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indicators only working on one side

Postby Sylvester » Tue May 10, 2016 7:06 pm

Hey guys just finished fixing my engine and now ive lost all indicators on one side , they were working fine the other day , is there anywhere I should start looking first
the flasher is clicking real fast which means the switch is working ,
any advice would be great .
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby turnturn » Tue May 10, 2016 11:13 pm

Blown bulb, bad earth, disturbed a connector?

So the other side works normally?
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby Sylvester » Wed May 11, 2016 3:47 pm

yeah right side is fine, left nothing , will check it out more when it stops raining in a day or two . must be something seriously wrong if ive blown all bulbs aye?
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby geeves » Thu May 12, 2016 5:47 am

I have seen it happen for no identifiable reason
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby Sylvester » Thu May 12, 2016 3:45 pm

OK when hazards are on all lights work , still no left side indicators , where to start ? under dashboard maybe ?
pretty sure I haven't messed with any plugs anywhere might just spray some contact cleaner in some random plugs tomorrow and see what happens . :D
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby geeves » Thu May 12, 2016 4:08 pm

All lights work on hazard. That excludes the bulbs fuses and flasher. Im putting my 1/5 of a 10 cent coin firmly on the indicator switch or its plug
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby Sylvester » Thu May 12, 2016 4:24 pm

OK but I can hear the flasher flashing real fast when on left indicator as if all bulbs blown . must be a plug that goes to the left side only ?
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby geeves » Thu May 12, 2016 5:55 pm

Ok I will get my hacksaw onto that coin. Where shall I send a piza shaped piece of 10c?
It is possibly an earthing fault on one of the bulbs. Try hazards again and look for a weak bulb
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Re: indicators only working on one side

Postby Sylvester » Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:02 am

ok solved it , here's how for others ,
I pulled apart the indicator switch on the steering column , then with a bit of scotch bright and 1200 grit wet and dry polished all the copper contacts which were all black
I did this with it still plugged in which was a bit hard but managed in the end , the hardest part was finding the little spring and ball bearing that flew out of the dip switch mechanism , so watch for that and the little spring which also puts tension on the dip switch , now it works perfect,
it was giving it a signal but too weak for it to operate properly . thanks for the help .
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