[Healeys] indicator lights blink too fast

[John Harper]

Alan

The only problem with this is that with many modern units there is no 
provision for identifying a bulb (lamp) failure. Could be a little 
dangerous if you thought that you had indicated correctly but another 
driver had not seen anything.

Regards

>
>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
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>
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>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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John Harper