Hi, 85 westy automatic that has been converted to manual. Trying to diagnose this thing right now. Blinkers work fine on both sides. Turning on the emergency flasher switch does nothing. I have put in a second battery kit and a headlight relay kit, so it's likely that I've done something there that messed it up. I put a voltmeter on the red wires leading into the back of the flasher switch, nothing. That doesn't seem like it could be right. Looking at the fuses and wires and stuff, I see a few anomalies. One fuse has some corrosion at both contacts. I tried sandpapering those off and replacing it, but I'm in doubt about it. I don't think that fuse is on the critical path for this, but I would be remiss not to mention it. There is also a place way on the right hand side of the fuse assembly where there are two fuses separately under a square clear plastic cover. On the back side of that, one of the connector spades has nothing connected to it. I don't remember if it was always like that or what. Probably best if I put up some pictures and definitively identify more of this, but I thought this might be enough information for people to suggest a few places to look. Hopefully I'll get some pictures up shortly. Until then, if someone has ideas, I'm all ears. My Bentley is currently misplaced, but a kind list member has scanned and sent me the relevant pages. I'm on my way out to start poking around now. mike |
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