On Fri, 21 May 2021 23:16:01 -0400, micky
wrote:


Now that the speedometer is out, I can silence the annoying**** buzzer.

It sits on top of a circuit board, and I have no access to the other
side (because there are 4 needle meters*** mounted to the same pcb whose
needles are on shafts that go alll t he way to the other side.

If you were me, or better yet if you were you, would you

a) stuff cloth in the little hole in the piezo buzzer to make the
noise lower, hopefully much lower


I'd stuff the hole in he buzzer with some DumDum
b) destory the buzzer from the top. (Will this cause trouble.)

c) after it's destroyed, attach wires that go below the dash so if I
find I made a big mistake, I can connect another buzzer, at least
temporarily.

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/...001-B0/1219322

**Speed, tach, gas, coolant temp


The obvious way to avoid this noise is to disconnect the driver's door
switch. More than one youtube recommends this. One calls it the perfect
way, but it's not. This worked fine when there was more than one
switch. I think my LeBaron door had 3 of them. One for the "dome
light", one for some buzzer, and one for ???

But because of microprocessors, Toyota decided to get by with one
switch.

First problem, unlock the door with the fob, get in the car, a couple
minutes later the doors lock and maybe the immobilizer turns on. Because
it doesn't know I got in the car, so it resets (That's because of
thieves who would drive by sending out unlock codes, but they wouldn't
know immediatley which car they unlocked, so if they didn't get there
within say 30 seconds, the alarm re-arms.)

Second problem even worse: When I turned off the car, opened the door,
used the lock button to lock all the doors, and got out, the alarm
probably was set in 30 seconds but nothing turned out the headlights. It
didnt' know I had left the car, thought I was sitting inside and just
locked the doors. Already left the lights on once for 5 minutes and
once for 30!! I can't live like this. (There might also be a 30-minute
timer, but who knows if maybe I messed that up too.)

I think there was a 3rd problem, not sure.

So because of these unforeseen problems, I suppose crushing the buzzer
might lead to unforeseen problems.

What do you think?


In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 21 May 2021 22:42:38 -0400, micky
wrote:
I was ready to take out the speedo even though I didn't expect to find
the right wire, becaue I want to disconnect the beeper that squeals when
the key is in the ignition, the engine not running, and the driver's
door is open. More about that in another thread, yet to be posted.

**** The buzzer beeps 4 times whenver I start the car, to remind me to
put on the seatbelt. This doesn't bother me much because it's only 4
times, and I suppose it doesn't do that if I've already put the belt
on.

But it beeps constantly if the driver's door is open, the engine off,
and the key in the ignition. This was intolerable when working on the
fusebox, the added switch to open the trunk electically, and opening the
speedommeter to fix the Clock light. So I disconnected the switch
temporarily, but there are lots of shorter times when I hate this noise.

So I offer choices a, b, or c, above. Which should I do.