turn signals (fuse?)

[Rose Mary]

Bob
would love to come to the rally, been out of the loop awhile,
but don't want to drive that far without turn signals....
Hello to all, if we get these light fixed mybe we'll come....
Rose Mary

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "freewill2008"
wrote:
>
> Rose Mary - Are you in the northwest right now? Come on up to Port
> Townsend next weekend and we'll find the problem. I know there's a
> space 'cause there was a cancellation.
>
> Bob Griesel
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary"
> wrote:
> >
> > Curt
> > I just send you an email before checking back here....
> > the turn signals all worked before the visit to the shop Friday.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Rose Mary,
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > On 8/12/07, Rose Mary wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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.....
> > > >
> > > > 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????
> > > >
> > > > thanks for your help
> > > > Rose Mary
> > > > 82 FC 35
> > > > JP's White Bird
> > > > Oregon
> > > >
> > > > --- In
> > WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > 40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > Tommy Standard
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > What the mechanic will probably tell you after a couple hours
> is
> > > > that you were just low on turn signal fluid.
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Curt Sprenger
> > > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > > Anaheim Hills, CA
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>

[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:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Curt
> I just send you an email before checking back here....
> the turn signals all worked before the visit to the shop Friday.
>
> 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
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
> wrote:
> >
> > Rose Mary,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > On 8/12/07, Rose Mary wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.....
> > >
> > > 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????
> > >
> > > thanks for your help
> > > Rose Mary
> > > 82 FC 35
> > > JP's White Bird
> > > Oregon
> > >
> > > --- In
> WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> > > Tommy Standard
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What the mechanic will probably tell you after a couple hours is
> > > that you were just low on turn signal fluid.
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, CA
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>



--
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA

[freewill2008]

Rose Mary -

You've got two kinds of power circuits for the signals.

One circuit is heavy cable that runs up to the those noisy relays in
the upper dash at the left. The relays do the actual work of turning
the signal lamps off/on. If you test with a meter or test light and
see 12v at those relays, then the power circuit is good.

The other circuit controls those big relays. It probably starts at a
breaker in the breaker panel in front of the steering column. It
runs to the signal lever on the steering column and then to the
flasher which should be mounted around back of that breaker panel on
the right when viewed from the front. On mine the flasher looks just
like one from a car. After the flasher there is are small wires that
run up to the control terminals on the big relays. There shouldn't be
any fuse 'cause BB mostly used breakers.

Because you had working signals, you probably aren't looking for a
failed component. Get a strong light and look for anything unplugged
or any wiring that mighta come loose. Also try a different flasher.

Good luck
- Bob


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary"
wrote:
>
> Bob
> would love to come to the rally, been out of the loop awhile,
> but don't want to drive that far without turn signals....
> Hello to all, if we get these light fixed mybe we'll come....
> Rose Mary
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "freewill2008"
> wrote:
> >
> > Rose Mary - Are you in the northwest right now? Come on up to
Port
> > Townsend next weekend and we'll find the problem. I know there's
a
> > space 'cause there was a cancellation.
> >
> > Bob Griesel
> >

[Pete Masterson]

Sounds like a loose wire or bad fuse... I had my dash lights and
clearance lights stop working... discovered that the light -switch-
had gone bad. Contacts for the headlamps worked, but nothing else...

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...



On Aug 12, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Rose Mary wrote:

> Curt
> I just send you an email before checking back here....
> the turn signals all worked before the visit to the shop Friday.
>
> 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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