1968 Hazard Lights

[robert campbell]

Hazard light and turn signal switch are an integral part. My bet is the turn signal switch! A bit of a fun job. Another thread gives some steps to go through.

rob

 

[J.Bart]

any luck???

 

[J.Bart]

aaaaa can someone check on him????
i think he's stuck under the dash and can't get out.

 

[J.Bart]

i think i hear him screaming.

 

[Ersel66]

I'm here! Long story short, I wanted to remove the battery tray and replace. Well lets just say the battery is still outside the car and those pesky battery tray bolts are so hard to get to under the wheel wells. I'm, worried I might have to loosen the bumper bracket thing to get to one bolt--arghhh and that would be a whole nother thread.

I did buy another flasher for $4.00 and when I put the battery back in I will check to see if it works. A week from now...

Just a reminder I already replaced the turn-signal switch.

 

[Ersel66]

Just replaced the flasher and nothing. :sad: Seems like it is not getting power or something. May have to crawl under the dash again...

 

[robert campbell]

Steve (rvrtrash) may be able to step you through a test with a volt ohmmeter. You need small pins that you can stick into the individual wires at the connector for the turn signal switch. You can see the power side that goes towards the turn signal switch and see if it comes back down to go to the taillight harness.

The brake lights, the emergency flasher, and the turn signal flasher all go through the turn signal switch which is a combination turn signal and emergency flasher component.

My bet is it is time for a new turn signal switch. Very common for them to fail with the 6 taillights power needed to flow through them. Also seems like the new replacement switches are not very durable either. One fix help is to go to LED lights. They draw less current and put less stress on the contacts in the turn signal switch.

By the way, I replaced my turn signal switch in 1989 and then again about 3 years ago.... I have LED lights now.

Steve is looking into whether their is a heavy duty alternative to these switches. Thunderbirds used lots of taillights.

Rob

 

[Ersel66]

Well, I took the car out of the garage and took an OHM meter to the fusebox. The 1st fuse I touched I hear a clicking noise. I looked at the dash and the hazards were on and flashing. I guess I left the hazard lights on and by touching the fuse area it made the lights now work and flash. Simply amazing & cased closed. Thanks all!

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[rvrtrash]

See, I told you guys. I'm such a great troubleshooter, circuits tremble in fear and heal themselves at the mere mention of my name. :icon_pani

Steve

 

[robert campbell]

No Kidding!!! A fuse.... Never that easy for me!!! I usually need to duplicate the splitting of an atom to fix my cars!!

Rob

 

[franklinair]

See posts 12 (JBart) & 15. :grin:

Neil

 

[Ersel66]

No Kidding!!! A fuse.... Never that easy for me!!! I usually need to duplicate the splitting of an atom to fix my cars!!

Rob

Nahhh the fuse was good. It was a matter of touching the contacts and the fuse and viola it worked...ODD!! Maybe it was a combination of my magic powers and the new flasher unit!?

 

[franklinair]

As a precaution, you might want to pop the fuses out of their clips and burnish the surfaces to preclude any future glitches. (Over the years a powdery film of corrosion grows on the surface of the fuse tips & the spring clips. A pencil eraser will clean the fuse clips.)

Neil