Re: LED turn signals

Posted by HH56 On 2015/1/10 16:25:00

On a 23rd, believe the flasher unit will be located in one of two places. In the cluster at the top left corner or in a socket which is part of the heavy stretch of wire loom behind the cluster.

Don't remember anyone on the forum as having tried an electronic flasher. 6v versions are kind of rare but there are a couple. The website offering the ones I know of doesn't say anything about polarity. I know some have said the 535 (which is supposed to be the 6v replacement for our old TungSol units) will work the outside bulbs but not the dash indicator light so they had to find an original type flasher. I took one of the 535s apart just to see how it was made and found there is a thermal unit working the outside bulbs but a transistor working the dash light. Transistors being polarity sensitive might explain why the dash light didn't work so would almost think the electronics are sensitive.

One of the websites selling LED automotive bulbs mentions the need for a load resistor across the socket and LED to duplicate the old filament characteristics so the original flashers will work. That might be an option.