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| CptTripps |
 May 26 2005, 12:18 PM
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:: Punch and Pie ::  Group: Members Posts: 3,584 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Mentor, OH Member No.: 3,342 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
This is driving me batty...
Only on the right-side turn signal. sometimes it works fine, other times I get the 'both blinking dimly. What are the points I need to look at? I have it changed to the 'euro spec' so I'm thinking that maybe the old side-markers are smacking into eachother and causing the ground-fault? The back blinks bright, the front is dimmer when it happens. thoughts??? |
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| Joe Ricard |
May 26 2005, 12:34 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Yup bad ground in the circuit. More than likely the one in the trunk where all the ground wires feed back to. Pull the nut scrub up everything and you should be good to go.
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| CptTripps |
May 26 2005, 12:52 PM
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:: Punch and Pie :: Group: Members Posts: 3,584 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Mentor, OH Member No.: 3,342 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
er...where??? I don't recall seeing/doing anything with that. So that may be the issue! |
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| mikelsr |
May 26 2005, 12:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 657 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Mahomet, IL Member No.: 3,390 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Mine is the left side. The right side works properly but the left side causes both blinker indicators to light up dimly but only the left side blinkers blink. The right side works fine when selected.
Mike |
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| CptTripps |
May 26 2005, 01:02 PM
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:: Punch and Pie :: Group: Members Posts: 3,584 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Mentor, OH Member No.: 3,342 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
When it happens to me, the rear appears to be fine, but the front is about 1/2 as bright.
Hmmm... |
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| Joe Ricard |
May 26 2005, 01:37 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Sometimes I only appear to be half as bright also. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) This should be a regular maintenance item. Clean ground connections. Depending on Model year the number differs. Look right behind the head light assembly on the fender well. bunch of brown wires going to a post with a nut securing it all. |
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| CptTripps |
May 26 2005, 01:53 PM
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:: Punch and Pie :: Group: Members Posts: 3,584 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Mentor, OH Member No.: 3,342 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Never noticed those! I just checked...I've got them on both sides.
I'll clean them all tonight, and report back. |
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| SGB |
May 26 2005, 03:30 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
Also can get oxidation on brass contact points in the fixtures causing a bad ground. Thats a pretty easy item to check.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)
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| Rand |
May 26 2005, 03:39 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Agree. I had a bunch of odd things happening with my signals (wouldn't always blink, sometimes would blink but indicator light in instrument panel wouldn't, etc.)... The cure in my case was cleaning all of the contacts inside my left rear light fixture. Had to take it completely apart to get to everything.
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