electric work

[krnxbrian]

does anyone know where i can get some electrical work done on my car?
im located in jenkintown, pa. right by abington, pa.
im willing to drive up to montgomeryville also.
my problems are:
1. front turn signal lights
2. reverse lights
the car is a 91 Toyota MR2.

[RS3]

I may recommend Vimean at Autograph.. hes very very An*l about electrical and most likely can fix your problem.. hes located right off 95 by cottman..

7114 State Road Philadelphia PA 19135

If your interested and need directions let me know.

[krnxbrian]

how much do you think he'll charge for the work?

[Kupop]

I'd be willing to help you out if I was closer. I own two MR2's so I know them well.

What is wrong with your front lights? What about the reverse lights?

If the reverse lights don't work check the switch in the transmission or that it is even plugged in.

Front turn signals; I got pig tail harnesses and the bulb sockets if you need any of those. These are often taken off of the car when the corner lights are sold or whatever. Just let me know, I don't get on here too often but if you send a PM or reply I'll get a e-mail, thats why I didn't see this any sooner.

[krnxbrian]

only if you were closer, it would've been perfect.
Front Lights: when my parking lights are on, only the left side turns on and the right side doesn't work. when i try to use my blinkers, only my right side blinker works. the thing for the front lights is that i got the jdm amber ones.
Reverse Lights: i'll definitely check the switch on the transmission. it just doesn't light up when i put it in reverse. i thought it was a blown bulb but it didn't work even after i put in new bulbs.

[Kupop]

The JDM corners require a bit of work as they have 2 separate bulbs (single element each) in them vs the original US style with only 1 bulb (dual element). It isn't a hard job as there is 3 wires already going to the light; 1 for running light, 1 for turn signal, and 1 for ground. The JDM corners use only 3 wires as well and each wire is for the same thing just that the running light and turn signal is a separate bulb instead of separate element within the same bulb, and of course the ground is shared.

If you have the JDM corner wiring harness, I could modify it for you to make it a plug n play setup. Let me know if you have the harness and would be interested. If you have the harness you'll notice it has both light sockets and then goes to a single plug, well the trouble is the plug doesn't match that of the US car.

The reverse lights; if you changed your bulbs then they should be good but the better thing to do is check for voltage at the sockets. Pick up a cheap multimeter some time and put it on V DC, at the 20 setting, or around there. Then use it to check if there is voltage at the socket (with the bulb removed). You should have 12-14 volts. If it comes up as a negative value you just have the multimeter leads on the socket backwards and it is nothing to worry about.

If there is no voltage at the socket then the problem isn't a burnt out light bulb, but either a cut in the wiring, a blown fuse (I honestly don't remember which the reverse lights are on with, but IIRC it is something important that you'd know as other things wouldn't be working), or whatever signals the lights. In this case the switch in the transmission.

The switch in the transmission is on the top of it, about dead centered too. You might be able to get it from the top but may need to do it from the bottom and just reach up to it.

Again, too bad I wasn't closer... :/
Hope that helps