Camry reversing/rear cameras - Part 3

In this session we are wiring the reversing camera and then in the drivers footwell connecting everything to power and also mounting  and connecting the camera monitor screen.

Another afternoon of contortionist pain and suffering.

Camry reversing/rear cameras - Part 2

In this session we re fitting the reversing camera onto the number plate.

Drill a 'corner' pilot hole.

Camry reversing/rear cameras - Part 1

Yesterday we repaired the Mitsubishi Lancer Rear View Camera Mirror.

Today we are working on my 1991 Toyota Camry installing a number plate reversing camera and a rear parcel shelf camera. 

This is going to take 2 or 3 sessions over a couple of days!

Medion Wireless Rear View Mirror - Revisited

Purchased this from ALDI in August 2015 and earlier this year it stopped working. I have been dealing all year with the left eyeball and poor vision so like many other things it had to wait - until now.

Got it working... read on.

Motorhome driving lights

Installing new driving lights for a family friend (that’s not me!).

I have done many jobs on the 1999 Winnebago over the years.

Reject Shop - Dashcams for $10

Comes with undocumented feature - interstellar radio reception!!!



Pretty sure transmissions are from the Triangulum Galaxy.

The audio on both cameras has so much interference it’s not possible to decipher the recorded audio.  Packed them up and returned for refund.

Camry washer jets blocked - Part 3

The black gunk or Biofilm is still giving me problems. The proper fix is to remove the washer fluid reservoir and give it a thorough cleaning but...that involves jacking up and removing the drivers side wheel then removing the mudguard cover to gain access to remove the reservoir!

Decided to try a sort of cyclic flush-out to avoid the above.

In the last post related to this I mentioned that the passenger nozzle jets clogged up again - just when I thought I was done. Removed the nozzle from the bonnet as shown to check and yeah...clogged with black gunk again.

Camry washer jets blocked - Part 2

The actual jets are clear, turns out both nozzles are internally blocked ??? and I have worked out the likely chain of events. Car was loaned to a family member and during the loan period the washer reservoir ran out of water. Water was added and I presume the washers still would not work cos when I went to use them the other day - nothing.

Camry washer jets blocked - Part 1

To get started on this job ordered this off eBay.

Back soon...

Replacement battery for Betty

Betty is our Garmin nuvi 2597LMT GPS that we bought off our older daughter a few years ago. The battery has been showing signs of dying so got a replacement one off eBay for less than $15 dollars. Battery arrived weeks ago and been sitting on the balcony computer desk and when I finally got around to doing the job could not find the bloody thing.

Tiny TORX screws... do I have bits that small?

New battery for the Kia Pregio van

I'll put it in tomorrow morning and see how she starts,

Toyota Camry rear camera

Finally installed the rear camera that's been lying around for a while.

Car DVR - Mercedes

Installed one of the $25 units we bought at the market last week into my sister's Mercedes Kompressor. This is the first time the power lead has been long enough to reach from the camera all the way around behind trim and along under the drivers dash to the cigarette lighter so thankfully no need for any USB extension cable.

HD CAR DVR–where I find English language?

After hours of stuffing around (on & off) and literally hundreds of button presses' I've finally managed to get ENGLISH menu's !!! The frigging default is bloody Chinese so I had to blindly go through menu options (like trying to guess today's Enigma code) until finally up came a language selection, scrolled through to ENGLISH and pressed OK - Hallelujah.

HD CAR DVR

Direct from Guangdong Province to Caribbean Market ( this is the real thing with genuine Mandarin Chinese screen menus!

No name white box special, will it be any good?…cost $20 bucks.

Check out these crazy drivers

Heading down Ferntree Gully towards Eastlink overpass with Chesterfield Farm on the left, looked like Indian or Paki driving late model vehicles - WTF.

Car black box recorders – finish off

Car black box recorders are now finally cabled for power, in both cars I've managed to tuck away and hide the cables. Camera automatically starts recording with IGN/ACC on and stops a couple of minutes after IGN is turned off – all good.

Maginon - Wireless Rear View Mirror

This has been lying on the dining room table while I've been playing around with the car black box recorders. However...my main priority is to keep moving with the tree pruning, lost a day yesterday with the rain but I should be OK to have it all done by next week when council collection starts.

Remote controlled spider

Impulse shopping - love it. IR remote controlled spider from Reject Shop for $10 bucks - batteries NOT included.

Ford Fiesta FOB not working

Older kid over this evening for tea and brought a car problem with her, the key fob suddenly stopped working? It's a 2010 Ford Fiesta. Found a YouTube video on how to change the CR2032 battery and followed the instructions below to re-program the key.

To program my key all I needed to do was put the key in the ignition, turn it to "run" and then back to "off" 4 times within 6 seconds. The car will make a beep letting me know it's in program mode. You press any button on the key fob and it will beep again to let you know the remote is programmed. After that, put the ignition in the "run" position again to turn off programming mode and you're good. Worked perfect