<VV> turn signal switch glitch
Dave Thompson
dave.thompson at verizon.net
Tue Oct 13 01:50:37 EDT 2009
Seth and others,
When I worked for LS Corvair Parts earlier this year, there was a batch of
defective late turn signal switches. All of that model were defective so we
had to return them and wait for a new "fixed" batch. I don't know what year
it was for or what the defect was. Could it be that Ray has one of those?
Does anyone remember this?
Dave Thompson
-----Original Message-----
From: Sethracer at aol.com [mailto:Sethracer at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:00 PM
To: grymm at echoes.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> turn signal switch glitch
In a message dated 10/11/2009 7:06:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
grymm at echoes.net writes:
When I turn on the right hand turn signal the flasher clicks and the rear
turn signal flashes but the light on the dash and the front signal do
not.... if I press up slightly on the turn signal lever the front signal
and
dash light work.
The signal switch is brand new, and the old signal switch did the same
thing so I'm pretty sure its not the switch.. where should I look?
Ray - If moving the lever makes it work, it is still in the switch.
Something is causing the switch to not fully connect inside. The switch
breaks
the connection from the brake light feed (whether or not the brake lights
are
on) and connects the two separate circuits, one to the rear bright
filament, and one to the dash and front bright filament. They have to be
separate
after the column to keep the brake lights at the rear only. There are
little
copper strips that are tweaked (that's a technical term) away from brake
feed and to the feed from the flasher, for the front one, just to the
flasher. Sometimes the copper strips get distorted when the turn signal
lever
holder is installed.
Seth Emerson
C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro, Corvette
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