bop

71 vette LT1 all park lights work just no turn signals replaced flasher and 20 amp fuse and it blew again. I am leaving for Bowling Green next wenesday be nice to have turn signals any information would be helpful thanks.

...Roger...

Do your brake lights work OK ?

bop

Brake lights work ok.

...Roger...

Do you have to turn on the signals to blow the fuse ? The fuse also feeds the back up lights.

...Roger...

If you have had the dash piece under the column off lately make sure you didnt put a long screw in the center screw hole. It sometimes goes into the front signal wires and shorts them out.

7T1vette

The "flasher" in the fuse block is NOT for the turn signals....it's for the emergency flasher. The turn signal flasher is located behind and toward the bottom edge of the right side dash panel. There is a clip on the backside of the panel where that flasher unit is placed. Replace that flasher with the one you removed from the fuse panel...it's probably still good.

...Roger...

Good thought

bop

the fuse blowes when the ing switch is turned on with the turn signal switch in the off position i am going to replace the other flasher but i dont think it will fix the problem.

bop

answer to your other question the dash pad has not been out of the car in over a year and everything wes working fine until the fuse blew.

...Roger...

Try leaving the flasher out and then replace the fuse and see if the fuse blows when you turn the key on. That will help us. If it blows with the turn flasher out you have to unplug the neutral safety switch next.( a shorted through flasher should only leave the lights on with no flashing)

7T1vette

It could be a failure of the turn signal switch itself. There are metal springs/parts which could cause such a short if they are broken and/or got loose into the electrical contacts.

bop

thanks for your help going to take it to a repair shop tomorow worked with puting a power valve in the carb today advance sold me the wrong gaskets and ended up pulling the front bowel off the carb 4 times so i am sick of a corvette.

bop

Thanks for the help car is going to a repair shop tomorow may see you in BGif you are going staying at micro tel exit 22 off 65 my car is a steel cities gray LT1 conv.

beachboypa

hi Did you ever solve your turn light fuse problem? I am having a simlar problem with mine

thanks

auavette

That just happened to me.
We disconnected the new turnsignal wire and plugged the old one in and it worked fine.
When we took the steering wheel of we saw where the screw touched the wires.
All we had to do was to tape the wires and put it back and everything started to work allright

Earl Durnhardt

what ever ya do, don't trust those GM wiring diagrams
the 71 was even writtin about here on the forum
really sad stuff
http://oosoez.com/curr-evnt/currentevents-101.html

Hpozzuoli

I just did this. I harpooned the wire in the column with a long screw. Just got the damn thing back from being rebuilt. Pulled the center screw out and the fuse doesn't blow, I get the indicator to light, but won't flash.

Any ideas why it won't blink correctly? Did my turn flasher decide to go? All other lights work as they should, brake, reverse, headlamps.