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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What a pity Mike.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Most times such a switch begins to give issues, it is either dirt contaminated in the switch mechanism of lack of lubrication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The hazard switch is hardly or impossible to dismantle without risk of breaking it down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>So I wish you luck with the Chinese variant. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I have a Chinese variant of brake light switch installed last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I wonder how long that will last…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I was able to dismantle the fan switch, which was rock solid in one position when I bought the car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As that is a safety test failure this had to be fixed anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dismantling went well. Applied a little grease to the moving parts and it still works after 24 years!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Beware for tiny bits falling out when dismantling the switch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hans 71 BGT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Van:</b> Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.com> <br><b>Verzonden:</b> Thursday, 21 April 2022 00:58<br><b>Aan:</b> h.duinhoven@planet.nl; mgs@autox.team.net<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Mgs] No Turn Signals<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hans,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> I tried flipping the switch afew times, but on the second flip the switch broke up internally in pieces and jammed the rocker switch. Won't move in any direction now. Just received a replacement switch from Moss today. Unfortunately it is made in China. Hope it lasts more than a year.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 9:48 AM <<a href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl">h.duinhoven@planet.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>The hazard switch in my 1971 BGT has been causing this issue from time to time.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Flipping this hazard switch several times helped to cure this till now. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Hans</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>71 BGT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Van:</b> Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mgs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>Namens </b>Michael MacLean<br><b>Verzonden:</b> Monday, 18 April 2022 02:31<br><b>Aan:</b> Robert's New iPad <<a href="mailto:mgbobh@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgbobh@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mgs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Mgs] No Turn Signals<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 4:32 AM Robert's New iPad <<a href="mailto:mgbobh@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgbobh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> A dog saboteur, perhaps? <br> 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.<br> 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. <br>Bob<br><br><br>> On Apr 16, 2022, at 10:23 PM, Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:springer.mike51@gmail.com" target="_blank">springer.mike51@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> 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. 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