Re: [T3] Parking lights, blinkers and flashers

["Bryan Castles" <bc@version3.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>> Two bulbs in the front blinker assembly? If yes, is one (dual filiment)
> pointing toward the front and one to the side?

Yes, a dual filiment facing the front, and one single facing diagonally.

> At any rate its going to be much easier to use two led's one for blinkers
> and one for lights. Im not sure what you actually mean by led's though do
> you mean LED assemblies that would replace the current assemblies. Or do
you
> mean replace the bulbs with LED's?

LED's to replace the bulbs.  They are getting really common with the little
import cars, and although I don't like a lot of weird colors and such they
are being used, I do like the brightness of these.  The assembly I am going
to attempt to use is VERY much like the side marker lights on new
water-cooled VW's.  I can use the standard bulb, it really doesn't matter.
I am more worried about how the switch is going to work.

> You can have one bulb/LED do the entire thing, but the turn signal switch
> must be set up for it. They did it in older bugs, but the brake lights
> actually run through the turn signal indicator, so you can have blinkers,
> and brake lights as the same time (without having both tail lights blink)

Yeah, this is my goal.  One bulb to do all of it.  Since my '73 is not setup
to work that way, I was looking at the wiring diagram in the Bentley a
bit...  but I really didn't come to any useful conclusions.

I'm not in a big hurry on it...   I'd rather be reasonably sure that what I
want to do will work, rather than hacking up the wiring to "try it".  The
function of the older bugs is exactly what I am looking for.  I want one
bulb in front (each side) to do everything, and each taillight in back to do
everything.

Bryan Castles
'73 Square

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