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Old Dec 18, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Hey guys my right turnsignal will not work with my lights on and it has me totally puzzled. It works with the lights off, and the right works just like it should. What should I look at?
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I have learned my lesson on light problems: run the grounds down and make sure they are good. I am no good at electrical and those diagrams in the repair manuals are hard to follow, but that is what I beleive you have to do. I assume you have looked at the lights and fuses and all that stuff to see that they are correct. Good luck, I hate Electrical....................
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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I have learned my lesson on light problems: run the grounds down and make sure they are good. I am no good at electrical and those diagrams in the repair manuals are hard to follow, but that is what I beleive you have to do. I assume you have looked at the lights and fuses and all that stuff to see that they are correct. Good luck, I hate Electrical....................
I have to agree here, things like this are almost always faulty grounds.
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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Check your bulbs also, when your park lights are on, is the right side brighter or dimmer front or back on that side. Not sure what year car, but some, the parking lights on the front are on when the headlights are. Pull the right front bulb and see what happens.
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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Its the ground on that side, plain and simple.
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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Its the ground on that side, plain and simple.
Or blinker fluid.....
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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Or blinker fluid.....
Oh Yea, The blinker fluid is low. Thats got a be it.
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Old Dec 19, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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I will take a look at the grounds tomorrow... Too late guys I checked the blinker fluid when I topped off the headlight fluid the other day so thats not it...
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Like the others have noted, start with your ground connections. Even though they may look solid and secure, I would remove them, check the connector, clean off both the connector end and the mounting side, then reattach. Good luck! Oh, BTW, I'm glad you topped off all your headlight, blinker fluids.
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Its the ground on that side, plain and simple.
Yup!
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