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Re: turn signal issue
[Re: RapidRobert]
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05/27/09 10:59 AM
05/27/09 10:59 AM
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68HemiB
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I agree - start with the flasher itself.
It doesn't hurt to have a basic understanding of how the flasher in a domestic classic car works - it's simply a low capacity circuit breaker. The load of lighting the turn signal bulbs heats it up, causing it to open the circuit. Once the circuit is open (without load), things cool down, and the breaker closes again. Repeat.
Your symptoms sound like a mix. Things other than a haywire flasher sort of go like this:
a. Flashes very slow or not at all: Insufficient load on the circuit. Often simply a bulb burned out.
b. Flashes faster than normal: Higher load on the circuit than expected. Dirty, higher resitance socket. Perhaps a vandal connected a trailer (with its additional lights) without your knowledge.
Down to just a blue car now.
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Re: turn signal issue
[Re: 68HemiB]
#330179
05/27/09 11:08 AM
05/27/09 11:08 AM
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Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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yes that is a different mix of symptoms. Is the can grounded good.
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: turn signal issue
[Re: 72roadrunnergtx]
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05/27/09 11:50 AM
05/27/09 11:50 AM
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RapidRobert
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I've had a few that did not work right with the can dangling & I put it back in it's holder & it went back to normal.
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