Flasher units

[haynes]

My indicators are very slow, with the engine not running they dont flash at all. No doubt this is due to poor connections/earth etc, but does anyone know if a faulty flasher unit will cause this?

[plotloss]

I dont think so. (but am also usually wrong!)

Electric hits coil, coil warms strip, strip bends, makes contact with terminal lights flash.

If they arent working, its more like theres not enough power getting to the flasher unit so the strip isnt bending.

Fusebox is the usual culprit, perhaps 5 mins with some emery cloth cleaning the terminals?

[haynes]

thats what i suspected, just hoping that it might be the flasher unit because it would be so easy to change. I'm just in denial because i know my fuseblock is the source of many little electrical gremlins. I want to move the fuses into the car which would be a simple bit of wiring but my concern is introducing more connections which may only cause problems later on.

[Fatboy]

haynes said:

thats what i suspected, just hoping that it might be the flasher unit because it would be so easy to change. I'm just in denial because i know my fuseblock is the source of many little electrical gremlins. I want to move the fuses into the car which would be a simple bit of wiring but my concern is introducing more connections which may only cause problems later on.

Just bite the bullet and re-wire the whole car dude, you know you want to Was meaning to do it to mine for over a year and never got round to it

[haynes]

for a long time i have planned to strip the whole car down, do the welding and the wiring etc, but never get round to it. I took the fuse block off last night and cleaned it, it needed it, then connected it all back up and now nothing works... well, after more fiddling with the connections it all came back to life.

[phil hill]

I've upgraded my flasher units to the "electronic" type used on Metros and the like. No more slow flashes !!

The unit looks like a normal relay, but only has three connections. You need an additional ground connection to the chassis/body. Usefully the flasher unit has moulded markings on it's base to tell you which connection is which, so if you handy with a multimeter you can figure it out, but basically the two existing connections go on in the same orientation as on the old unit, and the remaining connection for the new ground. Job done.