indicator fault urgent help needed !!..thanks

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telboy
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:50 pm

got lots of little electrical niggles with this car at the moment..(driving me nuts)
the latest one is the right handside indicators (all 3)....when i turn on right hand side indicators there is no green light on the dash and the normal indicator sound is really fast like a real fast click ...hazards work fine as do the left hand indicators
any help welcome as it is my daily driver ..by the way it is a 325 cabby
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KimH
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:34 pm

This happened to me and i t was an easy fix. There are a couple of connectors inside the steering collumn cowling from the indicator stalk to the relay and the relay to the internal wiring, one of which wasn't making a good connection. I disconnected it all to replace the indicator stalk, connected it all back together and it worked. I refitted the original indicator stalk and it has worked ever since. Only problem was that I did have to remove the steering wheel to gain access. Good luck.
telboy
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:38 pm

ok have tried a new hazard switch and a new relay (the one inside the steering column cowl)
and its still the same... bulbs are all fine and hazards work fine...dont know what to try next....anyone got any ideas?
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:39 pm

Indicator stalk.?
telboy
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:40 pm

thanks kim i,ll give it a try
telboy
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:43 pm

sweep wrote:Indicator stalk.?
yeah that was gonna be my next thing to try going for the easy stuff first
telboy
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Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:01 pm

turned out to be the indicator stalk changed it tonight....thanks for the advice guys
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