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Date:         Wed, 7 May 2003 14:49:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Ed Carroll <ecarroll@MAINE.RR.COM>
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From:         Ed Carroll <ecarroll@MAINE.RR.COM>
Subject:      Turn signal weirdness
Comments: cc: SStones <sstones@idirect.com>, Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@yahoo.com>
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Voi-frickin,-la', problem solved!


Thanks to all those with great suggestions. Because of the (low) current at the turn signal socket, I was convinced the problem was somehow there and didn't look very far.


It was a bad ground. Not noticeably bad, of course, no crumbling corrosion or anything. I just went to the common ground in the engine compartment, directly beneath the coil, took it apart, cleaned it w/ baking soda and water, sanded to metal and sanded the connectors, greased with dielectric and reassembled. Voila!


Still weird, though. The negative side of the socket tested 0 ohms to the chrome-plated bumper ... and why did the right side work fine, don't they share a ground?


Thanks again for all who helped.


Ed Carroll
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