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Map & Dome Lights always on

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by baileyjfit, Aug 10, 2019.

  1. Sep 17, 2019 at 10:09 AM
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    scotch10

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    I do and I wouldn't want to. SMT stuff is a bear. Chips especially. 24 connection points all with a microscope and heat pen. I can solder with the best of them but I hate SMT
     
  2. Sep 17, 2019 at 10:12 AM
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    Have you actually opened one of these up to see what that circuit looks like? I haven't so I am only speculating. I would be surprised if it wasn't a single or pair of discrete transistors. Those would be driven by some kind of microcontroller. If that is the case they wouldn't be too bad to do with a good hot air station or even a fine tipped soldering iron depending on the component shape.
     
  3. Sep 17, 2019 at 3:00 PM
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  4. Sep 17, 2019 at 3:24 PM
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    Got one of the gauge cluster. I'm pretty sure that's where the ill- for dimming comes from.
     
  5. Sep 17, 2019 at 3:26 PM
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    No I do not...
    But the dimming pcb is also in the Body ECU...
     

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