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Direction indicators/headlamp flasher

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Got most of the lights (head and rear and brake lights (lamps)) working on my 62' Sprite but can't get the front or rear flashers to light much less flash. The front flasher units (the small light under the headlight) each have a single bulb with double filament (an on-filament and a flasher filament, I assume).

I’ve installed a new flasher unit.

My hunch is that I don’t have the wires correctly plugged into the switch (I have the wiring diagram, (#26 “combined direction indicator/headlamp flasher switch, but its not helping). The switch is a complicated gizmo with six prongs in the back??

Anybody have access to other diagrams or experience with this issue?
 
More than likely your issue is in the Emergency Flasher Switch. Everything seems to run through there as in one position current flows through there individually to the L or R turn signals. In the other position, both L and R are bridged together. It's as simple as that. Switch can be removed, taken apart, cleaned up, and once you get the green out will work just fine.

Issue will be in the flasher switch.
 
'62 didn't have emergency flashers, possibility is that the 3 wires that are into the flasher unit are incorrectly hooked-up. Does the little light on the dash light-up (and stay on steadily) when you use the blinker switch?
 
Ooops, yes no emergency flashers on a '62, this is a '68 and above problem. Case of not fully reading and digesting the question before providing an answer.
 
Check the connections under the dash on the right side where the wires from the main harness join the head lamp and tail lamp sub harnesses.
Also check the connections where the headlamp harness joins the dip switch harness just inboard of the coil mount.
And of course the large ground wire on the inside right fender. This is the headlamp ground.
 
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