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Blauhaus
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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:25 am Post subject: Bad Relay? |
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Hello,
Having a bit of trouble with my turn signals...in that they aren't working at the moment. My car is a '65 though converted to 12v.
Here's the scoop. Turn signal stalk actuated either up or down (right or left) yields the following results: The indicator lights come on the guage (both, solidly) with no blinking and no lighting of the actual bulbs in the housings outside of the car and no clicking sound .
I've checked and replaced bulbs and checked fuses. The high beam switch on the column still functions BTW. Does this sound like a relay issue.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Check the grounds before condemning the relay.
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Air-Cooled Head
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Definately check your grounds. That's where many electrical gremlins live. There's a ground for the guage too. (At least mine has.)
After re-wiring my dash,  <- click I spent a couple weeks on signals alone.
Now I get this problem: My blinkers work fine, till I step on the brake. Then the dash indicator goes solid, and I believe the outside signals stop.
WTF? Otherwise, all lights/indicators work fine.
I've almost have the wiring diagram memorized, but can't figure this out. 
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Tram
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Air-Cooled Head wrote: |
Definately check your grounds. That's where many electrical gremlins live. There's a ground for the guage too. (At least mine has.)
After re-wiring my dash, <- click I spent a couple weeks on signals alone.
Now I get this problem: My blinkers work fine, till I step on the brake. Then the dash indicator goes solid, and I believe the outside signals stop.
WTF? Otherwise, all lights/indicators work fine.
I've almost have the wiring diagram memorized, but can't figure this out. |
Wrong bulb in a brake socket, one taillamp wired wrong, or... a bad ground!
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Denis
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:35 am Post subject: Flasher problem |
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| I had exactly the same problem the other day. I also thought the flashed was bad. I removed the flashed to get a number off it and then replaced, after this the system worked fine. Must have been dirty contact pins on the flasher. |
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Russ Wolfe
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With the conversion to 12V, what flasher unit did they use. An off the shelf from a local flaps, or did they go with the 12V -9 wire, or did they change out the steering column and are using a later 3 wire flasher unit??
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Denis
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: Relay |
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| I have a stock '71; of course it's 12 Volts and I believe still has the original flasher relay. The relay had 3 connections on the bottom where it plugged into the top of the fuse panel. |
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Air-Cooled Head
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
| With the conversion to 12V, what flasher unit did they use. An off the shelf from a local flaps, |
That's what mine was, and what I replaced it with.
I obviously still haven't got my wiring/grounds squared away. Now, the right side works, except on the brakes, and the left is totally out.
Back to the wiring diagram,,,
Also, I have a 68 T1 column. Does that make a diff?
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