Ford, in all it's infinite wisdom decided not to provide the owner with a way to turn the Day Time Running Lights (DRLs) off, for any reason. If parked with the engine on (emergency brake on too), the lights are still on.
Note to Ford: Other cars I've owned (including a Mercury Cougar) had this ability
While those south of the border probably don't suffer from this problem, fellow Canuck owners will share my pain. This is extremely annoying, when you need the engine on, but don't feel like drawing attention to yourself - like at a drive-in movie, or quietly parked with company
Luckily enough, Ford has kept it pretty simple, for years - probably because there is a Canadian-only requirement for DRLs. I'm halfway to where I want to be - I can fully enable, or disable them, by simply pulling one connection...
Stick your head under the car, and look directly up, through the gap under the radiator. On the driver's side, you'll see this:
Pull th plug out, and you're done:
From this:
To this, in 30 seconds:
I think the parking lights fogs at dusk make the Marauder look a lot more "menacing" - a look that befits it!
Now here's where I need some help... I'd really like to wire a toggle switch to the cockpit, so that I don't have to dig under the car and get dirty, every time I want to go stealth.
Does anyone have any ideas, as to which wire is which? There's have a dozen wires going into the plug and I don't have access to schematics, to figure out which is which. I may be doing something bad, and not even know it
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