On 10/29/06, BSHolden@aol.com <BSHolden@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I had this same situation with my '86 D 250. Turns out that one of the bulb
> sockets had enough corrosion to short the circuit between the turn signal
> element and the running light element.
> For some reason this condition caused the blinker funkiness. A thorough
> cleaning of the bulb socket and a bit of dielectric grease solved the problem.
corroded bulbs and their sockets are a very common cause of this.
Typically, a light gets cracked, and then fills with water, which
leads to the bulb failing. I've run into more than one car where the
headlights would fill with water, causing a failure, where the light
wasn't visibly broken. I think the seals had just died of old age.
In one case, I drilled a small hole on the bottom of the light, which
allowed water to drain out. I've got a small wire brush that's
designed just to clean bulb sockets. It came from the snap-on guy,
but it's not a snap on tool, so I'd bet they can be had from other
sources of automotive tools.
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
|