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I have only owned the car for a little over a year.=C2=A0 The car is a 196=
9 GT with a 1967 engine, no smog controls and a Weber carb.=C2=A0 To say th=
e car had been messed with in it's 52 year life is probably and understatem=
ent.=C2=A0 This is nothing new to me since I have been around British cars =
since 1971 and have rebuilt and restored my share of them.=C2=A0 I also own=
two Austin Healeys also.=C2=A0 You always see the evidence of what past ow=
ners have done to keep the car working, improve the performance, etc.=C2=A0=
This 1969 MGB GT is no exception.=C2=A0 I am sure the wiring has been modi=
fied in in form or another during it's long service.=C2=A0 Having said that=
, it still holds when something like this goes wrong with a system of the c=
ar that had been working great for a long time, it is usually something sim=
ple that is the culprit.=C2=A0 Given enough time and curiosity, it will rev=
eal itself.=C2=A0 I'll find it and I will let the list know when I do.=C2=
=A0 Thanks again for the constructive input, it is not ignored.Mike MacLean
On Sunday, April 17, 2022, 05:15:30 PM PDT, Robert's New iPad <mgbobh@g=
mail.com> wrote: =20
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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Something you don=E2=80=99t know, unless you have owned=
the car since new, if if someone has messed with the wiring.=C2=A0=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 If you have two wires to the flasher and do not find an =
orphan wire up in there somewhere, that is what you have to work with.=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Have you established that you have 12V to one of the wir=
es on the flasher?=C2=A0 Paul said that the two-pin flasher is in series wi=
th the flashing signals, so 12V on one of them when the signal switch is ri=
ght or left turning is required.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 While you are doing this work, ignition will be on, so b=
e sure to disconnect one wire to the coil.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Have you been able to establish that there is voltage to=
the signal sockets?=20
Bob
> On Apr 17, 2022, at 7:32 PM, Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> I'm confused. (nothing new) in trying to get my turn signals working I ch=
ecked the wiring diagrams out for the early and late MGs.=C2=A0 In the wiri=
ng diagram for the early cars it shows a 3 pin flasher relay with a two fus=
e unit.=C2=A0 In the late MG wiring diagram it shows a two pin flasher unit=
and a four fuse unit.=C2=A0 Looking at my car (a 69) it has a two pin flas=
her unit, but the car has a two fuse block unit.=C2=A0 What the heck?
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I have only owned the car fo=
r a little over a year. The car is a 1969 GT with a 1967 engine, no s=
mog controls and a Weber carb. To say the car had been messed with in=
it's 52 year life is probably and understatement. This is nothing ne=
w to me since I have been around British cars since 1971 and have rebuilt a=
nd restored my share of them. I also own two Austin Healeys also.&nbs=
p; You always see the evidence of what past owners have done to keep the ca=
r working, improve the performance, etc. This 1969 MGB GT is no excep=
tion. I am sure the wiring has been modified in in form or another du=
ring it's long service. Having said that, it still holds when somethi=
ng like this goes wrong with a system of the car that had been working grea=
t for a long time, it is usually something simple that is the culprit. =
; Given enough time and curiosity, it will reveal itself. I'll find i=
t and I will let the list know when I do. Thanks again for the constr=
uctive input, it is not ignored.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false=
">Mike MacLean<br></div><div><br></div>
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have two wires to the flasher and do not find an orphan wire up in there s=
omewhere, that is what you have to work with. <br clear=3D"none"> &nbs=
p; Have you established that you have 12V to one of the wires on the =
flasher? Paul said that the two-pin flasher is in series with the fla=
shing signals, so 12V on one of them when the signal switch is right or lef=
t turning is required.<br clear=3D"none"> While you are d=
oing this work, ignition will be on, so be sure to disconnect one wire to t=
he coil.<br clear=3D"none"> Have you been able to establi=
sh that there is voltage to the signal sockets? <br clear=3D"none">Bob<br c=
lear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">> On Apr 17, 2022, a=
t 7:32 PM, Michael MacLean <<a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:springer=
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'm confused. (nothing new) in trying to get my turn signals working I check=
ed the wiring diagrams out for the early and late MGs. In the wiring =
diagram for the early cars it shows a 3 pin flasher relay with a two fuse u=
nit. In the late MG wiring diagram it shows a two pin flasher unit an=
d a four fuse unit. Looking at my car (a 69) it has a two pin flasher=
unit, but the car has a two fuse block unit. What the heck?<br clear=
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