Date:         Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:52:36 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Darn it, blinkers still not working.  Help?
Comments: To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
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Ok, start here. Remove front left side lens and look very closely right
at the bulb filaments. Make sure that only one filament is lighting when
the left signal is flashing and the parking lights are off. It is a 2
filament bulb with the other filament for the parking light. If both are
lighting even slightly during turn signal operation there is a ground
problem for that fixture.

Next question, does the behavior change when the parking lights are on?
Looking at all 4 corners at night do any of the other lights dim or
blink when they should not?

Mark


Tom Young wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> I've been trying to get my blinkers working right and not having any luck.
> Here's the situation.
>
> Right turn signals work, blinking at "regular" speed.
> Left turn signals work, blinking at "fast" speed.
> Emergency flashers don't work.  Green turn signal indicator light in dash
> comes on steady, external lights stay off, red emergency flasher light (in
> the switch itself) doesn't light.
>
> Here's what I've tried:
>
> New bulbs front and rear.  No change.
> Removed and reinstalled all the ground clips to the left and above the fuse
> panel, removed and reinstalled the flasher unit, removed and reinstalled the
> ground clip in the steering column.  No change.
> Switched emergency flasher switch from one vehicle to the other.  No change.
>
> I'm not good enough at reading wiring diagrams to really be able to figure
> out what's going on here.  I suppose I could also swap flasher units from
> one vehicle to the other, but I don't think that's really an issue.
>
> Anybody have any other thoughts about what's at fault here?
>
> TIA.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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