Clean the black ground wire in the trunk that is grounded near the license plate
bracket.
Larry Hoy
Denver, CO. USA
1967 MGB Roadster, Vintage Racer
1969 MGB Roadster, Driver
1970 MGB Roadster, Fixer upper
1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP, for the wife
"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Matt Gaetke
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 1998 7:53 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: turn signal problem
>
>
> I am currently plagued with the slow-turn-signal syndrome. The left
> own blinks normally. The right one blinks very slowly, although the exact
> frequency varies for each attempt at using it, sometimes almost as fast as
> the left, sometimes so slow that I finish waiting for the light and make the
> turn before it blinks once.
>
> As I understand it, the flasher relay's flashing frequency (say that
> 5 times fast) depends on the amount of current flowing through the circuit,
> so I figure I have a bad connection somewhere in the right turn signal loop.
> I remember someone saying something about clearing up this problem by
> cleaning corrosion off the ground at the light. Where exactly are the light
> sockets grounded, or is it just through the fixture and hardware to the
> body? If so, where was the corrosion? Am I on track with that guess, or is
> there something else I should check?
>
> TIA.
>
> -Matt Gaetke
>
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