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    4/27/2020 10:43 AM  #1

    BillyC
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    Turn signal flasher

    Is there a more durable option to the $5 flashers available in the auto parts stores. And could there be another reason that my flasher keeps going out other than its a cheap piece of šŸ’© from the Great Wall State?

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    4/27/2020 1:36 PM  #2

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Rock AutoĀ  has about 20 different ones, even ones for LED's
    [url]https://www.rockauto.com/en/tools/electrical,flasher,flasher,10139[/url]

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    4/27/2020 5:27 PM  #3

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    I replaced my indicators with leds from Vintage Led. Had to replace the flasher for one with a ground connection. After the job was done, indicators didn't work.
    When I plugged the new flasher in, I oriented it so the wires were in the same place as on the original flasher.
    Turns out the original was wired backwards, but would still work, just without that clicking noise you expect to hear. Probably not good for the bi-metallic setup of the original flasher, it never got used enough for it to die though.YMMV
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    4/28/2020 7:24 AM  #4

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    The sequential LED lights on my 65 required/suggested using an electronic flasher.
    Had to install a ground for the flasher unit.

    As a gift, it works great canā€™t complain about the lights.

    The ā€œflasherā€ unit that CJPP sold for this conversion is less than ideal.
    Itā€™s a relay and timer circuit on a circuit board with heat shrink wrap on it.
    Looks like crap and is huge.
    If youā€™re not careful about itā€™s install, could actually short out the circuit board to metal.
    Thatā€™s what heat shrink was for...one big rectangular blob with 3 wires.

    I would look at the round electronic versions that could fit into original flasher bracket.
    The electronic timer circuit is inside the case.
    A new ground wire should be all that would be required for the flasher.

    Some electronic flashers might be polarity sensitive.
    So you might have to reverse the two original wires.
    Otherwise youā€™ll have some choice words.šŸ˜œ

     

    4/28/2020 8:21 AM  #5

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    You check the condition of your battery?

    My blinkers died when I turned on all the lights.Ā  Replaced 2 switches before I realized it was a dying battery.

     

    4/28/2020 6:00 PM  #6

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    TremendousWand wrote:

    You check the condition of your battery?

    My blinkers died when I turned on all the lights.Ā  Replaced 2 switches before I realized it was a dying battery.

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    Battery is brand new. My son totaled his 04 GT just days after replacing the battery so I got it. The one it replaced was 2 years old and still holding charge. I do not have LED lamps.

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    4/28/2020 6:36 PM  #7

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Does your flasher click like you would expect it to? Or is it a less "solid" click? If so, try swappin' the wires around.

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    4/28/2020 6:46 PM  #8

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Hum still have incandescent lamps and a stock flasher from 65. Cant make my mind up on changing them out to sequential LEDs and if so witch ones?

    Slammed Big Blue, ran over the varmints that messed with the Stang. Now all is good in the NW
     

    4/28/2020 7:10 PM  #9

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Gary from Vintage Led has the best available IMHO. Not the cheapest though. He supplies his product to Revology. Nice guy. Checkout his daytime running lights/indicator combo.
    https://vintageleds.com/1964-1966

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    4/29/2020 12:31 AM  #10

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Bill

    What is the voltage at the wire harness to flasher?
    As well as at your lights front and rear?

    May want to see if thereā€™s corrosion in each of the light sockets.  Especially a path to ground.
    May have a poor connection along wire harness as well.
    I would also look at the ground at each of your lights.

    Having any problems with gauges or dash lights?
    If so, may want to check ground on instrument panel as well.

    My understanding is flasher itself is failing.

     

    4/29/2020 8:42 AM  #11

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Nos681 wrote:

    Bill

    What is the voltage at the wire harness to flasher?
    As well as at your lights front and rear?

    May want to see if thereā€™s corrosion in each of the light sockets.  Especially a path to ground.
    May have a poor connection along wire harness as well.
    I would also look at the ground at each of your lights.

    Having any problems with gauges or dash lights?
    If so, may want to check ground on instrument panel as well.

    My understanding is flasher itself is failing.

    Ā 
    Everything is working as it should be. Sockets clean, grounds good, voltage on system at just under 14. The last flasher I had was actually USA made. I to care to properly wire it. It didn't last 6 months as did the one before it.

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    4/30/2020 10:54 PM  #12

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Have you measured the current in flasher circuit?Are you getting full voltage at each of the lights?
    Have you checked the firewall connector?
    If connections are a little loose, that could create more heat for the flasher.

    Have you tried a heavy duty one?
    Similar to what is used on sequential cougars? (3 lights)
    It will slow down flash rate a little.

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    5/01/2020 6:14 PM  #13

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    Re: Turn signal flasher

    Nos681 wrote:

    Have you measured the current in flasher circuit?Are you getting full voltage at each of the lights?
    Have you checked the firewall connector?
    If connections are a little loose, that could create more heat for the flasher.

    Have you tried a heavy duty one?
    Similar to what is used on sequential cougars? (3 lights)
    It will slow down flash rate a little.

    Ā 
    The one that just failed was a made in USA " heavy duty" I'm going to go down your check list starting tomorrow.

    "anyone that stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty"Henry Ford
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