"dark switch" for headlights
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 11,329
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Even in an automatic you should use the parking brake all the time. When you put an automatic in Park, the only thing holding the entire weight of the car is the parking pawl in the transmission - a gear about an inch in diameter. Also, how often have you parked on a hill, let the car roll that few inches when you put it in Park, and then had a difficult time getting the car out of Park when you leave? Using the parking brake eliminates that problem.
Anyways, my point was that a modification should always be done with as few side effects as possible. I'm not saying that the way you did it is necessarily wrong but the extra ten minutes to put a jumper on the sensor leads would have disabled the automatic headlights without affecting any other system. Besides, he also asked about adding a switch to allow re-enabling the automatic headlights (which is easy to add to the sensor leads).
Anyways, my point was that a modification should always be done with as few side effects as possible. I'm not saying that the way you did it is necessarily wrong but the extra ten minutes to put a jumper on the sensor leads would have disabled the automatic headlights without affecting any other system. Besides, he also asked about adding a switch to allow re-enabling the automatic headlights (which is easy to add to the sensor leads).
Anyways, my point was that a modification should always be done with as few side effects as possible. I'm not saying that the way you did it is necessarily wrong but the extra ten minutes to put a jumper on the sensor leads would have disabled the automatic headlights without affecting any other system. Besides, he also asked about adding a switch to allow re-enabling the automatic headlights (which is easy to add to the sensor leads).
