80 interior lighting

[Huw Powell]

> My '90 80Q doesn't havev ery good interior lighting.  In fact, it sucks.
> There's only the small light by the manual sunroof lever to light the entire
> car when dark.  On my most recent trip to the junkyard (yesterday), I picked
> up the interior lights above the doors off of both a 5000S and a 5000tq.
> The pieces differ as the 5000tq lights can be set to light up when a door is
> open while the 5000S lights can only be set on/off (if anyone's interested,
> I'll take pictures of both units).  The units look pretty much identical to
> the blank space I have above my doors, where I figure lights would go if I
> had a 90.  I wsa hoping that there'd be a wiring harness for the lights
> behind the panels in my car, but regretfully, there weren't.  I currently
> have the 5000S light panels installed with the circuitry hooked up to a
> small battery that I attached to the panel.  While I do like having the
> on/off ability of the lights, I'd love it if the lights could come on when
> the doors open.  Any suggestions?

The Clapper!

But seriously, if you really want to get involved with a fairly tiresome
wiring procedure... run fused power to each light through the pillars
and over the headliner (yeah, that sounds easy...) and hook up the
grounds to the door switch circuit of your choice.  Each door has a
switch, I believe the switched grounds are all common to one another
(except the drivers door has a second for, um, the ignition buzzer? - oh
yes, for the power window timer cutout - so does the passenger door
switch, come to think of it - but I disconnected that one on my car)

you could try to get your hands on a wrecked car with these lights and
remove the harness, if enough interior junk has already been pulled it
shouldn't be too tough - and then you'll know how to hook it up in your
car.

I think the stock operation will run off the interior light timer (they
stay on until you either turn ont he ignition, lock the car, or the
timer runs out), if you are feeling truly adventurous!

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Huw Powell

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