Ok i keep hearing about this "blue dingy thingy". My friends 88 gt has it and i hear it fine. I'm jealous now and I want to replace mine. I know of 3 2m4s in the junkyard, can I grab the chime box off these? and where exactly is this blue dingy thingy. I found a pic but I'm not sure on the area where it was taken.
I like having them working. I often lock the headlamps up in freezing weather. You can't always tell when the lights are on when they are like that. It is pretty easy to leave the lights on when the weather is grey.
You'd be amazed how many people will leave the hand brake on even with the light glowing. Several people here have had spouces and others do that. Depending on a few things the dash isn't al that visible to begin with at times. The chime is a little harder to ignore.
I did drop the socket down and release the seatbelt wire to disable the chime for that. I always wear belts but it is annoying to hear the thing when you are starting the car to warm up while you remove frost and so on. The SB light can't be disabled but at least it never chimes for that now.
The second version ones usually aren't very hard to fix when they start making random tones or not working. Most of the time it is a cracked solder joint as shown in my cave.
BTW... I'm told there is a Red chime box but it is missing some function. I've never seen or tested one of those. I'm not even sure what cars had them. Does anyone know? I'd like to see what is supposed to be different in them.
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Mickey_Moose Member
Posts: 7536 From: Edmonton, AB, Canada Registered: May 2001
I have check into other GM cars, and they all seem to be missing something. F body cars are the closest, but are missing one of the pins. Not sure what it really affects however.
The ones in 87 Firebird are wired a little differently. Firebird wires the headlight alarm to the terminal Fiero uses for hand brake warning. 'bird doesn't wire handbrake at all.
The ones in 87 Cadilac Eldorado are wired completely different from the Fiero and 'bird ones.
I don't know how different they all are physically but there looks to be a bunch of versions electrically. I wouldn't recomend plugging them in at random or you may pop fuses or fry something.
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Frizlefrak Member
Posts: 2921 From: El Paso, Texas Registered: Aug 2003
My car was missing the BDT when I bought it. I promptly replaced it. Yes, it's annoying, but that's the whole point. It's a whole lot less annoying than driving with the e-brake on and not realizing it, or leaving your lights on and wiping out your battery.
God Bless the Blue Dingy Thingy.
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James Bond 007 Member
Posts: 8871 From: California.U.S.A. Registered: Dec 2002
my blue dingy thingy pisses me the f*** off!! it allways dings intermidetly going down the road when ever it wants, it dings all quiet when the doors are open, its so broken and anoying!!! its so suphisicated looking tho!! it looks like if i were to chuck it, then the whole car's electrical system wouldent work, im glad someone else had ths problem....this is one of the reasons the guy sold the car to me cheap lol he thought that the electrical was fried lmao all the way home!
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jsmorter1 Member
Posts: 674 From: Creston, Ohio Registered: Jun 2004
mine is set off by going down the road also. It only happens once in a while
Mine was doing that also, go to theogre's cave, he's got the easy fix in his site. Took all of 10 minutes to fix mine, just a little solder work is all, very easy.
------------------ jetman Silver 86 SE 2M6 4-speed, with "check wallet light"
Random chimes etc... Yes, In my cave. It is a really common problem with the later version box due to how it is made. It only takes a few minutes to fix in most cases. The one in my car had this problem as did the used one I got to replace it. I wouldn't be surprised if the defect rate wasn't very high on these. Fortunately the fix is usually pretty easy.
My car didn't come with one either, and none of the junkyard cars I've checked have one. Oh and apparently the seatbelt light can be disabled, mine's never lit up?
My car didn't come with one either, and none of the junkyard cars I've checked have one. Oh and apparently the seatbelt light can be disabled, mine's never lit up?
The seat belt light is controlled by the BDT. No BDT, no seat belt light.
Me personally, I left the parking lights on a few times and locked the keys in the car a few times, so I went to the junkyard and yanked a BDT out of another Fiero and stuck it in mine. Then I found that it chimes when the E Brake is on. Didn't take long for that to drive me nuts, so I pulled out the wiring diagram, found out which wire going to the BDT set off the chime, and cut it (and sealed it up of course, wouldn't want anything arcing). Problem solved.
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Kento Member
Posts: 4218 From: Beautifull Winston Salem NC Registered: Jun 2003
IF anyone needs on I have a Spare working one sitting on the shelf. I have two but one is allocated for mine. Hit up a yard that had 6 fieros and 3 had BDT so we snagged them all.
------------------ 4.9 Caddy ON CRADLE in Garage! Car in Driveway! ACK! **************************************** http://home.cfl.rr.com/fierose Central Florida Fieros http://www.centralfloridafieros.org Proud Member and founder of the DOWN SOUTH SUNNY WINTER PICK ON SNOW PEOPLE COALITION!
Now keep in mind, the most important thingy to keep functioning properly is your Fiero's "Green Smiling Thingy". I, myself am not completely positive what it's function is... but I've heard that if it is not working right...it could catch on fire.
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SLagrec1 Member
Posts: 241 From: Troy, Michigan Registered: Aug 2003
When I recently bought a parts car I noticed it had the Blue Dingy Thingy. I grabbed it just because it was there, and when I got home noticed my 87GT didn't have one, so I plugged it in and noticed it seemed to work, however once I started the car it continued to ding non stop GRRRRRRRRR.
Now my E-Brake doesn't work because its missing the cables or something, and the seatbelts work but occasionally get extra loose or won't retract, then suddenly start working again later, and the alternator light comes on lightly, it has been for quite some time so. I tend to think if the alternator was going bad it woulda died by now yes?
Are either one of these issues causing the constant dinging?
------------------ 87 Fiero GT Fastback Remanufactured 3.1 w/ 13k miles on it now. 5 speed getrag with about 76k on it.
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fierosound Member
Posts: 15183 From: Calgary, Canada Registered: Nov 1999
never had a blue dingy thingy in any of my fieros. i have grey ones!
gm had a recall on 98 to maybe 02 SAFARI mini vans to replace the grey dingy thingy. it didnt stay on long enough for the seatbelt so uncle sam made em replace it.
THEY WORK JUST FINE IN BOTH MY FIEROS!
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Posts: 3494 From: Corner of No and Where Registered: Apr 2001
