HELP Toyota Corona Park lights

[Waylander]

Yea yea yea car stuff in a bike forum but I need help.
Anyone out there know how to change the bulb in the park lights of a toyota corona? Or where I can find the info? Need to get this done so I can take it for warrent since that went out sometime last spring (almost put autum keep forgetting october is spring here) Also need to know how to make the bloody horn work again. May be a fuse but I dont know how to test it.



I know a bit about fixing small stuff on bikes but as you can see I'm completely useless when it comes to cars.:whistle:

[bugjuice]

what year is the car? And are they parking lights at the side of the main lights, or inside the main lights?

[Waylander]

what year is the car? And are they parking lights at the side of the main lights, or inside the main lights?

No idea what year and can't go look at it right now cause my stupid sister drove it to work even though I told her to leave it at home. They are on the outside of the main lights.

[Slim]

Pop the bonnet & see if you can get into the back of the sidelight unit from there. It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to pull it to bits, remove the bulb & then install new ones. :)

[bugjuice]

you should either be able to unscrew the lens/light cover from the outside and the unit will fall out. You can then access the bulb to see if it's blown.

If you can't unscrew the light off the car, then you'll be able to acess the bulb from inside the hood. Just stick your hand inside if you can't see and feel around for wires heading that way. Gently trace them to the front of the car and unscrew the bulb to check.

The fuse box will be either under the dashboard inside the car, or under the hood, most commonly near the battery or firewall of the car. Most often, the cover to the fuses will show which fuse is for what. But also a good chance that it'll be in Japanese too. If the fuse had gone, then there's probably other bulbs/circuits out too as they're often wired with several other things, for eg, I blew the fuse on my bro's car. The front left side light went, dashboard, clock, interior light and left tail light. So if there's nothing else broken/not working, then it's most likely the bulb. Should take 5 minutes

[Waylander]

Pop the bonnet & see if you can get into the back of the sidelight unit from there. It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to pull it to bits, remove the bulb & then install new ones. :)

If only it were that simple. There is a plastic sheild thing bolted there with what looks like only one bolt but when I undid that it was still held there very loosely by something else. Looked almost like I would have to remove the whole damn thing to change it.

[Waylander]

you should either be able to unscrew the lens/light cover from the outside and the unit will fall out. You can then access the bulb to see if it's blown.

If you can't unscrew the light off the car, then you'll be able to acess the bulb from inside the hood. Just stick your hand inside if you can't see and feel around for wires heading that way. Gently trace them to the front of the car and unscrew the bulb to check.

The fuse box will be either under the dashboard inside the car, or under the hood, most commonly near the battery or firewall of the car. Most often, the cover to the fuses will show which fuse is for what. But also a good chance that it'll be in Japanese too. If the fuse had gone, then there's probably other bulbs/circuits out too as they're often wired with several other things, for eg, I blew the fuse on my bro's car. The front left side light went, dashboard, clock, interior light and left tail light. So if there's nothing else broken/not working, then it's most likely the bulb. Should take 5 minutes

Would the fuse for the horn also be for the park lights? That would certainly make it easier.

[Yarg]

Find out the year & ask the question on the toyospeed forum. always helpful advice on there. :ride:

[FROSTY]

:devil2: get large hammer -and smassh the light to 10000000 bits .
Go purchase a new car --easy really. :devil2:
OR you could tell me what year corona it is so I can suss out how to fix it for ya
Horn issues are usually a contact not doiung its thing.
the bulb in the corona's usually are a bayonett fitting in the back of the main headlight

[Motu]

Open the bonnet - at the very edge of the parklamp at the top is one small phillips head screw,bottom rear corner is maybe another screw...with both remove smack the lamp foward with the palm of your hand,pull out the bulb holder and replace the small capless 501 bulb.Seeing as you are American there will be a consultancy fee....if you have New Zealand recidency make it a Mac's Reserve.

[Slim]

And there speaks the man who's most likely to know round this place. :devil2:

Very reasonable fee too, if you ask me. ;)

[Waylander]

Thanks for the help. Got the headlight sussed but the horn still causing problems. Checked the fuse and that's not it so it may be a contact point somehwere. Where do I check that though?

[crashe]

Horn contact : Take the horn apart on the steering wheel...
usually at the back of the steering wheel is screws thats holding it all together..

Mind you is the horn just in the middle or is it on the bits that go outwards (Yikes trying to explain that one ...lol)

Thats the most common factor for the horn to loose contcat at that point....

OR first try this - trace the Horn wires back and check out all the conections are actually pushed in.

I had a horn on my old 1973 Toyota carolla .. and if I hit the horn on a certain way it worked but on another part of the horn it wouldnt work... so when I went for a WOF I always hit the horn to get that part done...hehehe.

[Motu]

Most likely the horn or it's contact/terminal - run a live wire off the battery positive and flick it on the horn terminal.....if you hear a loud noise the horn is ok.Next is the spring contact under the steeringwheel,it make contact with a brass ring on the back of the steering wheel.

[Ixion]

Most likely the horn or it's contact/terminal - run a live wire off the battery positive and flick it on the horn terminal.....if you hear a loud noise the horn is ok.Next is the spring contact under the steeringwheel,it make contact with a brass ring on the back of the steering wheel.

Tsk tsk Mr Motu. You omitted the most essential part of this troubleshooting step. When doing this it is ESSENTAIL that whoever is doing it stands so their head is bent forward and just under something hard and preferably pointy.

[Motu]

Do you have a dimple in the back of your head from working on Minis? No matter how many times I did it,I never learned.

[Waylander]

Wanna work on my sisters mini Motu? See if you can remember this time?:D