[Mgs] MGA Turn signal puzzle

[Barney Gaylord]

Robert,

Repair switch here:
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/ts101.htm

Test flasher unit here:
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/et104.htm

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com


At 04:57 PM 2/9/2010 -0600, Robert J. Guinness wrote:
>I have an MGA 1600 with the pnuematic turn signal switch on the dash 
>(Moss #162-400), and the barrel type flasher unit on the firewall 
>(Moss # 141-750).  The pnuematic part of the turn signal switch 
>never worked so I just hold it to the side until I finish my turn. 
>Recently, holding the lever only initiates two  --  and only exactly 
>two  -- blinks on the turn signal lamps.  The same thing happens 
>with the front and back lamps and on either side.  Is this a turn 
>signal switch problem, or a flasher unit problem?  Is there a 
>diagnosis protocal to follow to isolate the problem?  I never 
>repaired pnuematic turn signal switch because one of the screws 
>holding the case of the switch together is stripped (the head is 
>intact, but it and turns freely in the threads without moving out