Turn Signal nightmares
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Car: 1983 Firebird, 1989 Firebird
Engine: 2.8L V-6 2bbl, 305 V-8 4bbl
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Turn Signal nightmares
Ok, so I have been doing fine on my 1983 Firebird, but now comes the fun part Electrical problems. First let me tell you what is happening. Ok When I turn on my left turn signal, it flashes really fast, the left tail light works in sequence, but the right tail light flashes as well only it is really dim. When i push the brake pedal while the left signal is on, the right tail light comes on and and the left light just flashes in sequence. Now when I use the right turn signal the tail light flashes really slow. And now a new development has come up, the other day I was at work and my wife and son said the horn went off on the car, (I could not get it to start for some odd reason that day and left my keys in it in the garage), and he said he just took my keys out of the ignition and it stopped. When I got home my radio fuse was blown, I replaced it and now it works, but my horn when I press the button it makes a sort of click sound, I replaced the horn relay under dash with one from a 1989 I have, and still no luck with it. Also when I press my brake pedal all of my dash and running lights/parking lights come on as well. Please help me I am really stumped here.
Last edited by radar1232; Jul 27, 2010 at 10:18 AM.
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‼Nightmare On Elm Street‼ (If Trying To Use The Turn Signals On Elm Street That Is)
It sounds like you have at least one bad ground.
Make sure all bulbs are the good, and that you don’t have a stop lamp in place of a turn signal or vice-versa.
Make sure all 3 contact bulbs are not installed backwards.
Using a 12 volt fused supply, apply 12 volts to one bulb at a time to make sure each bulb is grounded while observing no unassociated bulbs come on.
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There are many reasons the radio fuse could have blown.
There might be an intermittent in the radio or a harness rub-thru.
The wiring probably was worked on by the PO so you should inspect all wiring.
Suspect any areas that look like electrical tape was applied by the PO.
Wiring should be harness-like in appearance and not crammed into a corner somewhere.
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Horn: Using a voltmeter or test light (the type for testing for voltage, not a continuity tester) see if you’re getting power at the dark green wire at the relay when pressing the horn button.
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Spin Me This Week . . . I’ll Spin You Next Week
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Make sure all bulbs are the good, and that you don’t have a stop lamp in place of a turn signal or vice-versa.
Make sure all 3 contact bulbs are not installed backwards.
Using a 12 volt fused supply, apply 12 volts to one bulb at a time to make sure each bulb is grounded while observing no unassociated bulbs come on.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
There are many reasons the radio fuse could have blown.
There might be an intermittent in the radio or a harness rub-thru.
The wiring probably was worked on by the PO so you should inspect all wiring.
Suspect any areas that look like electrical tape was applied by the PO.
Wiring should be harness-like in appearance and not crammed into a corner somewhere.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Horn: Using a voltmeter or test light (the type for testing for voltage, not a continuity tester) see if you’re getting power at the dark green wire at the relay when pressing the horn button.
◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙◙
Happy Racing!
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Spin Me This Week . . . I’ll Spin You Next Week
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Last edited by NINÅ; Jul 27, 2010 at 03:36 PM.
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