turn signals (fuse?)

[Curt Sprenger]

Rose Mary,

Excellent question...I've witnessed many, many strange things going on
when working on 12V lighting problems. It could be a bad ground
stopping the whole circuit, or the power supply for that circuit, or?

Do you have a 12V test light with you? If you do, remove a
brake/signal bulb, turn on the signals, NOW BE VERY CAREFUL...use the
test light to validate there is...or is not...power to that bulb
socket.

I'm not there with your 'Bird...You have stepped outside to see that
the signal bulbs are not working? Right?

Something more -
I may be wrong on this brain wave, but here goes, recall/getting older
you know. Our previous 'Bird, a '74, had issues with the signals. I
found a wire that was not attached on a switch at/near the coach frame
(I unknowingly pulled it off when messing with other things)...also I
recall changing out that switch near the frame to fix another signal
light issue. It's a number of years difference from the '74 to the '82
so I may be all wet here. Anyway, laying under the coach, under the
drivers seat, look up near the outside of the frame, look for any
wires that may be disconnected. The switch was about 2" square. The
switch turned on the brake lights when the air brake peddle was
applied. The signal lights power to the bulbs followed that same path
to the bulbs.




On 8/12/07, Rose Mary wrote:
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> Curt
> I just send you an email before checking back here....
> the turn signals all worked before the visit to the shop Friday.
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> Anyway, no turn signal lights, as well as no lights on the dash for
> the turn signals. Could a burnt out bulb make it all stop?
> thanks
> Rose Mary
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
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> > Rose Mary,
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> > Turn Signals...Are you saying there is a bulb or more that do not
> light up?
> > If so, replace it/them, and let's hear what happens.
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> > On 8/12/07, Rose Mary wrote:
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> > > ha! ha! sounds about right.
> > > Anyway turn signals issue still unresolved. Have the front off and
> > > have looked under the dash with a mirror and flashlight. Just can't
> > > seem to find a fuse or flasher.....
> > > Anyone with an 82 FC 35 side bath that can tell me where theirs is
> > > located sure would appreciate it.
> > > Don't want to take another 6 hr drive to and fro to that shop for
> > > this...after the $500 I dropped there Friday for labor hours,(which I
> > > fell was a rip for what was done... even tho the signals all worked
> > > before I went there.....
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> > > If one light bulb were bad it wouldn't make the whole circuit quit
> > > would it, I mean even the lights on the dash for the turn signals,
> > > I'm thinking flasher????
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> > > thanks for your help
> > > Rose Mary
> > > 82 FC 35
> > > JP's White Bird
> > > Oregon
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> WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> > > Tommy Standard
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> > > > What the mechanic will probably tell you after a couple hours is
> > > that you were just low on turn signal fluid.
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> > --
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, CA
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Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA