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Re: MGB turn signal question

To: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Subject: Re: MGB turn signal question
From: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 98 14:46:37 +0200
Robert asked at some time in the past:

>  When the turn signal lever moved, 
<snip>.
> They>do not flash.  
>  Bad flasher?  Other likely culprits?

Probably a poor ground connection somewhere, caused by the rust bug. 

Take a long (15ft) wire and strip about 1 inch of insulation at each side. 

For testing, temporarily  run this wire from the ground side of the  lamp
holder to the negative battery pole
(provided, of course, you have  a negative earth car...) and try again.
First at the rear light assembly, then at the front flasher.
The rear one is the most likely one to have a ground problem. 
If so, it will go largely unnoticed because the brake light fimalents will
act as a return path 
but the voltage drop may be just enough to cause the problem that you describe.



Bert
been there, done that....


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