Turn indicator & brake light continuous flashing, Started with a bad bulb |
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Turn indicator & brake light continuous flashing, Started with a bad bulb |
bzettner |
Sep 12 2021, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 2-June 13 From: San Antonio, TX Member No.: 15,951 Region Association: Southwest Region |
'73 1.7, driving along (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) both dash turn indicator lights and brake light started flashing continuously (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) . Found out I had a burned out turn signal bulb. Did my 914World searching and learned the flashing is to "let you know" you have a bulb out, great! Changed out the bulb, flashing continues. Cleaned light socket contacts, bulb ends, changed out bulbs in matched pairs, replaced flasher unit with new RockAuto unit, still continual flashing. Added a little brake fluid, no change.
All my lights work as designed, all of them. Dash turn indicators are bright and work individually when used. The new flasher unit causes the dash indicators to flash continually dimmer than the original unit. I have found a white w green strip wire near the flasher unit that has no connection, no fitting, just a blunt cut wire with no obvious "answer" to its placement. I am NOT a great schematic guy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . Something changed! Ideas? Attached thumbnail(s) |
Spoke |
Sep 14 2021, 04:46 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
'73 1.7, driving along (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) both dash turn indicator lights and brake light started flashing continuously (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) . Found out I had a burned out turn signal bulb. Did my 914World searching and learned the flashing is to "let you know" you have a bulb out, great! The most classic flashers (not the 914) alert the driver of a burned out bulb by hyperflashing at 2x the normal 1 flash/second rate only when the Left or Right turnsignal is selected. The 914 flasher alerts the driver of a burned exterior bulb by flashing both turnsignal indicators together when the L or R turnsignal is active. The flasher should never flash the turnsignal indicators when the turnsignal stalk is not active or 4-way switch pushed in. |
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