In a message dated 6/1/99 12:34:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kehrlich@dyax.com writes:
> Listers-
>
> Thanks to everyone for the huge response last week on my turn signal
> flasher question. >snip< The click is loud enough to be
> heard over the Monzas (most of the time) and so far, since installing,
> the shaking fists and fingers pointing at the lower front of my car from
> oncoming traffic seem to have stopped.
Keith,
May I make a suggestion for those (like me) who have a hard time hearing the
flasher over the road noise? Go to Radio Shack and buy a 12 volt buzzer or
chime module -- just pick one that has a very low power drain and a sound
that you like. Connect the positive lead of the buzzer/chime to the light
green/slate wire on your flasher unit, and the negative lead to the light
green/brown wire. Don't move any of the existing wires, just add the module
wiring to it. Your flashers will work as before, but the buzzer/chime will
sound on-off with the flashing lights (thanks to former list member Anne -
forgot her last name - from one of the scandanavian countries for that idea).
> The innards are pretty
> sophisticated looking-the only printed circuit board on the car! Hope it
> works in Y2K ;-)
I hope you have better luck with yours than I've had with mine. I'm about to
replace the third one in less than three years.
> Now if anyone knows the spec of a screw in halogen bulb that can replace
> the OEM bulb in the dash flasher indicator light, that would help even
> more.
I don't recommend that. The space for that bulb is pretty tight, with no
cooling air flow, so you could get a meltdown with a higher powered bulb. An
alternative would be to rewire in a new indicator somewhere on the dash, or
rewire the hazard indicator lamp so it works with the TS instead. I really
don't think we need that big light to tell us the hazards are working.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://members.aol.com/danmas/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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