A short summary of my today´s electric experiences:

I have checked the bulbs and the hot and ground connections. The flasher indicator bulb did not work; I have replaced it but this did not solve the problem. The other bulbs are ok. No ground problems as far as I could see.

Then I have replaced the can; no success. But I have noticed that there is always a low flow of electricity from the can on cable 23 to pin 1 of the relay. Is this normal?

If I put on the rh flasher there is electriciy on pin 8 of the relay, respectively on pin 4 when I switch on the lh flasher. I think that this is ok.

But is it really ok if there is always electricity in cable 23 from the can to the relay??? I suspect that.

You see, I was a little bit frustrated.......

But then I took the healey out without flashers and the joy of driving definitely overcompensated the frustration...

By the way: Sorry for my bad technical english!!!

In stand by mode, relay terminal 1 would be hot via the flasher.

For a RT, relay terminal 8 would be steady hot via the turn control on the steering wheel. This energizes the RT relay.

Terminals 6 & 7 would be hot via the relay contacts & terminal 1, until the current to the front & rear bulbs caused the flasher can to start operating. It is the current drawn by these bulbs that causes the flasher to operate.

When the flasher starts, terminals 1, 6, & 7 will be intermittently hot in time with the flasher.
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Nice car BTW. Here's a helpful link in the BCF that you should investigate. You'll probably have to cut and paste to view it.

http://www.britishcarforum.com/lore/article.php?id=068

Hi Johnny,

thank you very much. I have followed your advice on handling the gaps of the flasher-box. After adjusting the gaps properly everything is working again as it should.

Wolfgang