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64 roadster restomod - has a bit of bubba from prior use as a drag car. converting to a driver. when i bought it i new the brake light and turn signals didn't work. Assumed it was the turn signal switch and was correct, broken. Replaced and now brake lights work but not turn signal. Guessing it's the lack of a flasher. Prior owner bypassed the fuse box and added his own. I don't see a flasher in any of the usual spots, pretty sure he didn't add one. I'm adding one now. I'm planning on getting the purple wire by plugging to the turn signal wiring harness where the existing purple wire is (not planning on removing that one). Planning on getting brown wire by adding on to where the brown wire attaches to windshield wiper motor. Will this plan work and are there better locations for either of the two wires? Thx.
the original location was on the side of the driver side radio side panel where it clipped to, the lead wires branch off from main harness at the same spot as the heater switch, clock and radio.
Look for the two-pin connector with the purple and brown wires near the radio connectors. The flasher mounts in a clip on the radio side panel. Pics below are from our '65.
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Very useful guys, that's why I love this forum. I probably should have mentioned this car has A/C, not sure that matters. There are no obvious clip or hole for the clip. When I looked up in there I found a brown wire on a packard type 56 delphi connector which will get me power. Don't see a purple connector. Theres an unused three prong male type 56 connector (one prong slightly offset) with four wires, blue/black, black, and two orange/black in the same male connector. Not sure what that's for. I can supply photo if necessary. There's no connector at the 90 degree angle often found on the flasher. Thanks for any guidance.
Should have checked the picture above more carefully. Its the heater blower motor and power. I assume I can use the brown wire but will need to make sure it still has power after they by passed the fuse box.
64 roadster restomod - has a bit of bubba from prior use as a drag car. converting to a driver. when i bought it i new the brake light and turn signals didn't work. Assumed it was the turn signal switch and was correct, broken. Replaced and now brake lights work but not turn signal. Guessing it's the lack of a flasher. Prior owner bypassed the fuse box and added his own. I don't see a flasher in any of the usual spots, pretty sure he didn't add one. I'm adding one now. I'm planning on getting the purple wire by plugging to the turn signal wiring harness where the existing purple wire is (not planning on removing that one). Planning on getting brown wire by adding on to where the brown wire attaches to windshield wiper motor. Will this plan work and are there better locations for either of the two wires? Thx.
Herein lies your problem. A non-factory/stock style fuse box was added by the previous owner. Who knows what is wired and what is not, never mind what color wires he used in his replacement.
Pulled the a/c vent on the drivers side and the radio panel on the passenger sid and a few other things to get a better look. Looks like there is a clear flasher in the upper right corner of the old fuse panel. Maybe it never had the two wires?
Very useful guys, that's why I love this forum. I probably should have mentioned this car has A/C, not sure that matters. There are no obvious clip or hole for the clip. When I looked up in there I found a brown wire on a packard type 56 delphi connector which will get me power. Don't see a purple connector. Theres an unused three prong male type 56 connector (one prong slightly offset) with four wires, blue/black, black, and two orange/black in the same male connector. Not sure what that's for. I can supply photo if necessary. There's no connector at the 90 degree angle often found on the flasher. Thanks for any guidance.
That blower connector wasn’t connected on an AC car. They have their own connections. That one was just left in there behind the center console right side by the factory on all of the a/c cars.
Final update. First, I would have restarted with an OEM harness, but this has an LS2 with 4L60E, I have no idea what other changes would be involved. So, I did what I suggested, I took power from the brown connector that should be to the blower. Since this is an AC its not needed for that and then I took a purple wire and put on a male packard type 56 connector and a male spoon connector on the other end. I hooked up purple to L and brown to X on a local store bought 2 pin flasher. Turn signals work (as does the brake lights)! A bit of a Bubba, but easily undone if unwanted. Will get a clip and attach to radio panel. Thanks all.
I've never seen a 64/65/66 with a flasher in the fuse box. They have all been mounted on the radio side panel. I haven't seem all of them, so maybe some did.
UPDATE: I just read a post from 2006 on a 64 turn signal flasher that said early to mid 64 flasher was plugged into the fuse panel like plaidside said, and showed in the picture. It won't help in your (slwhittenburg) case because you have a replacement fuse panel, so your solution makes sense.
Last edited by 65GGvert; Feb 27, 2023 at 07:48 PM.
I've never seen a 64/65/66 with a flasher in the fuse box. They have all been mounted on the radio side panel. I haven't seem all of them, so maybe some did.
My 63 is mounted in the fuse box as pictured above. Is that correct?
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