65 mph DING! DING! DING! help me please

[super8simon]

Hi,

Looking for some help please. Whenever I get to 65/70mph an alarm starts chiming and it's driving me nuts. Could someone please tell me (in laymans terms, bit of a technical div.) how to disable it.

Also how much coolant needed for the 2LTE.

Thanks

Simon.

[hormygollop]

Hi,

Looking for some help please. Whenever I get to 65/70mph an alarm starts chiming and it's driving me nuts. Could someone please tell me (in laymans terms, bit of a technical div.) how to disable it.

Also how much coolant needed for the 2LTE.

Thanks

Simon.

Simon
Have you got sat nav on this car ?
Keith

[TonyN]

Turn the radio up! Is your's a Jap import? I've only seen the ding thingy on 2 import pickups that came from Cyprus.

get a large hammer, get it up to 70mph, then whack things under the dash till it stops. :p

[super8simon]

Turn the radio up! Is your's a Jap import? I've only seen the ding thingy on 2 import pickups that came from Cyprus.

get a large hammer, get it up to 70mph, then whack things under the dash till it stops. :p

I think it's a Jap import, certainly got Japanese writing on the stickers on the drivers door, info cards in the sun visor etc. How can I tell for sure? It is mentioned in the FAQ on the showmesomeinfo site as "a speed warning alarm that is fitted to Middle East models. If you want to disable it, the alarm is located behind the dashboard clocks." Just doesn't tell me how to disable it and no offence but I don't fancy the large hammer option.

Simon

[Draig]

OMG - I aint picked mine up yet - does this mean I've got this to look forward to?

Arrrg the bells the bells

[Koi]

OMG - I aint picked mine up yet - does this mean I've got this to look forward to?

Arrrg the bells the bells

Take dash apart thendrive to required speed to start the alarm then just pull the wires off till it stops.

[lauriescott]

To stop the dinging, you will need to remove the dash - instructions are at www.showmesome.info/hilux - you'll probably never need to go anywhere else for info on Surfs - and then you will be able to remove the three screws holding the chimer to the back of the dash panel. A good time to check all the lights work too! You will have to remove the speedo cable if yours is a mechanical one. This is easy, but putting it back is not. To give yourself a bit more room, unclip the speedo from its clips under the bonnet. This will give you enough room to put the cable connector back in place.

Good luck and watch out for scraped arms broken finger nails etc.....

[Bryan]

Mine`s a Japanese import. I was cruising quite happily at 100 MPH down a French "peage" on Friday, no ringing bells, just the purrfect hum of a finely tuned engine.

[Hilux]

Hey Laurie l was going to say that.

[lauriescott]

Hey Laurie l was going to say that.

Sorry Bob, I thought you'd finished with those words hehehehe

[Guest]

Sorry Bob, I thought you'd finished with those words hehehehe

I'ts a standard fitment I think on Jap cars however most of them have already been removed. I think it's actually a legal requirement in Japan although why I don't know, they spend most of their time in Traffic unable to go at 120kph or there abouts.

Cheers

[super8simon]

Thanks for all the advice. Not looking forward to doing it, but at least I now know enough to give it a go, I think......
And at least I have some reassurance that whoever owned the truck before me wasn't some speed freak whose ragged the engine to bits. Unless of course he was deaf!!

Simon

[Josh]

Mine`s a Japanese import. I was cruising quite happily at 100 MPH down a French "peage" on Friday, no ringing bells, just the purrfect hum of a finely tuned engine.

100mph!!! you got a jet strapped to the roof or something?

[Silver Surfer]

Take dash apart thendrive to required speed to start the alarm then just pull the wires off till it stops.

I feel this thread is not being taken seriously by some peeps!!

John

[Ems and Jim]

To stop the dinging, you will need to remove the dash - instructions are at www.showmesome.info/hilux - you'll probably never need to go anywhere else for info on Surfs - and then you will be able to remove the three screws holding the chimer to the back of the dash panel. A good time to check all the lights work too! You will have to remove the speedo cable if yours is a mechanical one. This is easy, but putting it back is not. To give yourself a bit more room, unclip the speedo from its clips under the bonnet. This will give you enough room to put the cable connector back in place.

Good luck and watch out for scraped arms broken finger nails etc.....

This 'chimer'..... would this perhaps be the same annoying chiming stupid thing that tells the driver that the car is in reverse gear ? Coz ours beeps on the inside of the car when you go backwards coz we're obviously not clever enough to work it out on our own !!!!!

Jim