[DeTomaso] Techno question: Electricity--gremlins again

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp.]

Commanding Officer Bill??

Larry (its bad to make fun of your own post) - Cleveland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry - Ohio Time Corp." <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
To: "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Electricity--gremlins again


> 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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