[Mgs] No Turn Signals

[Michael MacLean]

Just to put an end to this thread, the turn signals work now.  I replaced
the hazard switch and like magic the turn signals started working again.
Added bonus, the hazard light work now too!  ( They never did since I have
owned this car over a year now)  I guess the switch was somewhat broken
from the start.  Just not broken enough to stop the turn signals. Woohoo!
Mike MacLean

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 9:48 AM <h.duinhoven at planet.nl> wrote:

> The hazard switch in my 1971 BGT has been causing this issue from time to
> time.
>
> Flipping this hazard switch several times helped to cure this till now.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> 71 BGT
>
>
>
> *Van:* Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> *Namens *Michael MacLean
> *Verzonden:* Monday, 18 April 2022 02:31
> *Aan:* Robert's New iPad <mgbobh at gmail.com>; mgs at autox.team.net
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [Mgs] No Turn Signals
>
>
>
> 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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