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Date:         Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:47:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Darn it, blinkers still not working.  Help?
Comments: To: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Mark:

Thanks for the specific instructions. Unfortunately, only the one filament is lighting up as far as I can see.

Anything else you can suggest? I assume the "fast light" is due to some extra current draw on that side?

Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: Re: Darn it, blinkers still not working. Help?

> 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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