Weird 69 VW turn-signals - PUZZLER No. 4
david erickson
recall exactly how many, but at least 5). The part is no longer available,
and rewiring the car to accept a standard 3 or 4 connector flasher is not
a simple task, since the turn-signal switch is wired to correspond to
the weird relay.
If anyone has solved this problem, which apparently also occurs on some
years of bugs and busses, please describe your solution!
Thank you (and, no, I don't know the solution, and I have asked a fair
number of VW mechanics without success. The only good lead I have is
that one mechanic had heard of it being done using two three-connector
flashers, one for right and one for left).
-Dave
Galen J. Hekhuis
>My 69 squareback uses a turn-signal relay with lots of connectors ...
> The only good lead I have is
>that one mechanic had heard of it being done using two three-connector
>flashers, one for right and one for left).
Actually it is a lot easier than this, the switch for the brake lights and
turnsignals happens in the turnsignal switch on the column, so you don't
need a flasher for each side...the little blue wire that goes to the dash
gets jumpered on the output of the flasher unit, using a "Y" to connect it
to the wire that actually goes to the flashing lights. The main wire
(mainly black, with white, blue, and green tracers, I think) goes on the
other side of a two-prong flasher. Usually the emergency flashers still
work OK out of VW's magic box. If they don't that is about the only reason
I can see for using two flashers. I've done this swap on literally hundreds
of VWs for customers balked at paying the $36 or so when the part *was*
available...
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