Turn signal indicator being foolish
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Turn signal indicator being foolish
OK when I am driving at night and have the headlights on, the right turn signal lights up and stays lit. It will blink normally if I use the right turn signal. Is this my electrical system trying to tell me something? if so what?
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Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (Guru_4_hire)
I asked this question about a month ago. Mine is doing the exact same thing but I have as of yet to figure it out. I will subscribe to this thread to see if someone can help us out. If you get it figured let me know. :thumbs:
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Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (Guru_4_hire)
mine does that too, and my tach backlight doesn't work. I figured they were wired backwards or something cause the turnsignal light came on and not the tach light, but it blinks normally with the blinker so I decided that wasn't it... sometimes when I make a tight (high G) right turn at night the tach backlight comes on for an instant.
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Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (BB73Chris)
Check the main connector from the dash printed circuit to the wiring harness.
Be careful with those old printed circuits, they can come apart if you look at them wrong.
Be careful with those old printed circuits, they can come apart if you look at them wrong.
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From: Brooks GA
Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (BSeery)
My 79 was doing crazy things too. I found a break in the solder runs on the flimsey printed ciruit board attached to the back. I fixed the open runs and haven't had any problems since
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Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (Guru_4_hire)
OK when I am driving at night and have the headlights on, the right turn signal lights up and stays lit. It will blink normally if I use the right turn signal. Is this my electrical system trying to tell me something? if so what?
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Re: Turn signal indicator being foolish (stickboy)
check all of your grounds especially at the tail lights. you are getting a feed back of current from a bad ground to a good grounding circuit causing the light to light. wcj :party:
