[DeTomaso] Techno question: Electricity--gremlins again

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp.]

Hi Chuck,

Yes the flasher unit can go bad and they do. The old ones used spring steel 
and resistance heat to make them work. The click donk sound was the spring 
steel arm moving back and forth as it cooled and then heated up. The new 
ones are electronic and use magic to make the click donk sound.

In a normal car the 4 ways use the same wires as the turn signals do. 
Turning on the 4 ways is a good way to test the wires and lamps. Now in a 
Panters only COBill would know.

Larry (in the office on Sunday) - Cleveland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Electricity--gremlins again


> Dear Forum,
>
>         Not too long ago, my new Group 4 turn signals developed a problem. 
> They would flash for a while and then quit completely, then with, say, 
> another hour's driving, they would work again.
>         John Taphorn, I believe, diagnosed the problem as a loose 
> connector in the right rear wheel well.   I found it.   I cleaned it.  I 
> put some conductivity stump juice on it.   I secured with nylon ties so it 
> wouldn't flop around.   It worked.........until yesterday.
>         Yesterday, it worked well going to the office, but it started with 
> a puny one or two blinks before quitting on the way back.   This morning, 
> it would work for three blinks on the right and quit.  Then the left side 
> wouldn't blink at all.
>          So, I pulled the right rear wheel and inspected the connector. 
> It appeared fine.  I cleaned it and repeated the procedure.  I tried the 
> blinkers and ---nothing at all.    I then removed the rear light buckets 
> and inspected them.  All seemed well.  The connectors were treated to the 
> cleaner and conductivity stuff.   The buckets look like they ground 
> through the mounting bolts and I scraped off some paint and added some 
> dielectric grease and re-assembled.   Zip.  The rear, brake and reverse 
> lights work fine.
>          Help.   Is the blinker thingee itself able to go bad?    Darn 
> electrical gremlins.
>
>
>                     Frustrated,  Chuck Engles
>
>
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