relocating cruize controls - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Midnight87 · 07-24-2006, 11:20 PM

I was thinking of installing a Bride steering
wheel but I have no idea how to move
the cruize controls to the dash.
has anyone done this before?
I would rather not loose the option to cruize,
if at all possible ...

TcmaBoy · 07-24-2006, 11:26 PM

All you have to do is wire in some momentary switches and put them where you want them. Pick up some switches, splices, a wire diagram, rip open the steering column, and hook it up. If you aren't good with wires you will want to find a helper.

Midnight87 · 07-25-2006, 12:37 AM

very nice. I will go find some momentary switches.
thanks a bunch!

Jeeves · 07-25-2006, 01:23 AM

Having torn mine apart once, they use resistance too, not just momentary connections.

Midnight87 · 07-25-2006, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeeves

Having torn mine apart once, they use resistance too, not just momentary connections.

what would you suggest I get then? How much resistance
or what type of switch?

Jeeves · 07-26-2006, 09:28 AM

You'd have to measure it out, but I know that having had the wheel off before, there are resistors in there, not just momentary switches.

Midnight87 · 07-26-2006, 09:20 PM

can I simply relocate the existing resistors then?
sorry I am not real knowledgeable about wiring.
sounds like this will be a major pain in the ass!?!

... or maybe not?

Jeeves · 07-27-2006, 09:24 AM

I dunno. If I get inspired I might look into it, I have my old steering wheel just laying around.

The other question is what year supra is it? The changed the way it worked in 89+.

Midnight87 · 07-29-2006, 11:45 PM

it's a 1987 Supra turbo.

Midnight87 · 08-11-2006, 01:43 AM

can you tell from this picture what type of
resistors I will need to solder between the new
switches?

there are only 2 wires but 3 resistors, is one shared?

Jeeves · 08-11-2006, 09:30 AM

That's what I thought. It's actually a circuit, not simple momentary switches.

My guess (without seeing the PCB) is that those two wires are either normally open, or normally closed. Now, when you push a button, it throws that resistor inline, the ECU goes "Ok, is that.. uh... 2700k Ohms? Yep, Ok, Cancel Cruise Control. However, this is a guess, I can't see the traces to tell what it's really doing. For all I know there could be more or less going on (It could stack the resistors or who knows what).

Here's how you can tell which resistors you have: