So that's the answer! A friend mentioned that my taillights and turn
signals looked dim on my 72 TR6. I replaced the bulbs, and used some
chrome spray paint on the reflectors and then sanded the ground area of
the bulb sockets. Damned if my turn signal speed didn't double! Now
the added stress will probably cause the blinker mechanism to fail (after
27 years) !! Thanks Dave!
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000 19:07:27 -0400 David Massey
<105671.471@compuserve.com> writes:
>
>Message text written by "Mike Barron"
>>A friend with a TR3 wonders why his dash turn signal indicator works
>fine
>when signaling right, but only flashes once when indicating left. He
>has
>replaced the flasher, and signals work fine otherwise. Can you help?
>
>Appreciated,
>
>Mike Barron
><
>
>Mike,
>
>Slow or non flashing is a symptom of too low current draw by the turn
>signals. The flasher is carefully engineered to behave this way.
>Either a
>bulb is the wrong size, near the end of its life, or has a poor
>ground.
>Even though the signals appear to work normally a carefull examination
>may
>show that one or more bulbs are less bright than the ones that do work
>normally.
>
>Things to try: Check all the grounds. Replace the bulbs. Check the
>bulb
>sockets for corrosion. Check all wiring connections.
>
>My TR6 has slow turn signals and I have traced it to corroded lamp
>housings
>which generate a one volt drop in the earth connection. It doesn't
>take
>much.
>
>Dave
>
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