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Interesting electrical question
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OK-- Just put my new dash assembly in"Fast Lane west" for what I thought was for the last time HaHa,SO I went to try everything out--Now when I apply the brakes the turn signal lights light up on the dash ??? otherwise everything works the way it should blinkers,Hazards --Now I did change from a gm style headlight switch(painless) to a Mopar original headlight switch--What did I wire wrong
If you can point me in the right direction-- PS__ when I tried everything with the GM type switch this did not happen Thanks Steve
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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N0 Just the turn signals man I went to the extreme on the grounding did not want any ground issues--Steve
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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I agree with the ground issue. When you say "turn signal lights" do you mean both of them in the dash or all 4 plus the dash. Also if it is all 4 will they blink when pressing the brake. Back in the 70's my cousin had a 4 speed car that would have his "reverse" lights on when he turned on his radio.
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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Just wondering if you are using a fiberglass front lower valance? Curt
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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No plastic and It is just the turn signal indicators on the dash you know the left and right indicators --Steve
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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Ground the dash backplane to your steering column and your problem should go away.
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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Dash backplane??? these are all autometer gauges in a fast lane west insert all the gauges are grounded separate to one main ground--could it be the ground from the headlight switch this is also grounded separate--Steve this did not happen with gm headlight switch only with the mopar headlight switch that's why i think i got some wiring messed up when i switched back to the mopar switch
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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What are the "turn indicators" grounded to?
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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Everything works great--turn signals--hazards but when i push on the brake the turn signal indicators come on--yes everything works like it should turn signals flash--hazards work --the gauges are grounded directly to the main ground from the batt I ran to the front of the car
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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03/30/10 08:19 AM
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does the front marker lights turn on too??? what about the rears??? if the fronts do and the rears not- then the wiring is reversed in the turn signal switch from front to back! normally when brake is turned on- only power to the rear lights are on- front and dash signals are not part of the brake circuit. so if your not using a factory mopar harness or someone has been monkeying around by resplicing the wires- you have a problem. first double check the wiring at the turn signal switch to make sure nothing is changed. also make sure the tail lights are both grounded good!!! my
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Re: Interesting electrical question
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03/30/10 06:58 PM
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I used a fiberglass lower valance and a similar thing happened except when I turned on the headlights the indicators glowed dimly. Ran a ground to the combo front lamps and problem went away Curt
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