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10-15-2010, 04:46 PM
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Sloooow Blinkers
How is the blinker speed determined, mine are so slow that the people behind probably don't even realize the are on. I replaced the flasher unit but that made no difference.
Any suggestions on making the blink more frequent? Thanks, David |
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10-15-2010, 04:47 PM
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Sorry forgot to Say it is a 1969 convertible custom s.
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10-15-2010, 04:58 PM
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Usually 2 things that make turn signals slow and you've replaced 1 of the items, hopefully you replaced the correct flasher as there are 2. The one in the fuse block is the 4 ways and the other is usually under the dash to the left of the steering column.
The other thing is bulbs burned out or sagged filament touching in the bulb, or bad grounds, or sockets in either the front or the rear will slow them down to about half normal speed. Wiring can also be a factor.
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10-16-2010, 03:13 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions.
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#5
10-19-2010, 11:33 PM
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slow binkers too
I have the same issue, who ever had my GTO before me was too lazy to find the ground issues. So they soldered ground wires to each socket in the trunk and both parking lights in the front. I am in the process of removing them and tracking down an grounding issues. The first one I found is with the passenger side front parking/turn-signal socket for the bulb is bad. One of the springs sticks down. Thought I fixed it sat but while driving to day the blinker stopped working. I kept the blinker on it glowed then the fuse blew.
I say start looking for bad grounds, old sockets, wiring, wrong bulbs ......good luck Last edited by Mook; 10-19-2010 at 11:59 PM. |
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#6
10-20-2010, 09:25 AM
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I had this issue with my bird. The flasher wouldn't flash, lights just stayed on. I pulled the flasher unit from under the dash hooked up aligator clips and shorted it across my battery. This would make it flash.
Then I put a tail light bulb in line with it, the bulb light came on but again the flasher wouldn't flash. So I added a 2nd bulb and it still wouldn't flash even with both filiments on both bulbs light. This is how I determined flasher was bad. After I replaced the flasher the gauge cluster light wasn't working but the blinkers outside the car were. This ended up being a ground issue. |
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