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Date:         Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:21:22 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: was: 91 Carat..... now: Fast Turn Signal Issues
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <53B1B6B0.1010101@cox.net>
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I will attest to that.

Mark -swapping the wires took care of my fast blinker problem.

John

On 6/30/2014 2:12 PM, mark drillock wrote: > It is just 3 wires with 3 female spade ends on them. The bulb socket has > 3 male spades. The brown wire is ground and goes to the middle spade. > The other 2 can go wherever they need to for the brighter bulb filament > to light for the blinkers. > > Mark > > Neil N wrote: >> Admittedly, I've never changed a front blinker-parking light assembly. >> >> So the connector for this housing is not keyed? >> >> Very useful information Mark. >> >> Neil. >> >> On 6/30/14, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: >> >> >>> .... The flasher relay expects to blink the brighter filament >>> and if things are wired so it blinks the dimmer one then it sees a >>> problem and blinks fast. The 2 outer wires on the front socket may be >>> plugged in reversed and this reverses which filament is for the >>> blinkers. >> >


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