[Mgs] No Turn Signals

[Michael MacLean]

I very much appreciate the help from the list with my turn signal problem.
This is to let you know, I think I know what the problem is.  After looking
at the wiring diagram in Rick Astley's book (MGB Electrical Systems) I
noticed the turn signals are wired through the hazard switch.  Just before
the turn signals quit I was showing a friend the dash.  I was showing him
what switches worked and which didn't.   One of the switches that has never
worked was the hazard switch.  I clicked it back and forth to show him.
Right after that the turn signals quit.  Until I looked at the wiring
diagram I did not put it together.  I just went out to the car to see if I
rocked the switch back and forth maybe the turn signals would start
working.  Instead the switch broke internally and refused to move.   It
lasted 52 years.  No complaints.  I have ordered a new switch from Moss.
We'll see if that fixes it.  I might even get hazard flashers out of it too.
Mike MacLean

On Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 4:32 AM Robert's New iPad <mgbobh at gmail.com> wrote:

>         A dog saboteur, perhaps?
>         I would start at the basics, cleaning bulb contacts and ensuring
> that power is getting to each filament.   Check that the earth wires, if
> present, are earthing.
>         Then review the connections of wires to the fuses, and test each
> fuse is good by measuring power through it.  It’s possible to seem OK with
> ohmmeter yet have insufficient current to light the lights.
> Bob
>
>
> > On Apr 16, 2022, at 10:23 PM, Michael MacLean <springer.mike51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Last week the turn signals in the 69 MGB GT just stopped working.  I
> have replaced the flasher unit.  I know it is getting power because it
> audibly makes a clicking sound when I flip the turn signal stalk.  I
> checked the fuses, both are good.  I checked the incandescent bulbs in the
> front and they were OK.  The rear turn signals are LED and quite new.  I'm
> kind of at a loss here.  They were working when I stopped the car at the
> dog park and the just weren't working when I started the car back up.
> Anything else I can check here?
> > Mike MacLean
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