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On 8 Jul 2003 at 22:12, Daniel Baum wrote: > I have seen the original flasher relay from a '69 Type 34, and it's a very > large plastic box mounted, as you say, under the dash. According to Clive > Richardson, it actually had a separate emergency flasher relay and indicator > relay, though goodness knows why. I THINK they ALL work that way. The real flasher relay runs when you activate one of the switches, but the dash indicators are run by a separate relay that is triggered by a current relay that monitors current thru the flasher contacts. This way, if a bulb fails it affects the inside indicators in some way and this is also wired (inside the relay) in such a way that it also affects the flash rate. I had to dissect and fix the one in my 69. I had it all figured out at one time, but I'm afraid that was a few years ago. > If your relay is OK then I'd suspect the emergency flasher switch. The > entire circuit goes through it and nothing will work without it. That's possible, but it's a long shot. Those seldom fail, but I think I recall someone here posting about how their's had come apart and failed recently. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org