Turn signals don't work

My problem was the turn signal switch. I put in a new one and now they work. The flasher is OK, works fine. I got the switch from Year One, it works but I'm not real impressed with it, mediocre quality. Does anybody else offer them?

I understand about needing the ground wire for the inst. panel to work, I learned about that quite a while back on a different vehicle. I pulled the panel out entirely to make it easier to search for the problem, I would not leave it hanging from the wires. To be able to power up I fastened the amp gauge leads together.