I will dig into it tomorrow and check them out! Thanks!Buy a new flasher. There are two, make sure you change the right one. You can find it when it is clicking.
Also, make sure all your bulbs are good.
Should be the other way around. The more current the bulbs draw, the more current going through the flasher. The bimetal then heats up faster.IIRC a fast blink is due to to little current draw from the light bulbs ( burnt out light, LEDs, missing bulb)
Slow blink seems like it would be from the opposite, too much load (added bulbs, bulbs that draw more current than the factory spected, bad flasher unit?, Resistance in the wiring or terminals, wrong flasher unit)
This ^^^^^ is correct and worth repeating.If system voltage is low at curb idle, you may or may not notice the headlights dim a little but would notice signal flash slowing. Does alternator gauge needle twitch with signal flash?
Once again you have proved me an idiot.Should be the other way around. The more current the bulbs draw, the more current going through the flasher. The bimetal then heats up faster.
So if the lamps are drawing more current, the blinkers work quicker
Wow!A guy in the coffee thread had a slow turn signal and here's what he found:
My problem was slow turn signal only on one side the other side was fine . Problem was in the running light wiring .
We took the duster out last night and my friend who is an old Ford geared, suggested the flash words were maybe going bad I thought they worked or they didn't but I don't know a damn thingHave a 72 Dart that I have extremely slow turn signals. Nothing but factory stuff in it i.e. alternator, and regulator. Any ideas to look at?
No. Old school mechanical flashers have bimetal contacts responding to heat. It will fail eventually and could slow to stopped.We took the duster out last night and my friend who is an old Ford geared, suggested the flash words were maybe going bad I thought they worked or they didn't but I don't know a damn thing
Yep, hazard flasher blinks all 4 corners so it is a different flasher from standard turn flasher. Heavy duty. If you should add something like a boat trailer with turn signals you will need the heavy duty/hazard type flasher. OEM turn signal flasher will not survive on a long trip. Example... I added a trailer hitch and light harness to our 1st 67 B'cuda to pull my brothers boat to a Crappie-thon event about 350 miles away. Turn signals flashed very fast on the trip down. Twitched the heck outa my amp gauge at a stop/off ramp (lower alternator output at lower RPM). That flasher died about half way home.from what I understand the heavy duty flashers flash independently of the current draw of the load themselves. Whereas the standard flashers blink faster under a heavy load and slower under a light load.
Yep, hazard flasher blinks all 4 corners so it is a different flasher from standard turn flasher. Heavy duty. If you should add something like a boat trailer with turn signals you will need the heavy duty/hazard type flasher. OEM turn signal flasher will not survive on a long trip. Example... I added a trailer hitch and light harness to our 1st 67 B'cuda to pull my brothers boat to a Crappie-thon event about 350 miles away. Turn signals flashed very fast on the trip down. Twitched the heck outa my amp gauge at a stop/off ramp (lower alternator output at lower RPM). That flasher died about half way home.
On the other hand... If you replaced OEM type bulbs with LEDs, they dont draw nearly enough current to cycle the OEM flasher. You would need a modern solid state type flasher module. Todays flasher modules operate off time via silicon chips instead of current flow and heat generated by heat.
No you got that backward. read it again. The heavy duty flasher is required for additional load/current draw on the circuit. LEDs draw less current. The signals would come on but not flash without a more modern/compatible flasher module.So if you switched to LED tail lights you should use a heavy duty flasher. Not for the current draw but for the blink speed.
No you got that backward. read it again. The heavy duty flasher is required for additional load/current draw on the circuit. LEDs draw less current. The signals would come on but not flash without a more modern/compatible flasher module.
Ok. Looks like I'll be ordering some of those. Thank You!No. Old school mechanical flashers have bimetal contacts responding to heat. It will fail eventually and could slow to stopped.