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Turn signal flasher??
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Would love to have tha answer to that. By signals flash on BE but dash lamp only flashes once for the right one. I have been trouble shooting for several years byt no luck. Only thing left is to change the lamp holder.
Jim_Gruber
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Clean off the green. Polish up those connections.
dklawson
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Traditional flashers are thermal/current actuated switches. Because of that, if you have the wrong light bulbs installed (too many or too few Watts) then the flasher will operate at the "wrong" speed or not at all.
Does your car use the 3-terminal or 2-Terminal flasher? On 3-terminal installations, one terminal is specifically to drive a single dash mounted indicator light. I have see a couple of different wiring schematics for the 2-terminal flashers.
Does your car use the 3-terminal or 2-Terminal flasher? On 3-terminal installations, one terminal is specifically to drive a single dash mounted indicator light. I have see a couple of different wiring schematics for the 2-terminal flashers.
dklawson
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With the 3-terminal flashers make sure you have:
Green/Brown on the "L" terminal,
Green/Purple on the "P" terminal, and
Green on the "B" terminal (or "X" for an aftermarket U.S. flasher).
"B" is power in from the battery typically after passing through the hazard switch when fitted.
"L" is for the 'load'... the signal bulbs.
"P" is for an output dedicated for the indicator bulb in the dash.
Green/Brown on the "L" terminal,
Green/Purple on the "P" terminal, and
Green on the "B" terminal (or "X" for an aftermarket U.S. flasher).
"B" is power in from the battery typically after passing through the hazard switch when fitted.
"L" is for the 'load'... the signal bulbs.
"P" is for an output dedicated for the indicator bulb in the dash.
dklawson
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The MGA should have the same flasher wiring. For a refresher on what's supposed to be happening, see the link below to Barney Gaylord's MGA Guru website and his pages about the flasher.
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/et104.htm
To clarify my earlier post, the load wire on "L" is supposed to be "light-green/brown" while the supply wire in on the "B" terminal should be a darker green. The indicator lamp wire may also be considered "light-green/purple".
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/et104.htm
To clarify my earlier post, the load wire on "L" is supposed to be "light-green/brown" while the supply wire in on the "B" terminal should be a darker green. The indicator lamp wire may also be considered "light-green/purple".