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Date:         Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:25:21 +0000
Reply-To:     Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Excited turnsignals
Comments: To: "Michael E. Pidcoe" <pidcoe@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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>In my new '82 diesel the turn signals perform normally unless the lights >are turned on. Then they speed up. Just to make things a little >weirder, the right side is faster than the left. I also notice a slight >increase in speed during the day (no lights) when I apply the brakes. >Does this sound like a bad ground in the taillight assy?

That sounds exactly like a bad ground problem! Mine were doing the same a while ago. Turned out to be oxidation buildup on the connector block. While you're in there, check all the bulbs - they seem to build up a layer of oxidation around the metal ground parts ...

Pete C

-- Peter Cassidy, pcassidy@apple.com Sr. Dev. Engineer +353-21-4284316 WW Operations Engineering Apple, Cork, Ireland.


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