>Ray Wygonik <rwygonik@grove.iup.edu>
>My lights came on but would not flash. After checking and cleaning all
>connections I changed the flasher unit and lights started to flash. I had
>an extra one in my spare parts box, but probably any 12v universal flasher
>will do. I sure if that is not true someone with more electrical knowledge
>than me will correct.
>
I've got the same problem w/ my 77B. So last night I decided to go out
and clean of the terminals.
Here are my observations.
Initially, the hazards worked and the turn signals did not flash.
Took all 4 bulbs out sand papered the contacts to clean (the grounds looked
bad). Then I tried, rather unsucsessfully to clean out the bulb sockets. Put
the bulbs back in. Still nothing. No flashing.
Then I thought, I'd put the hazard flasher into the signal flasher circuit.
Now the flashers work, but flash too quickly. Switched back in a spare old
flasher
unit, and the signal flashers work, a bit too slowly.
OK, here is my theory -- Hazard unit (flashes too quickly) is drawing too much
current. If I got another one and put in a variable resistor in parallel
(to tune the
fash speed by bypassing current around the the unit) I suspect this would work.
Definitly not original and possibly dangerous (but not if wire safely.
The 1st flasher unit and second flasher unit probably have different
resistances.
(Don't know why, same Lucas part).
However, sounds like I still have some bad contacts out there. Any body
have any
ideas how to clean out the light sockets and are there connectors (there
must be,
but I could not find them/did not know where to look for them) that also
need to be cleaned.
It looked to me that the lights were directly wired to the wiring harness
(which seems
silly).
Any help here is greatly appreciated.
-Dave
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