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Sopwith_Camel

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fun with wires still
so the shaguare is running !!!!
no im sorting out the lights
A the drives side front side light the black ground wire where dose it go hooking up or grounding no effect

my turn siggenls stopped working the switch was on a perment left blink and now nothing

arrrg more up dates soon

steve
 
It all revolves around the emergency flashers and cleaning off the green from each and every connection.
 
if I say "please" can I have another answer?

I was afaid of that

the emergence ones blink its the turn signal thats not and I have a spare turnsigenal switch so I swaped that out and no difference


steve
 
The turn signal circuit runs through the hazard switch. Do as Jim says and clean the contacts inside the switch. Sometimes you can get them clean enough by quickly switching the hazard switch (on and off) a couple hundred times.
 
heh heh heh...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]quickly switching the hazard switch (on and off) a couple hundred times[/QUOTE]

Worked for me... :devilgrin:
 
Im sanding like mad
its sunny here and iching to get out in the sun tonight
its light un till 11!!!!
and the roads are all switch backs!!!!!
steve
 
Look at Gerard's Garage Web Site. There is a picture there of the inside of a headlight or flasher switch that I sent him. Little dog bone shaped contact that moved back and forth was all "greened up" Once I cleaned it up all has worked fine for knock on wood, last 6-7 years. Not a bit of electrical issues. When I got the car absolutoely nothing worked simply due to lack of use contacts everywhere simply got green and could not pass electricity. I took apart and cleaned/reworked/replaced just about every connector and that fixed virtually every electrical issue.

Get a wiring diagram as well. Allows you to correct what some DPO did to your car. Replace ham fisted wiring with correct color coded wiring. British Wiring, the guys that build real and correct harnesses, sent me proper color coded wiring by the meter as needed so I could rewire Bugeye Bonnet with correct wiring. Price was reasonable and I was able to get within a few days.
 
I ve color coded the my wiring diagram
and Im testing all the wires we got the main lights going but the turn siggneal stoped working and I have cleaned all the connections I can find
ahhhh
steve
 
HAVE YOU CLEANED THE INSIDE OF THE HAZARD SWITCH?
 
Grounds are also conections.
 
You'll find the issue in the Hazard Switch or Wiring conenctions to the Hazard Switch. Bunches of us on this list have encountered that problem.

How about the flasher unit on the firewall, has that $5.00 part been changed out?
 
yeah its new

it was blinking away two weeks ago
and i get signal from the switch on the drivers side to the far end where it gose though the fire wall on the passenger side.

I have been consolidating and orgainsing the grounds
cheery
steve
 
Ahh
new info
when I put my tester on the green and white by the switch
and then on the Green and white on the passengerside of the car yes I get a beep but if I move the tester on one side to the Green and red I also get a beep so that means the two are inter mingling some where under the dash!
 
the green and brown wire was bad ran a new one and we have turn signals
now on to the reverslights
steve
 
WooHoo!!!

Now tell us what you find with those reverse lights.
Mine are always on whenever the lights are on...
That's not right.
 
ok im scrubbing all the contacts in the trunk
Ill let you know
steve
 
Rick,

Same problem with my reverse lights. Guessing switch on tranny plunger is stuck.
 
If that is the case, Jim, that is an easy fix! Just remove the shift lever, slide the plunger & spring out, wash in solvent, lightly grease and reinstall. Should work fine after that if it is the problem!!
 
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