Author Topic: Blinkers wont work! (Read 4762 times)

80firstgem · « **on:** Dec 05, 2011, 03:49:30 PM »

I have tried EVERYTHING i can think of. I have:
Replaced the whole switch.
Replaced the relay on the passenger side.
Put in a new fuse.
Put new bulbs in.

I am so lost and out of ideas.

Anyone?

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:00:04 PM »

was your fuse blown? may have a ground issue somewhere. Check the back of your signals for corrosion

80firstgem · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:09:31 PM »

Quote from: yotaneck13 on Dec 05, 2011, 04:00:04 PM

was your fuse blown? may have a ground issue somewhere. Check the back of your signals for corrosion

i checked my fuses and even replaced it.
and there is no corrosion
this thing was a wiring nightmare when i got it.
it was weird, i put a new switch in and then they started working but the my headlights werent working. i wiggled the connectors and then my blinkers stopped working but now my headlights work.

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:12:58 PM »

are you talikng about the connector on your steering collum?

80firstgem · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:16:56 PM »

Quote from: yotaneck13 on Dec 05, 2011, 04:12:58 PM

are you talikng about the connector on your steering collum?

ya that giant plug under the steering collum for the turn signals and wipers

toe · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:19:57 PM »

Blinker fluid............

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=6

80firstgem · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:22:04 PM »

Quote from: toe on Dec 05, 2011, 04:19:57 PM

Blinker fluid............

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=6

Dang! theyre all sold out

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:27:10 PM »

if you wiggled it and you blinkers quit but your heads work now id go with the switch pull it apart and put a lil dielectric grease in it then re connect....check all your prongs to be sure they are fully seated in the connector you may have one or 2 loose and not contacted fully

80firstgem · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:29:17 PM »

Quote from: yotaneck13 on Dec 05, 2011, 04:27:10 PM

if you wiggled it and you blinkers quit but your heads work now id go with the switch pull it apart and put a lil dielectric grease in it then re connect....check all your prongs to be sure they are fully seated in the connector you may have one or 2 loose and not contacted fully

ok ill start with that. thanks

H8PVMNT · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:38:01 PM »

Mine only work some times... Whe I forst got my '80 the heater blower and tach were intermitent. This really sucked in the super cold weahter we have here when the defrost only huffed a little draft out from the heat rising. I took everything apart to look for the problem, found nothing apparent and had to drive it so I put it all back. It has worked ever since. Sometimes things are just crusty and need unpluging and cleaning off.

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:38:09 PM »

not a problem

80firstgem · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:45:33 PM »

i wish you guys could of seen all the wires and BS that were in it when i first got it. I had 3 toggle switches and 1 one of them i still cant even figure out what it went to. i had a wire coming out of the firewall going to my fuse box? no idea what it was but my dad yanked it. hoping its an easy fix though

scheefdog · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 04:55:29 PM »

Do you hazards work?
No, then check the blinker flasher relay? (located on the pass side kick panel up under the dash)
Yes, check the switch inside the steering column(take off the steering wheel and then you can remove the whole switch assembly, take off the cover that the blinker arm goes into and clean the contacts)

80firstgem · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 05:18:48 PM »

Quote from: scheefdog on Dec 05, 2011, 04:55:29 PM

Do you hazards work?
No, then check the blinker flasher relay? (located on the pass side kick panel up under the dash)
Yes, check the switch inside the steering column(take off the steering wheel and then you can remove the whole switch assembly, take off the cover that the blinker arm goes into and clean the contacts)

nope my hazards do not work.
yes i replaced the relay.
yes i replaced the WHOLE entire switch and also cleaned the contacts

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 05, 2011, 06:42:54 PM »

Quote from: scheefdog on Dec 05, 2011, 04:55:29 PM

Do you hazards work?
No, then check the blinker flasher relay? (located on the pass side kick panel up under the dash)
Yes, check the switch inside the steering column(take off the steering wheel and then you can remove the whole switch assembly, take off the cover that the blinker arm goes into and clean the contacts)

did you even read the OP

scheefdog · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 06, 2011, 06:56:46 PM »

Quote from: 80firstgem on Dec 05, 2011, 05:18:48 PM

nope my hazards do not work.
yes i replaced the relay.
yes i replaced the WHOLE entire switch and also cleaned the contacts

Just trying to help, sorry if I reiterated everything again. My blinkers were not working when I got my truck. First, I replaced the relay and that fixed them(the universal relays are only like $2 so it might be worth buying another to make sure it is actually working). I later replaced the entire steering column switch assembly with a used one from another truck for intermittent wipers. The blinkers were not working when I first put it in and to get them working I had to take the switch(that the turn signal arm goes into) apart multiple of times to clean the contacts to get it working right, along with the high and low beam switch...Did you replace it with a used switch?

However, if your hazards aren't working either then I would think it is the flasher relay or wiring somewhere....

80firstgem · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 07, 2011, 11:41:48 AM »

Quote from: scheefdog on Dec 06, 2011, 06:56:46 PM

Just trying to help, sorry if I reiterated everything again. My blinkers were not working when I got my truck. First, I replaced the relay and that fixed them(the universal relays are only like $2 so it might be worth buying another to make sure it is actually working). I later replaced the entire steering column switch assembly with a used one from another truck for intermittent wipers. The blinkers were not working when I first put it in and to get them working I had to take the switch(that the turn signal arm goes into) apart multiple of times to clean the contacts to get it working right, along with the high and low beam switch...Did you replace it with a used switch?

However, if your hazards aren't working either then I would think it is the flasher relay or wiring somewhere....

haha its ok

i did buy the whole switch and relay from the junkyard...so maybe that could be a contributing factor..

locked 4x4 · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 07, 2011, 09:25:43 PM »

do the lights come on at all. I have had problems where there was a short and the light would just come on but not flash. The connection to the front light had been broken and the back light wasn't enough to allow the lights to blink.

Tool Pimp · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 07, 2011, 09:30:01 PM »

80firstgem · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 07, 2011, 10:28:09 PM »

Quote from: locked 4x4 on Dec 07, 2011, 09:25:43 PM

do the lights come on at all. I have had problems where there was a short and the light would just come on but not flash. The connection to the front light had been broken and the back light wasn't enough to allow the lights to blink.

all of my other lights work. i cant get the blinker lights or hazard lights to come on. they dont even make the blinker noises lol what doesnt make sense to me is they worked before!

dropzone · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 08, 2011, 02:15:57 AM »

start from the beginning again with a test light..make sure you have good grounds.
wiring gremlins suck...been spending the last 4 years trying to undo some past owners version of 'fixing' wiring on my truck

good chance your switch you bought at the JY was bad too.

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locked 4x4 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 08, 2011, 08:37:27 AM »

I know on the early 80's trucks the blinker solenoid wont work unless both the front and rear turn signal lights are coming on. It works off resistance and it takes both bulbs on to make it work. As stated before you need to find that short. Get a test light and start tracking down power Id start with the turn signal switch and make sure that its getting power to begin with.

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