that may solve it with a simple jumper at the headlight switch
2 Make the pods either go up - or simply stay up when the headlight switch is in PARK
here is my thought, I could isolate the motor control relay at pin 87A - basically interrupt this pin on the relay. I believe the pods would still open when switched to full "ON" headlight mode (with the car running) -but then would not close when the switch is clicked back into 'PARK" When the switch is clicked to "OFF" the pods would close. In effect I am simply blocking the "down" signal until the switch is returned to full "OFF"
with this done, If I wanted the pods up and the DRL's on, - I would click to full "ON" position, and then back to "PARK" (after the pods are open).
here is part of page 28 (from the WIKI) that shows where I would pull the pin contact on the relay. LARGE PURPLE ARROW TOP LEFT
Any thoughts ?
Check out my fully repaired and painted front end - with the new halo LED's lights installed... perfect fit ,albeit ever so slightly (1-2 degrees?) rotationally from straight up/down
as you can see, I have factory white driving lights and amber turn signals - these will be wired to the halos (not yet complete)
cheers! Eric.
install a manual pod switch (or similar) ???
I just installed new LED headlights - Amazing. Its like driving with the sun attached to the front of your car. It increases my vision and safety immensely here in deer/elk country (Rural Colorado). I see a new dead deer every single morning on the roads and I figure that a deer strike in my X it could be fatal... ( but not so much in my F350)
The reason for my question is that these new lights contain Halos - White for DRL's (daytime running lights) and Amber for turn signals I would like to wire the DRL's to my white factory driving lights - and thus would want the PODs open and the DRL's "on" when my Lights are on "park". I also will wire the turn signals to my existing turn signals.
It is after all a small car - (tiny actually) so having DRL's turned on during some of my daytime driving cant hurt - right??
I have been studying the electrical diagram posted in the WIKI - (which is for an 1980- mine is a 1979) It looks like they may have changed the function of the parking lights. My parking lights ONLY illuminate when the car is OFF. conversely, when the car key is in the "run" position, setting the "park: position on the headlight switch does absolutely nothing - ...until you turn off the key, then the parking lights illuminate. The posted diagram makes it look like in 1980 the parking lights work BOTH running and not.
So I have 2 issues
1. Make the parking lights "work" while running - this should be easy, I have a few ideas that may solve it with a simple jumper at the headlight switch
2 Make the pods either go up - or simply stay up when the headlight switch is in PARK
here is my thought, I could isolate the motor control relay at pin 87A - basically interrupt this pin on the relay. I believe the pods would still open when switched to full "ON" headlight mode (with the car running) -but then would not close when the switch is clicked back into 'PARK" When the switch is clicked to "OFF" the pods would close. In effect I am simply blocking the "down" signal until the switch is returned to full "OFF"
with this done, If I wanted the pods up and the DRL's on, - I would click to full "ON" position, and then back to "PARK" (after the pods are open).
here is part of page 28 (from the WIKI) that shows where I would pull the pin contact on the relay. LARGE PURPLE ARROW TOP LEFT
Any thoughts ?
Check out my fully repaired and painted front end - with the new halo LED's lights installed... perfect fit ,albeit ever so slightly (1-2 degrees?) rotationally from straight up/down
as you can see, I have factory white driving lights and amber turn signals - these will be wired to the halos (not yet complete)
cheers! Eric.