need help with electrical
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need help with electrical
It all started when I replaced the turn signal flasher. There was a resistor looking thing located under the flasher, does it need to be replaced too. I keep blowing tail light and instrument panel fuses. Any Ideas?
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Re: need help with electrical (wombvette)
No, but you may hear a little poping in your radio when you use the signal.
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Re: need help with electrical (Fleetwood)
79 Pulled it off and put it back on after Forum member sent me a picture. It worked ok for a while then lost the fuses last nite. :mad
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Re: need help with electrical (feb18blacksunday)
If it's a capacitor,they were used in the old days for radio interference supression before FM reception.Remove it it's not needed.If you are still blowing fuses,you may have a short somewhere.Bur try removing the cap first.
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Re: need help with electrical (LAvetteman)
Had no turn signals.,before the flasher went out . Now it just blows fuses.
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Re: need help with electrical (feb18blacksunday)
Flasher may not have been bad. May have another problem. Try changing the bulbs and inspecting the sockets for corrosion or broken insulators.
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Re: need help with electrical (feb18blacksunday)
On my 1975, somebody had wired a capacitor across the two leads on my brake light switch. It didn't blow fuses when it went bad, it just stopped the brake lights from working. It looked as if Bubba or a dealer had installed it. Definately not from the factory. I removed the capacitor and everything was fine.
BTW I also had a capacitor attached to the flasher as you described. I haven't noted any snapping or other problems since removing it also.
BTW I also had a capacitor attached to the flasher as you described. I haven't noted any snapping or other problems since removing it also.
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Re: need help with electrical (LAvetteman)
Flasher may not have been bad. May have another problem. Try changing the bulbs and inspecting the sockets for corrosion or broken insulators.
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Re: need help with electrical (Jim Shea)
On my 1975, somebody had wired a capacitor across the two leads on my brake light switch. It didn't blow fuses when it went bad, it just stopped the brake lights from working. It looked as if Bubba or a dealer had installed it. Definately not from the factory. I removed the capacitor and everything was fine.
BTW I also had a capacitor attached to the flasher as you described. I haven't noted any snapping or other problems since removing it also.
BTW I also had a capacitor attached to the flasher as you described. I haven't noted any snapping or other problems since removing it also.
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Re: need help with electrical (feb18blacksunday)
Was this flasher exchange a simple pop-out-pop-in deal? Did you have to remove ANYTHING to get to it? And when do the fuses blow? What's going on?
Was the car like this when you got it, or was everything fine, then, one day no flashers and now this. :confused:
Was the car like this when you got it, or was everything fine, then, one day no flashers and now this. :confused: