Electrical gremlin and front end shimmy

[MConstable]

Ok, my '74 Thing is messing with me and I'm stumped on this one...
Sometimes when I pull the headlight switch, the headlights come on but the front turn signals don't work.
Other times, the headlights don't come on, but the turn signals do, they stay on constantly and also blink when I hit the turn signal lever.
Any advice?
Thanks

Oh yeah, I also have a front end shimmy around 45-55 mph.
Need advice on that also

[doublecanister]

hey MConstable,

Electrical I'm guessing the head light switch (or it sounds like that)
but, I'm not sure.

but the shimmy....

The steering stabilizer (small shock absorber in steering) can cause that, it's sometimes described as "the death wobble" but that's usually a violent steering wheel shake at speed.

the stabilizer is close to the gas tank underneath the THING.

Of course, wheel alighnment and tie rod ends going bad, wheel bearings, even brakes, tires, etc can cause a shimmy.

In my case I had 2 bent rims (the chrome wide 5's) they would never balance correctly, one was really bad, I replaced my wheels to fix that.
at 45-50 it was kidney punch after punch.
In the process I also realized my THING was missing the front sway bar, had to get one of those as well.
I even got the wide 5 adaptor to help balance them, for 1 wheel it was a crap shoot.

let us know what you find, I'm sure others will chime in.

Confirm what you can as known good and you will eventually find the culprit.

T
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[Ron Domeck]

First on you electrical get all new fuses, not just look and say they are good. Next with battery disconnected clean both sides of the fuse block until you have shinney brass. Then see if that changes anything. Fuses are all 8 Amp except #9 that is 16 Amp.

[MConstable]

[Ron Domeck]

Mounts to the left dash panel with a spring clip.

[MConstable]

[Ron Domeck]

The box will clip in on the right side and a clip that fits into the hole on the left side. Did you clean where the fuses makes contact on both sides?