>In a message dated 9/25/01 12:04:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:
>
><< No, but I do plan to fit a Japanese one. Not so much for the tilt function,
> but because I want one with an automatic position on the lightswitch.
> Toyota columns have coarse ratchets, so I guess a Skyline friction-adust
> unit will have to do. >>
>
>Andrew,
>
>You definitely tilt in a different direction. I don't like cross-species
>swapping. That's like a Canadian living in New Zealand chasing mussels or
>sumptin'. That's why I'm using a VW column. Makes things simpler.
>
>What on EARTH do you mean by an "....an automatic position on the
>lightswitch."?
>
>BenT

Well, a VW with Subaru engine, Porsche trans & brakes, ?Mercedes wheels and
Toyota mirrors needs a steering column from something else, n'est pas?
Maybe I should adapt a Toyota Hiace power steering rack too?

Factory automatic lights. You know, as in... automatic lights. 4 settings
on switch wand: off, park, head, auto. Set so, they come on by themselves
in 2 stages (parking & head) as light level drops, and go out in the
opposite order. Goes off when you turn the key off (or inthe 1984-1988
Skyline's case, when key turned off and driver's door opened). Runs through
a dashtop sensor. I've seen this setup in an early Honda Legend and a 1989
ST 170 Corona. Standard on the R21 Skyline; dunno about the Honda; seen
only one Corona with this, but it was a rare option. Current Holden
Commodore (Opel-based Australian GM) has it as an option too.Works a
treat... never flatten your battery again...

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
ph   64 (3) 473-8863
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
84 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD
87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD
89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon FWD
89 Corona 2.0 D Select CT170 diesel sedan FWD
92 Toyota Estima Lucida (=narrow-body Previa) 2.2 turbodiesel RWD
In a world without walls or fences, who needs windows or gates?