whoever the bozo is that recommended him pulling his steering column apart first and changing a switch before checking the wires: good job you are killing me
First off no one said to change the turn signal cam, it was mentioned as a potential problem.
Secondly, Richard thought he had another and could unplug the existing one and just plug in another and see what the results were, he was able to pick one up locally from another member here and try it, no change as it were.
You do realize that a different TS switch can be plugged in without tearing into the column, correct?