[TR] TR3 Turn Signal woes

Jeff Scarbrough fishplate at gmail.com
Tue Jan 9 05:29:35 MST 2018


"Assuming a good ground "

That's where I'd start.  Weird electrical problems can often come down
to this.

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:21 PM, wbeech <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
> I have had issues like that before on my car and others.  Assuming a good
> ground I would pull everything loose near the fixtures, including the
> running and brake lights, and connect up one at a time and test each time I
> made a connections.  As soon as something goes wrong, chase that wire back
> through all the points to confirm that it is correct.  Don’t assume that he
> flasher and the connections inside the steering hub are good.
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> No easy answer, may 5 minutes, maybe 5 hours.
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> Good luck,
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> Bill
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> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of CFM-TR
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2018 9:11 PM
> To: 'TR Triumphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] TR3 Turn Signal woes
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> See attached diagram.
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> When I operate left turn on control head, front and rear operate as they
> should.
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> When I operate right turn on control, right front works but both lamps flash
> in the rear.
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> Any ideas where the problem is?  I am at a complete loss.  I would think
> that if I have right/left crossover, both lamps in the rear would flash
> regardless of which indicator is used.  I checked connections at the rear
> lamps and only a single line (correct one GR or GW) is connected.  Only line
> going to right front is GW.  I have tried different connections at left
> front since the GN and GR look so similar but nothing works then.  I checked
> all four corners and live/ground wires are going to the correct terminals.
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> Any ideas appreciated.  Thanks
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> Carl Musson
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> 1960 Triumph TR3
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> TS81802LO
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> Tampa, FL
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