Show me your headlights!

[geezer101]

On a somewhat related question, do you know if there's a way to set it up so that the lights go off when you turn off the truck and remove they key? I keep leaving the lights on, on my previous vehicle they just turned off when the keys were removed and I got used to it.
I'm wondering if something can be done with the fuses or some simple wiring adjustment...

If you are going for an upgrade, get a separate headlight harness and instead of running it live off the battery and headlight switch, run it off the ignition circuit. Will only take rerouting a wire to the relays from the active ignition circuit (hmm not a bad idea, might have to do that myself...)

[MrPaco]

If you are going for an upgrade, get a separate headlight harness and instead of running it live off the battery and headlight switch, run it off the ignition circuit. Will only take rerouting a wire to the relays from the active ignition circuit (hmm not a bad idea, might have to do that myself...)

Sounds like it's doable, great. If you do do it yourself, would you mind sharing pics of the procedure?

[geezer101]

Sounds like it's doable, great. If you do do it yourself, would you mind sharing pics of the procedure?

I'd have to create a wiring diagram and it'll only be based on the Gen 1. I'm building an ancillary relay/fuse block and taking a pic of the inside of that won't help anybody due to how much I've packed into it so far (it runs 2 relays for lo/hi beam + a shared fuse, 2 relays for the A/C which has the compressor and thermofan + another shared fuse, the main engine cooling thermofan + a fuse and the main relays fuse is being relocated into it) The main power wire to the relay/fuse block is using a bridged fuse connector, so the lot comes from a single power source which I can either run off the battery or from the live ign/alternator circuit.

[MrPaco]

I'd have to create a wiring diagram and it'll only be based on the Gen 1. I'm building an ancillary relay/fuse block and taking a pic of the inside of that won't help anybody due to how much I've packed into it so far (it runs 2 relays for lo/hi beam + a shared fuse, 2 relays for the A/C which has the compressor and thermofan + another shared fuse, the main engine cooling thermofan + a fuse and the main relays fuse is being relocated into it) The main power wire to the relay/fuse block is using a bridged fuse connector, so the lot comes from a single power source which I can either run off the battery or from the live ign/alternator circuit.

Hmmmmm, yeah that sounds like way above my level of understanding/skills
I won't attempt it, but would love to hear if it worked out for you. Thanks

[geezer101]

Hmmmmm, yeah that sounds like way above my level of understanding/skills
I won't attempt it, but would love to hear if it worked out for you. Thanks

Actually, with the aftermarket headlight harness it's dead easy. It's designed to literally plug'n'play into the existing headlight socket and bridge the power from the battery (this part you have to do yourself but it's 1 wire...) Plug it in, route the new harness and and secure it. It uses the voltage coming from the headlights as the relay triggers like a second switch. Instead of the battery, find a solid location to connect from the live IGN circuit in the engine bay and there's your idiot proof headlights Mine is a lot crazier due to me not only adding other circuits, but having to fix the existing butcher work. The Gen 1 harness is bordering on neanderthal tech and well, it's freaking old so everything is tired.