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b4smog
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Location: Tulsa, Ok USA
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 Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 6:00 pm Post subject: 71 beetle sedan |
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| Help flashers are going way to fast. No led's emergency flashers are the right speed. Blinkers are going nuts, new harness new bulbs all the grounds are good. Any suggestions? |
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busman78
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Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 4:32 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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| Try another flasher, preferably a different brand. |
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 6:32 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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Usually they blink fast if a bulb is blown.
Is it both sides or one side?
You could meter the individual bulb circuits to see if they have the same resistance values. The flasher relay runs everything so it’s puzzling why emergency flashing is regular but turn signals are not.
Could be something in the turn signal switch.
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my3bugs
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 7:27 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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| ya , usually a burned bulb makes em blink fast . could be a bad ground . when mine does it i tap the rear tail light and its back to normal . |
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VW_Jimbo 
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 8:19 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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| ya , usually a burned bulb makes em blink fast . could be a bad ground . when mine does it i tap the rear tail light and its back to normal . |
You gotta love a car that allows this sort of repair! I do the same for the 70 Bug. And every once in a while, when something has stopped working, like the headlight on the right side, I roll the fuse!
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my3bugs
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 9:10 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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OH Ya , i have rolled a lot of fuses too recently i printed out a small sheet showing what each fuse was for so i dont have to roll em all
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 9:12 am Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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| VW_Jimbo wrote: |
| my3bugs wrote: |
| ya , usually a burned bulb makes em blink fast . could be a bad ground . when mine does it i tap the rear tail light and its back to normal . |
You gotta love a car that allows this sort of repair! |
Yes, one of the joys of watching the original Star Trek is that when their communicators fail, they tap it. I like that even in the 23rd century, the universal fix is to bang on it!
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vwuberalles
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b4smog
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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Well I rolled my fuses didn't do the trick. So I went back to a four-prong flasher, I'll try that on Friday.
Thanks everyone I appreciate it. |
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Marks_Bug
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2025 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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When it comes to ensuring contact in the fuses and lights I use my handy-dandy dremel tool with a wire brush. I just took out all the fuses one by one and polished the fuse ends and the connectors they fit into. The little wheel just fits inside most light sockets to clean up corrosion on the sides of the sockets and another, smaller brush polishes the contact in the bottom. It also works like a charm on spade connectors.
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b4smog
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2025 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: 71 beetle sedan |
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Put in the four-prong flasher now everything works as it should.
Thanks Everyone |
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