Recent content by tombob55

I had the same problem on my ‘05. I unplugged and removed the bulbs, removed the headlight housing and using a hair dryer, I directed the stream of warm air into one of the holes where the bulb socket goes. It took awhile, but it dried up the condensation. I also let it set in the sun for...

Somewhere on the forum months back, I read where the Toyota touchup paint Titanium Metallic ID4 would work. I haven’t tried it, however.

I did both of mine: passenger side and driver side. I didn’t remove the headlight for either as I recall, although I thought I might have to. I was able to get to the passenger side okay since I have small hands, but the driver side was a *****. I found a YouTube video which showed moving the...

For years I had shit reception on the aftermarket radio that came in my ‘05. When the receiver finally crapped out, I ordered a new one, and when I installed it I saw the the old receiver was not hooked up to the power antenna lead. I suspect the techs who had the dash apart to replace the...

Yep! That’s it! Thanks so much for replying.

I had to get into my dash to replace a failed after market receiver. This was probably the sixth or seventh time the dash has been partially or completely disassembled—ac condenser replacement, cracked dash replacement, work on the receiver several times etc. Anyway, one of the pink clips—there...

I have an ‘05 SR5 with 167,000 miles on it. It still has the original shocks. None are leaking, and the vehicle doesn’t seem bounce repeatedly going over obstacles which I recall is the old standard that shock replacement time is near. Sometimes while passing over a bump at highway speed the...

If you mean the front marker lights, removing the assembly is overkill. Start on the passenger side. From the engine compartment, shine a flashlight in the upper area of the headlight assembly closest to the outside of the vehicle and familiarize yourself with the layout. It’s close, but you...

Front Marker Lights Work! Well, mikewhiskey, that’s what I ended up doing. This afternoon was warm, so I pulled the sockets, rotated the bulbs, and voila! Both worked. I was unaware they could be polarity dependent until I was examining the bulb package and saw in fine print that if the bulb...

Good question, and I wondered that too. When it warms up, I plan on buying some regular bulbs and trying those. I have heard LED bulbs can simply not work, due to “lack of resistance,” or some such reason, or be bad from the factory. I’ll report back when we are free of the polar vortex.

FM reception and antenna hookup Can you comment on the FM reception and how you dealt with the dual antenna plugs? I have an older Sony single DIN and the reception is crap despite using a y-adapter for both antenna leads. Thanks. The

I followed a suggestion I saw on YouTube: after you pop off the plug, fit a 17mm deep socket over the light socket and turn counterclockwise about 1/4 turn then wriggle it loose.

Not all all. Thanks for your interest. I’m going to yank the battery and see if I can get a closer look at the driver side marker light. With the battery in its nearly impossible to do much.

Okay, I have searched until my fingers are raw, and have read every post I can find, but I am not finding any answers. I have an ‘05 Sport, and I noticed the front marker lights were not working. The rear side marker lights work, as does every other light on the truck. Easy fix, I thought, and...

Trumpet, what is a "trigger wire"? Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk