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hi guys:
I need advice again please.
My turn signal , passenger side does not work. the driver side works fine. the bulbs are all good.
-do I need a flasher or do I need to check some switch in the steering wheel.......?
thanks
tim

Hey Tim,

Had the same problem on mine, turned out to be a bad ground. All I had to do was loosen the bezel and move it around until the signal would work. Make sure the metal is clean where the studs in the bezel go through the body.

Hope this helps,

-Garrett

The flasher does need a specific ohm or resistance range from the bulbs to work properly. First thing to check is if the correct filaments are selected at the bulb and the wiring connectors & grounds are all clean and tight. Grounds in particular are a source of problem.

If the brake light on the bad side lights and is brighter than the tail light, you can assume that filament, ground and wiring is OK. No way to check the front turn light filament and wiring without a jumper. You can find the 4 wire bakelite connector on the drivers side fender area which feeds the turn signals. The passenger side feed would be the orange wire. By touching a wire from hot side of battery (fused if you are more comfortable that way) to the connector you can verify that filament is the correct brighter one & there are no ground or wiring issues forward from the jumper.

If that checks good, since the drivers side works the flasher should be OK. Am assuming the indicator light flashes normally on the drivers side selection but not the passengers. If so, that only leaves the switch or connector at the steering column.

Here is an extraction of the turn signal circuit without showing the bakelite connector just mentioned. It is electrically correct but not necessarily an eyes on view of the system. Typically the fiber support holding the contacts inside the switch warp and contact isn't made when switch slides the L shaped piece (representation only) over it. You can use this diagram and the regular wiring diagram to see what is supposed to happen in the switch and troubleshoot at the round connector.

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THANKS GUYS, I am on it now and will let you know.
t

Had the same problem with my 51. I would tighten up the lens and the turn signal would work for a while, then quit. Finally soldered a ground wire to the holder and ran the wire to a good ground on the body. That solved it.

I got both rear turn signal to work. cleaned everthing real well with sandpaper etc.
I followed the advice and cleaned the front pax signal. I cleaned all the connection inside the engine compartment on the inside fender up near the grill. I thought for sure it would work, but no luck. perhaps tomorrow I will take off the socket at the chrome housing on the bumper.

funny thing: on the center guage(speedo) at the 10 and 2 position there are two indicator lights. I fussed with these for a bit today. I thought they were both turn signal, left and right. well, they are not. one is hi beam and the other , I guess is one light for the signals. LOL
the hi beam I always thought worked, but not it shorts out. so I will have to fix that. I AM DOING ALL THIS SO I CAN GET MY SAFETY CHECK COMPLETE. wow.
I did get the light for the key in the ignition switch to work. nice.
thanks for all yur help. more later.
tim