i am having a problem with my turn signals not working. the right side lights do blink but they blink really slow. the left side dosent blink at all. all lights are working. if i put the hazards on than they all blink normally. does anyone know whats going on. also can someone send me a wiring diagram for an 86 iroc.

 

I would check to make sure that the grounds and contacts are clean and tight on the side that isn't working at front and rear units.

 

trickster when you say check the grounds and contacts what do you mean by that. all of the lights are working but not blinking on the left side and the right side blicks really slow. are there blinking relays or something to check out also.

 

No there are not any relays for the turn signals on the camaros although there are two on the berlinetta's for 1986. One of the items mentioned in the troubleshooting section of the schematics for the turn signals was to check the grounds if only one turn signal was working. What I meant was to check the ground wires for the turn signal for corrosion or weak connections.

 

how can it be a ground if all of the lights are working just not blinking. do you have the wiring diagram for the lights

 

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thanks trickster i will take a look and see what i come up with, thanks again

 

as Trickster said, it sounds like you have ground problems.

i would check the sockets very closely, especially the front ones.

with a bad ground, voltage will bleed back through the other element of the bulb, the lights appear to work as they should, but they aren't. you may need to replace some of your sockets.

 

thanks guys i started to check it out the other day and i noticed that the guy who owned it before my spliced into the wires to run new sockets. i noticed that one socket looked cracked so i removed both of them and i am going to replace all the front sockets. i did notice that with one socket hooked up the blinker works on either side i put it on. the other socket doesnt work on either sode so it must be bad. i will let you guys know. thqnks again

 

just wanted to say thanks to trickster and DENN_SHAH for helping me figure out what was wrong with the turn signals. it was bewteen a bad front socket and the other not being hooked up properly....thanks guys

 

 

hey trickster one other thing that i just noticed. when i turn the parking lights or the headlights on the turn signals arent working again. do you think its a bad headlight switch.

 

You're saying that if you just use the turn signals with the light switch in the off position they work fine and that if you turn the headlights or parking lights on they don't, correct? If that is the case then I would start checking that brown wire that goes to the marker lights and parking lights from the light switch. I would also check to make sure that I had the right bulbs in the sockets.

 

whaty type bulbs go in the sockets is it 1157 or 2057. i knowthat the small ones are 194. you are correct about the lights. they work fine until i turn the switch on. it can be in either parking lights or headlights when they dont work but all the lights stay on but dont blink. i did notice that the 194 bulbs go out when i hit the switch when the headlights are on if that means anything

 

The marker lights are #194 and the turn signal & parking lights are #1157.

 

Trickster, are you sure about 1157 part #, i was at the parts store today and bought 2057's cause that is what was called for in the Sylvannia catalog. Im having the same problem with the blinkers not working when the parking or headlights are on. They work fine otherwise. I just found it tonight while adjusting the headlights, so ill start diagnosing it tomorrow. Thanks for the input.

 

Yes I am sure about the #1157 light bulbs for his car. On your car which is a 90 pontiac formula, you are correct about the #2057 light bulbs. However you must remember his car is an earlier model and is a camaro made by chevrolet. Different manufacturers use different bulbs.

 

thank you....my fault for not looking at his car and discovering for myself that difference. Any ideas about the turn signal problem?

 

No problem!! BTW, check the "TAIL" fuse since that is the one that controls the turn signals when the headlights are turned on. BTW, PM me with the unit that you are in there at shaw. I retired from there in 93 .

 

fixed......the guy who it before me had put a 1157 bulb in place of a 2057 causing a short across the 2 systems. Another project done.......next!