Date:         Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:06:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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Try reseting the push on connectors (female spades) at the bottom of the
flasher relay socket.

I've also had some weird problems when those connectors weren't making
as well as they should.

Do make sure all connectors/connections are clean and bright.  Just
tight doesn't always do it.

Mike


John Bange wrote:
>>It wouldn't hurt to check the bulb types.  Mistakes can be made.
>>
>>That said, I once had the fast flashing on one side problem and, in my
>>case, it was a bad connection due to corrosion.
>>
>
>
> To this day, after almost two years of sporadic troubleshooting (but mostly
> just wishing the problem would go away), my right turn signal still blinks
> twice as fast as the left. New bulbs, tried all the various manufacturer's
> versions of the blinker relay from my collection, scrubbed the connections
> clean. Still blinks too fast. I like to think that it's my van's way of
> telling me it's more enthusiastic about staying to the right, in the slower
> lanes.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>