Flasher switch ground?

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:11 pm

So I think I did a bad thing -

When I was putting the radio/switch console back in I guess something got bumped and the hazards quit working. I found a loose wire (looks like a ground, it it NOT a part of the plastic connection on the harness) coming off the hazard switch. Where does this go? (I have taken the radio out)

Post by **dbrick** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:27 pm

do you have the wiring schematic?http://shiftco.com/features/wiring/wiring_02.pdf

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:42 pm

yep, and all 5 wires coming out of the switch go into the harness as they should. But I've got this lose wire just hanging out, and I have no idea where it goes..
All i know is that now my flashers and blinkers don't work

Post by **dbrick** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:47 pm

What color is the wire and what is on the end, female terminal, male terminal, or loop?

garth · Post by **garth** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:06 pm

Camron

According to the schematic I have for a 68, if the wire is Green/white it should connect to your flasher. If it is just green it should connect to both the front and tail signals probably in the middle of one of the harnesses under the dash.

What colour is the wire and how long is it?

Hope this sheds some light on your problem.

Garth

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:17 am

Well ok...let me get a pic.

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:39 am

Ok, when I took the switch out to check it I ended up breaking the metal tabs, so another one is in the mail. But there is the unknown wire. That female spade connector. The E-tape was me extending that wire so I could try and ground it, which ended up shorting something out I guess...
I'm kinda lost, but I know I did something that it did not like.

The flashers are only about a month old, could those have fried if that wire isn't supposed to be a ground?
All fuses are fine...all lights come on from other switches, ie, braking, marker lights, headlights...all come on fine.

There's how it all hooks up. The harness up top connects to the main harness under the heater controls.

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:42 am

Hey Garth, our cars are only 50 away from each other...neat.

numbers 5020 and 4970

garth · Post by **garth** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:24 am

Did you check the 20A fuse for the Hazards?

I think the unidentified wire is not related to your problem and should be connected to the "service brake switch" Check the switch, it only has two wires a yellow wire and a black wire.

Back to the fuse. The fuse for the hazards is not on the fuse block but appears to be located near the flasher. If the fuse is Ok you should have 12 volts on the green/white wire on the connector with the hazard switch in the off position.

I'd check my car but it is literally in a million pieces.

Yeah, thats cool that our roadsters are close "siblings". Hopefully some day they'll get a chance to meet visit!

Hope this helps

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:48 pm

The hazard fuse if ok, and I'm not where the wire could connect to on the S-brake switch. The two wires for the S-brake feed into the harness as they should I believe. I'm still waiting for my new hazard switch, hopefully that's all it is. Any other ideas?

Post by **itsa68** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:01 am

The power wire (with fuse) for the flasher was taped up within the wire bundle at the steering column on my 68.
My car did not come with a flasher, so I had to run this wire into the connector for the flasher.
I think I also had to solder on or move a wire on the flasher that I had .

camronware · Post by **camronware** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:50 am

well somehow the switch got fried. I swapped the new one in and everything is fixed! Cool...