From: Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com)
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 19:08:08 PST
I can't see if this was suggested, so my apologies if it's a repeat: Have
you tried shorting the bulb directly? Take a 30' piece of nice wire with
two alligator clips on it and see if the light is bright when hooked
directly to the battery. then work your way back from there.
Paul
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At 06:00 PM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
>Thanks to everybody that replied. First thing I did was clean the ground on
>the steering column. Then I cleaned the ground wire that comes out of the
>back of the plug at the solid state flasher unit. Used new nuts and bolts to
>remount the flasher. They had allot of corrosion. I also made up a ground
>wire from the bolt on the flasher to a bracket that's bolted to the frame.
>They are still real dim. I took the turn signal flasher apart and cleaned
>the contacts. That didn't help either. Could it be the flasher unit or do
>they quit working all together when they go bad ? Can the three lever switch
>be taken apart to see if there's anything wrong with it ? I found the three
>lever switch for sale for $59.00 but couldn't find anywhere to get the solid
>state flasher. which should I get first ? Is there anything else that I can
>check ? Thanks again for all the help, Willie
>
>
>
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