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Offline Texagon

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Dash turn indicators on all the time
« on: July 10, 2011, 03:14:54 PM »
I'm starting to work on some electrical issues with the 88.5 Samurai and I had a question. I'm not great at electrical stuff but obviously something is wired wrong here. My dashboard turn indicators are on all the time. The previous owner solved this by putting a piece of electrical tape across them to hide them. Ugh.

So when I put the turn indicator on the corresponding light goes OFF-ON OFF-ON OFF-ON instead of the ON-OFF it's supposed to do. Has anyone seen this before? I'm sure it's probably an easy fix but I'm not exactly sure where to start on this one.

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Re: Dash turn indicators on all the time
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 06:51:18 PM »
Check the grounds for the turn signal, they cause all sorts of trouble like this

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Re: Dash turn indicators on all the time
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2011, 11:49:37 PM »
I had a very small piece of wire get into the plug when I plugged the cluster back in and it did some weird stuff like this, I guess it shorted across a couple of the flat wire on the board. I bought one with a tach in it so who knows where it had been!
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Re: Dash turn indicators on all the time
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 11:00:39 AM »
Sounds like someone has wired the ground for that particular circuit to a +12V line.
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Re: Dash turn indicators on all the time
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2011, 07:40:02 PM »
That is the cleanest off road dash I have ever seen. ;D Hope you figure it out.
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Re: Dash turn indicators on all the time
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2011, 09:42:58 PM »
Quote from: Aimsmall on July 11, 2011, 07:40:02 PM
That is the cleanest off road dash I have ever seen. ;D Hope you figure it out.

You should see under the dash. Looks like someone got an electrical science kit as a kid.
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