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Re: [Mgs] No Turn Signals

To: "Robert's New iPad" <mgbobh@gmail.com>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] No Turn Signals
From: Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:31:02 -0700
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I very much appreciate the help from the list with my turn signal problem.
This is to let you know, I think I know what the problem is.  After looking
at the wiring diagram in Rick Astley's book (MGB Electrical Systems) I
noticed the turn signals are wired through the hazard switch.  Just before
the turn signals quit I was showing a friend the dash.  I was showing him
what switches worked and which didn't.   One of the switches that has never
worked was the hazard switch.  I clicked it back and forth to show him.
Right after that the turn signals quit.  Until I looked at the wiring
diagram I did not put it together.  I just went out to the car to see if I
rocked the switch back and forth maybe the turn signals would start
working.  Instead the switch broke internally and refused to move.   It
lasted 52 years.  No complaints.  I have ordered a new switch from Moss.
We'll see if that fixes it.  I might even get hazard flashers out of it too=
.
Mike MacLean

On Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 4:32 AM Robert's New iPad <mgbobh@gmail.com> wrote:

>         A dog saboteur, perhaps?
>         I would start at the basics, cleaning bulb contacts and ensuring
> that power is getting to each filament.   Check that the earth wires, if
> present, are earthing.
>         Then review the connections of wires to the fuses, and test each
> fuse is good by measuring power through it.  It=E2=80=99s possible to see=
m OK with
> ohmmeter yet have insufficient current to light the lights.
> Bob
>
>
> > On Apr 16, 2022, at 10:23 PM, Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.co=
m>
> wrote:
> >
> > Last week the turn signals in the 69 MGB GT just stopped working.  I
> have replaced the flasher unit.  I know it is getting power because it
> audibly makes a clicking sound when I flip the turn signal stalk.  I
> checked the fuses, both are good.  I checked the incandescent bulbs in th=
e
> front and they were OK.  The rear turn signals are LED and quite new.  I'=
m
> kind of at a loss here.  They were working when I stopped the car at the
> dog park and the just weren't working when I started the car back up.
> Anything else I can check here?
> > Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"auto">I very much appreciate the help from the list with my tur=
n signal problem.=C2=A0 This is to let you know, I think I know what the pr=
oblem is.=C2=A0 After looking at the wiring diagram in Rick Astley&#39;s bo=
ok (MGB Electrical Systems) I noticed the turn signals are wired through th=
e hazard switch.=C2=A0 Just before the turn signals quit I was showing a fr=
iend the dash.=C2=A0 I was showing him what switches worked and which didn&=
#39;t.=C2=A0 =C2=A0One of the switches that has never worked was the hazard=
 switch.=C2=A0 I clicked it back and forth to show him.=C2=A0 Right after t=
hat the turn signals quit.=C2=A0 Until I looked at the wiring diagram I did=
 not put it together.=C2=A0 I just went out to the car to see if I rocked t=
he switch back and forth maybe the turn signals would start working.=C2=A0 =
Instead the switch broke internally and refused to move.=C2=A0 =C2=A0It las=
ted 52 years.=C2=A0 No complaints.=C2=A0 I have ordered a new switch from M=
oss.=C2=A0 We&#39;ll see if that fixes it.=C2=A0 I might even get hazard fl=
ashers out of it too.<div dir=3D"auto">Mike MacLean</div></div><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 17, 20=
22, 4:32 AM Robert&#39;s New iPad &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mgbobh@gmail.com";>m=
gbobh@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 A dog saboteur, perhaps? <br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 I would start at the basics, cleaning bulb cont=
acts and ensuring that power is getting to each filament.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Check=
 that the earth wires, if present, are earthing.<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Then review the connections of wires to the fus=
es, and test each fuse is good by measuring power through it.=C2=A0 It=E2=
=80=99s possible to seem OK with ohmmeter yet have insufficient current to =
light the lights.=C2=A0 <br>
Bob<br>
<br>
<br>
&gt; On Apr 16, 2022, at 10:23 PM, Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sp=
ringer.mike51@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">springer.mike=
51@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Last week the turn signals in the 69 MGB GT just stopped working.=C2=
=A0 I have replaced the flasher unit.=C2=A0 I know it is getting power beca=
use it audibly makes a clicking sound when I flip the turn signal stalk.=C2=
=A0 I checked the fuses, both are good.=C2=A0 I checked the incandescent bu=
lbs in the front and they were OK.=C2=A0 The rear turn signals are LED and =
quite new.=C2=A0 I&#39;m kind of at a loss here.=C2=A0 They were working wh=
en I stopped the car at the dog park and the just weren&#39;t working when =
I started the car back up.=C2=A0 Anything else I can check here?<br>
&gt; Mike MacLean<br>
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