Recent content by PabloPaulo

yeah, battery Well in case anyone is reading these posts to myself, it was indeed a dying battery that was causing the oddities with my dash lights/radio, the headlights, and that buzzing sound in the dash. Once I got it charged up, and the vehicle started, I re-connected the backup cam/monitor...

problem resolved? Well, I think it may simply be that the battery had run down while I had the tunes cranked up and door hanging open during the several-hour install....it's an older, lightweight battery from previous owner I'd been thinking of replacing. When I reconnected it after having it...

I installed a backup camera (with monitor in the rearview mirror) of my 2005 4Runner Sport. I got it working apparently OK (cam/monitor came on when vehicle key is on and put in reverse), and then I put back all the panels, etc. I'd removed thinking I was good to go. However when I tried it...

in case I missed something in my little test today. Well, what I missed in the earlier testing is that this technique doesn't work very RELIABLY. :redbrick: I had the left/lower dash out of the way (got my key reminder/door open/annoyance chime disabled while I was in there, yahoo), and tried...

OK, I live in a very rural area where I'm way more concerned about losing my key, or locking it in the 4Runner 10 miles out in the woods at 2 a.m., than I am about some SOB with a fake key getting in and driving off with it. I'd unplug the immobilizer if that was possible, I just don't want it...

Thanks for the info...I assume that means I could replace the non-working orange-triangle lights pointing to "Up Temp" and "Down Temp", as well as add one to the "OFF" indicator if I want one there. I'll try to figure out what kind of LED and how to get in there to fix them (I know how to...

Newbie...bear with me please...I've read several threads about replacing bulbs in the heat/cool unit but still have a question or two about which bulbs are which. My dash was disassembled a couple of times sometime before I bought my 2005 4Runner Sport two weeks ago (long story, stereo...

My first post here, just signed up today. I live in the Dakotas where we put a lot of salt on the roads. Looked at a couple 4Runners here, they were rusty underneath. Searched online for a "southern car" for a couple weeks, finally found one with a great Carfax history, flew to Texas and bought...