carmad
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Aug 15, 2010 15:28:55 GMT
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I have a viva hb and the indicators are not working the mot is next week So rather than faffin about with old wireing has any one got a simple wireing diagram so I can wire them up from scratch/ free style ? As if they were on the bench to go in to a kit car  Also I will get some flasher pics for the thread when I get on line later |
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Aug 15, 2010 17:14:38 GMT
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MS-Paint-tastic That's about as simple as you can get. (It's actually very close to the actual circuit in the car) If you don't trust any of the flasher or turn signal components then a three-way switch (Packet will say on-off-on) a two-wire flasher relay marked for 21w+21w+5w (the front and rear bulbs plus the telltale green light in the dash). Protect the circuit with a ten amp fuse in-line from the battery + terminal (or ignition live). That'll give you a non-cancelling (MoT pass) circuit that'll blink both sides and the car doesn't need hazard lights.  HTH --Phil |
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carmad
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Aug 15, 2010 17:32:19 GMT
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Thank you phil your awesome
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No problem. Only thing that wasn't totally clear about that diagram- the on-off-on switch will have three prongs underneath.
The wire coming from the flasher box goes to the middle one, and the outers go to the lights.
What the current factory set-up does?
Doesn't light up at all?
Lights up but doesn't blink?
Blinks stupid speeds or gives a feeble plip of light for each flash?
--Phil
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Oh, and one other thing, if you take a look at the wires underneath (I think green with a red stripe is left and green with a white stripe is right) unhook it from the multiplug under the dash after the switch and stick a wire with 12v into it (thick solid white), see if the lights on one side light up.
If they do you can try wiring the switch into that point, saves having to run wire the length of the car which can be a pain. In that case it's possibly the feed, the column switch (likely) or the flasher relay in the car that's failed.
The setup above would get you legal though.
I'd point at the column switch. It's a simple affair, three brass rivets on a formica board with the lever sliding a little brass connector pushed against it with a spring.
The terminals get dirty with age. Mine spent more than a few occasions spitting, smoking and fizzing before I took it to bits and cleaned the rivets and slider up with 1000-grit.
Stuck a bit of high-current gel on it (got that from a radio-controlled-model store), screwed it all back together again and it hasn't caused trouble since.
--Phil
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