Thanks. I think this 79 ranger may have the same issue. Turn signals and hazards dont work at all after hitting a big enough bump in the road, then they start working again later.
Thank you. I’m restoring a 72 chevelle. No turn signals at all replaced the cancel cam and switch as the owner before me put a aftermarket steering wheel in. I assumed that was the issue to no avail. Also replaced all of the exterior lighting fuses and the flasher relay on the fuse panel. I did some reading on a forum and found that just like the mustang you’re working on, I also have another flasher relay (just for the turn signals). I did the jumper wire trick, and the signals came on. Hopefully that relay is the only issue and I don’t have more of a wiring problem down the line.
I don’t have a classic car but I have a Pontiac g8 a the front turning signals don’t work but the park lights work an they seem to be the same bulb?? What’s my problem?? Plz help
Check both bulbs. If the turn and parking lights are the same bulb that means you have 2 filaments in that one bulb. In some cases, only one filament breaks/blows, and the other will still work. If you look closely at the filaments, you should be able to see the separation. Replacing the bulb should fix the problem.
I have a 1979 trans am and the all turn signals are inoperative. I can’t figure it out, but here is what I’ve put together so far: - Hazard flashers, Headlights, taillights, dash gauges, and parking lights appear to function normally (all bulbs are correct) - 11.6V to turn signal flasher (pink striped black wire) when key in “on” position, 0V when key off (believe that’s normal). - Bench tested flasher and it functions (it’s also new) - removed and jumped flasher to remove that variable and voltage is still there until turn signal is up or down where voltage goes to near 0 at that junction (this has me confused…where’s it going?). - continuity checks are confusing: From flasher output (purple wire) to front driver bulb (either contact) is open with signal lever off and 0 ohms with lever down. Grounding tab at that bulb is a good ground. Both contacts are grounded with lever down (this is confusing to me, is that normal?). - with brakes pressed and brake lights on, lever down turns off left rear brake light and lever up turns off right rear brake light (believe interrupting the brake light is normal, except the light is then supposed to flash). - the battery is grounded to the engine block and core support. Engine block is grounded to the sub frame and the firewall. - the front light harness is grounded to the core support on both sides. The rear light harness is grounded in the trunk and under near the fuel fill neck. I think I’ve ruled out a bad flasher, some grounds, and bad or wrong bulbs. Anything else? Does that leave a bad ground somewhere other than what I said above and the turn signal switch?
Thid actually sounds like loss of voltage or voltage drop. Check out the issue i had with this bronco. The issue was rusted contacts ua-cam.com/video/D4f6ydNLgv4/v-deo.htmlsi=mQUWNVgryaGcSjE8
Looks like it might be my turn signal switch. I have an LED flasher for both ny hazards and turn signals. I dont know what changed, but all I did was take the battery out of my car since the battery was dead in my C10. I put the battery back in my Camaro, and now neither the signals or hazards work, but before I took the battery out, they did. Nothing changed, and no wires were pinched. Does that still sound like the switch to you? I would appreciate it if you could help me out. The Camaro is a 1979 and the C10 is a 1969. Both have LEDs front and back in the C10 the signals, and hazards. I took the LED flashers from the C10 and put them in the Camaro, so it's nothing to do with the flashers. The flasher terminals also have power when I'm using the switch, too
@@StrawIsEpic sometimes wires can break or bend while you pull the battery because there are some wires that run along the bottom of the battery tray. Check that. Also check at the bottom of your steering column, make sure the big connector thats from the steering column is all the way pressed in to the other connector. It's like a flat 7-9 wire connector that carries all your turn signal, and horn wires. Maybe when you sad in the car you may have kicked it. Otherwise coincidentally it would sound like the turn signal switch...
Have a 65 Buick Riviera and can’t find out why when use my turn signals left or right they only flash hazard lights on rear and front shows correct lighting for turning? And let you know in the Buicks from 65 didn’t come with hazard lights. Any suggestions?
I have a 1992 foxbody and I was hoping I could get some advice here, I’ve been restoring/fixing it and ran into a problem with the turn signals. Originally the turn signals wouldn’t work however the hazard light were working fine. I did some sketchy work in the hazard switch that seemed to work. Later during the safety I found out the left turn signal doesn’t work when the running lights are on, however the right turn signal works fine with running lights. Advice?
My 68 f100 no encendían las luces del tablero me di cuenta que no tenia el fuse al momento de ponerlo ya encienden las luces del tablero pero las turn signal dejaron de trabajar…. Removí el fuse de las luces del tablero y tampoco quieren trabajar las turn signal light…. Que puede ser??
Hello Eddie, thanks for your videos. I need help with my turn signal switch. the markers both stay on. when I put my left turn light I see sparks under the unit and if I push the light start blinking. Also keeps blowing fuses. Please help.
@@mauriciomarino6669 Hey you're welcome and that definitely sounds like an internal short or a break in the turn signal switch unit which would also cause your blown fuses...
I have a 2002 Cadillac Eldorado and my turn signals don't want to work in the cold, And they make a weird noise. Once The car gets warmed up they start working again. Usually at some point down the road. And I need to use them three times before I get on the main road to go straight into the town. I don't know everything about this car yet because I only just bought it in July from the car dealership in my area. Once the car is warmed up they work fine.
@@BonnyOBrien they would not be a glass bulb, they would look like they have a bunch of little LEDs around. They simply will look very different than what is normally on cars. You have to physically look at them through the lenses.
Check the turn signal fuse and check to see if the contacts where the fuse mounts to are not all rusty. That can cause low voltage which will hinder your signals not working as well
Question: I have a 1970 Ford Torino. My turn signals work fine during the day, but at night when the headlights are on, the turn signals don't work. They light up, but don't blink. What would make them blink only when the headlights/taillights are on?
i know exactly what you mean and i actually have a video on what that could be and show you how to fix it. Here is the link for it ua-cam.com/video/D4f6ydNLgv4/v-deo.html
Question, i have a 72, lemans. Left side turn signal works fine. But when i put right side on, my headlights began to flash with turn signal, highs and lows on both sides.
Hmm thats an odd one. Check to make sure that there are no spliced wires to the harness that clmes out of the steering column. Look for any out of place wiring that isnt factory. More times than not, people tampered with these classics back in the day to make things work best for their needs and wasn't always correct.
@EddiesCustomsandRestorations Thanks for the reply, Forgot to mention the right turn signal stays illuminated on dash while lights are on. but definitely checking the harness. Thanks
@@jessemendoza2991 that's a difficult one because for that a lot of things need to be checked and tested. Ive had odd scenarios like that with many different causes.
The filament could be out on the bulbs on the brake lights. You need a dual filament bulb, the one with 2. Check to make sure those are the bulbs back there. Check that first
@@70MUSTANGMAN check the contacts on the turn signal fuse and make sure they arent rusty. Otherwise check the wire going to the rear turn signals coming from the turn signal switch. Right there at the bottom of the plug check the green with orange and orange with blue wires. Those shoulf be the ones going to the rear turn signals. If you arent getting any power to those wires then your switch is damaged...
I found out that one of the sockets wasn’t making a connection. Also, I didn’t notice/realize that I have a flasher for hazard and one for LED. I’ll Change the passenger side to an LED flasher and see what happens. I need to take the steering wheel off anyway. My horn stopped working. Might as well tackle it all at once!@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations
The crank no start is probably due to a disconnected ignition wire maybe during replacement and the horn is because your ground wire at your horn is making contact somewhere and you are probably pinching the wire. Its the one wire that hangs out behind the horn button. The moment that wire touches any ground, the horn will go off. There should bee a spring holding the horn button away from the surface. If that spring was left out, the horn will always sound out
i have a 1969 cutlass and my problem is i have 1 turn signal front and back on one side blinks fast and the other side will not blink i installed a new turn signal in the steering wheel and the fues is good ( smh)
Thanks. I think this 79 ranger may have the same issue. Turn signals and hazards dont work at all after hitting a big enough bump in the road, then they start working again later.
Yep the simplest of things, a car I just got signals didn’t work.. I didn’t realize it had a separate relay .. Thank you. Fixed
Ofcourse! Cheers! Glad I could help!
Thank you. I’m restoring a 72 chevelle. No turn signals at all replaced the cancel cam and switch as the owner before me put a aftermarket steering wheel in. I assumed that was the issue to no avail. Also replaced all of the exterior lighting fuses and the flasher relay on the fuse panel. I did some reading on a forum and found that just like the mustang you’re working on, I also have another flasher relay (just for the turn signals). I did the jumper wire trick, and the signals came on. Hopefully that relay is the only issue and I don’t have more of a wiring problem down the line.
@@thmsblnd yes! Although simple systems, they can definitely still send us on a wild goose chase lol
Great video, hopefully it’s all the info I need to fix my blinker issues
Hopefully, if not feel free to ask any further questions you may have on here and ill get back to you as soon as I can
This video helped me a lot, thanks!🙏🏼
You're very welcome 🙏 thanks for sharing!
I don’t have a classic car but I have a Pontiac g8 a the front turning signals don’t work but the park lights work an they seem to be the same bulb?? What’s my problem?? Plz help
Check both bulbs. If the turn and parking lights are the same bulb that means you have 2 filaments in that one bulb. In some cases, only one filament breaks/blows, and the other will still work. If you look closely at the filaments, you should be able to see the separation. Replacing the bulb should fix the problem.
I have a 1979 trans am and the all turn signals are inoperative. I can’t figure it out, but here is what I’ve put together so far:
- Hazard flashers, Headlights, taillights, dash gauges, and parking lights appear to function normally (all bulbs are correct)
- 11.6V to turn signal flasher (pink striped black wire) when key in “on” position, 0V when key off (believe that’s normal).
- Bench tested flasher and it functions (it’s also new)
- removed and jumped flasher to remove that variable and voltage is still there until turn signal is up or down where voltage goes to near 0 at that junction (this has me confused…where’s it going?).
- continuity checks are confusing: From flasher output (purple wire) to front driver bulb (either contact) is open with signal lever off and 0 ohms with lever down. Grounding tab at that bulb is a good ground. Both contacts are grounded with lever down (this is confusing to me, is that normal?).
- with brakes pressed and brake lights on, lever down turns off left rear brake light and lever up turns off right rear brake light (believe interrupting the brake light is normal, except the light is then supposed to flash).
- the battery is grounded to the engine block and core support. Engine block is grounded to the sub frame and the firewall.
- the front light harness is grounded to the core support on both sides. The rear light harness is grounded in the trunk and under near the fuel fill neck.
I think I’ve ruled out a bad flasher, some grounds, and bad or wrong bulbs. Anything else?
Does that leave a bad ground somewhere other than what I said above and the turn signal switch?
Thid actually sounds like loss of voltage or voltage drop. Check out the issue i had with this bronco. The issue was rusted contacts ua-cam.com/video/D4f6ydNLgv4/v-deo.htmlsi=mQUWNVgryaGcSjE8
Looks like it might be my turn signal switch. I have an LED flasher for both ny hazards and turn signals. I dont know what changed, but all I did was take the battery out of my car since the battery was dead in my C10. I put the battery back in my Camaro, and now neither the signals or hazards work, but before I took the battery out, they did. Nothing changed, and no wires were pinched. Does that still sound like the switch to you? I would appreciate it if you could help me out. The Camaro is a 1979 and the C10 is a 1969. Both have LEDs front and back in the C10 the signals, and hazards. I took the LED flashers from the C10 and put them in the Camaro, so it's nothing to do with the flashers. The flasher terminals also have power when I'm using the switch, too
@@StrawIsEpic sometimes wires can break or bend while you pull the battery because there are some wires that run along the bottom of the battery tray. Check that. Also check at the bottom of your steering column, make sure the big connector thats from the steering column is all the way pressed in to the other connector. It's like a flat 7-9 wire connector that carries all your turn signal, and horn wires. Maybe when you sad in the car you may have kicked it. Otherwise coincidentally it would sound like the turn signal switch...
Have a 65 Buick Riviera and can’t find out why when use my turn signals left or right they only flash hazard lights on rear and front shows correct lighting for turning?
And let you know in the Buicks from 65 didn’t come with hazard lights.
Any suggestions?
@@domin8rdominant763 in the back of the turn signal switch there may be a broken wire connection that is bridged now and is giving power to both sides
I have a 1992 foxbody and I was hoping I could get some advice here, I’ve been restoring/fixing it and ran into a problem with the turn signals. Originally the turn signals wouldn’t work however the hazard light were working fine. I did some sketchy work in the hazard switch that seemed to work. Later during the safety I found out the left turn signal doesn’t work when the running lights are on, however the right turn signal works fine with running lights. Advice?
Check the hazard switch itself. Mine was seperating that caused my issue. Turn signals run through that hazard switch as well.
My 68 f100 no encendían las luces del tablero me di cuenta que no tenia el fuse al momento de ponerlo ya encienden las luces del tablero pero las turn signal dejaron de trabajar…. Removí el fuse de las luces del tablero y tampoco quieren trabajar las turn signal light…. Que puede ser??
Esta raro pero revisa el flasher haber si ay corriente alli
Hello Eddie, thanks for your videos. I need help with my turn signal switch. the markers both stay on. when I put my left turn light I see sparks under the unit and if I push the light start blinking. Also keeps blowing fuses. Please help.
@@mauriciomarino6669 Hey you're welcome and that definitely sounds like an internal short or a break in the turn signal switch unit which would also cause your blown fuses...
Where are the spark coming from Exactly
@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations Right under the left turn area of the switch. how can I send you a picture or a video. Thanks
@@mauriciomarino6669 facebook eddies customs and Restorations or instagram same name.
@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations Thanks. I'll be looking for you
I have a 2002 Cadillac Eldorado and my turn signals don't want to work in the cold, And they make a weird noise. Once The car gets warmed up they start working again. Usually at some point down the road. And I need to use them three times before I get on the main road to go straight into the town. I don't know everything about this car yet because I only just bought it in July from the car dealership in my area. Once the car is warmed up they work fine.
Hmmm..are you running LED lights or are they just standard bulbs?
I don't know. I just bought the car in July so it's my first winter with it. How can I tell if they are LED bulbs?@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations
@@BonnyOBrien they would not be a glass bulb, they would look like they have a bunch of little LEDs around. They simply will look very different than what is normally on cars. You have to physically look at them through the lenses.
My 67’ Buick Skylark’s turn signals won’t work. Put in a new flasher but nope, hopefully i’ll find the problem soon
Check the turn signal fuse and check to see if the contacts where the fuse mounts to are not all rusty. That can cause low voltage which will hinder your signals not working as well
Did it ever cause a fuse to blow ?
it didnt but it definitely can
Question: I have a 1970 Ford Torino. My turn signals work fine during the day, but at night when the headlights are on, the turn signals don't work. They light up, but don't blink. What would make them blink only when the headlights/taillights are on?
i know exactly what you mean and i actually have a video on what that could be and show you how to fix it. Here is the link for it ua-cam.com/video/D4f6ydNLgv4/v-deo.html
@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations thank you!!!!! I will check it out!
@@stacyhazelwood4033 your welcome 🙏 i really hope it works for you
Question, i have a 72, lemans. Left side turn signal works fine. But when i put right side on, my headlights began to flash with turn signal, highs and lows on both sides.
Hmm thats an odd one. Check to make sure that there are no spliced wires to the harness that clmes out of the steering column. Look for any out of place wiring that isnt factory. More times than not, people tampered with these classics back in the day to make things work best for their needs and wasn't always correct.
@EddiesCustomsandRestorations Thanks for the reply, Forgot to mention the right turn signal stays illuminated on dash while lights are on. but definitely checking the harness. Thanks
@@jessemendoza2991 that's a difficult one because for that a lot of things need to be checked and tested. Ive had odd scenarios like that with many different causes.
Very useful.....thank you
@@jameslewis6964 your very welcome 🙏
I’ll do that. Thank you!
You're welcome 🙏
What if all your turn signals work except for the ones on the brake lights? 1970 mustang
The filament could be out on the bulbs on the brake lights. You need a dual filament bulb, the one with 2. Check to make sure those are the bulbs back there. Check that first
I switched to LED. Even when I go back to the regular bulb, same issue.
@@70MUSTANGMAN check the contacts on the turn signal fuse and make sure they arent rusty. Otherwise check the wire going to the rear turn signals coming from the turn signal switch. Right there at the bottom of the plug check the green with orange and orange with blue wires. Those shoulf be the ones going to the rear turn signals. If you arent getting any power to those wires then your switch is damaged...
I found out that one of the sockets wasn’t making a connection. Also, I didn’t notice/realize that I have a flasher for hazard and one for LED. I’ll
Change the passenger side to an LED flasher and see what happens. I need to take the steering wheel off anyway. My horn stopped working. Might as well tackle it all at once!@@EddiesCustomsandRestorations
@@70MUSTANGMAN heeey Glad you figured it out!! Thanks for sharing! Your findings will surely help someone else out!
Replaced the switch in my 1970 duster, now the car cranks but wont start and the horn honks non stop
The crank no start is probably due to a disconnected ignition wire maybe during replacement and the horn is because your ground wire at your horn is making contact somewhere and you are probably pinching the wire. Its the one wire that hangs out behind the horn button. The moment that wire touches any ground, the horn will go off. There should bee a spring holding the horn button away from the surface. If that spring was left out, the horn will always sound out
i have a 1969 cutlass and my problem is i have 1 turn signal front and back on one side blinks fast and the other side will not blink i installed a new turn signal in the steering wheel and the fues is good ( smh)
When it blinks fast, it usually indicates a bad bulb within the circuit
Did you find a fix I have same problem
@@xavisBuilds did you replace the complete turn signal hazard switch or what exactly did you replace?
It doesn’t work when headlights are on or when brake is applied
@@SS_B33 it's robbing power or ground. Check your grounds or add additional grounds to your tail lights and headlights
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