Yet another electrical problem, erratic flashers, with a twist Options

[scottz0369]

Here's one I couldn't find with a search---

I think I have a flasher relay problem, but I'm not positive--My blinkers/brake warning light flash extremely rapidly and erratically--sounds like a relay issue except for this--they work just fine when I have jumper cables attached. The battery was completely dead yesterday (one minute after starting normally). One minute the car turned over fine, the next there wasn't even a click. After I jumped it is when I got the flashing problem.

I'm not sure if this is one problem, or many. My battery reads 10.6 volts at the terminals--driving it for a half-hour at speed didn't do a darn thing for it. It has been sitting since February, so it may well be a bad battery. The auto shop on base here will have a new battery tomorrow for me, and with luck, the local auto shop (there's not much out here--29 palms is the end of the road) will have a relay.

I hope the battery/relay are two seperate problems that happened to come up at the same time, but I'm suspicious of the timing......

ah, the adventure of having a 34 year old car. There's never a dull moment!

Scott