[Healeys] indicator lights blink too fast

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 15:54:39 MST 2007


John -

Use a modern flasher unit and you won't have this problem.  You can
swap out the Lucas guts out of the Lucas can with the modern guts if
you want it to look original.

Alan



On 10/30/07, John Rowe <jarowe at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Lucas has finally struck 7 years after the restoration.
>
> The indicators on the LHS blink too fast. Both front and rear lights work
> but
> blink rapidly compared to the RHS.
>
> I understood that if the indicators blinked too fast it meant that the load
> was down and typically a bulb was out.
>
> On inspection I noticed that the Lucas flasher unit was rated at 42watt yet
> the only bulbs we can buy are 32 watt. Can you buy 42 watt bulbs in US?
>
> Any help would be appreciated as I have only a week to go to finish
> preparing
> the car before departure to The Classic Adelaide Rally.
>
> regards from west oz
>
>
> John Rowe
> 1959 3000 BT7
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-- 
Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


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