[Roadsters] Turn signals

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Yah, I agree with the other Paul about grounding. When you see odd combinations of lights, and the sub-set problem of dual-filament bulbs at half-brilliance, oftimes it's because a given circuit seeks a complete connection through something else -- not really ground. Current flows, and the misdirected bulbs light up.

I've seen just a little tarnish from years of salt air around our Chesapeake Bay region cause intermittents in the lighting circuits, both the kind you describe and outages.

Polish all the bulbs (shell and base), disconnect the battery and use some emery cloth inside the sockets, burnishing the contacts where the bulb solder blobs hit.  Also make sure you score clean the little notch where the bulb posts twist and are held captive, and maybe have a look at the wiring harness pigtails where the bullet connector and socket could be corroded.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kort <paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com>
Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 07:26:09 
To: <vulforge at aol.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Turn signals

GROUND!  Pull every ground wire you can find and clean the connection.
Almost all electrical 'gremlins' with these old Datsuns are caused by
corroded ground connections.  Once you get everything cleaned up and
reconnected, you may find a bad bulb or a loose wire, but start with the
grounds.

BTDT, ,,, several times!

Paul
Ohio

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:49 PM, <vulforge at aol.com> wrote:

> I am having electrical gremlins with the '67.  The turn signals all work
> when
> the lights are off.  With the parking lights on, the right signals work and
> the left ones don't.  With the headlights on, the right signals work, the
> left
> rear works, the left front does not, and the right front flashes faintly.
>  Any
> good ideas?  Gotta love intermittent electrical problems.
>
>
> Russell Criswell
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