LED light conversion
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10/13/23 05:43 PM
10/13/23 05:43 PM
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Need some help solving my turnsignals/flasher situation on my 71 GTX.
Fully rebuilt instrument cluster, new LED bulbs in dash that are dimmable & RPM limiter(almost every one of them, save for heater switch and A/G switch). New LED turnsignal, side marker, and taillights. All come on and work properly...except turn signals and flashers.
Fully rebuilt steering column with new turn signal switch, etc.
Also added LED compatible flasher (round one beside ashtray) today.
Am missing another flasher, or is it just the one on this system?
Indicator turn signal lights come on in dash, turn signal lights come on outside front and back, but no flashing.
Flashers, when turned on light up on dash...then will blink only when turn signal switch is activated, but nothing happens outside.
Last edited by cdp; 10/13/23 06:09 PM.
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Re: LED light conversion
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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10/13/23 05:58 PM
10/13/23 05:58 PM
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I thought there were 2 flashers, one for the hazzards and one for turn signals. There are two flashers. Not a B body guy so I don't know where they are, but on my A bodies the easy one to get to is the hazard flasher, lol.
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Re: LED light conversion
[Re: Sniper]
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10/13/23 06:12 PM
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Yep, found the other flasher thats about above the steering column, which I'm going back to the parts store to get another one.
On the polarity, I ~thought~ I bought the ones that it doesn't matter on polarity, as I do think they make them....but I'm not an expert. I'm assuming this would only effect the sidemarker lights though.
I checked what I ordered on Amazon and they are all non-polarity versions. And dash were all dimmable.
Last edited by cdp; 10/13/23 07:55 PM.
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Re: LED light conversion
[Re: EW1BH27]
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10/13/23 09:06 PM
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Yes, so everything I'm reading is load resistance, which is why I bought the load resistance flasher. Now I have 2, still not working. My understanding is that I didn't need resisters at the lights. I did read on a YouTube video of converting an 80s chevy truck with both LED and standard bulbs to a Linova552, which seemed to work. The comment section, however, showed others tried with no success. One comment back was to use a load resistance flasher with a ground to solve the issue of having all LED's bulbs.
I'll look into the resisters for the bulbs, but was hoping to avoid that and not cut or add new wires to my nice originals.
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Re: LED light conversion
[Re: Stanton]
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10/15/23 06:32 AM
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The flashers do not need that ground wire. The polarity of them is specific - a quick and dirty bench check will show this. May not need it, but it's what I was looking for. The one that worked the best didn't make the clicking noise. I didn't want to be driving around with blinkers on and not know it. The one I have make 2 click noises after I turn it off, but I can live with that.
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