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On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 16:59, wodkowski@mac.com wrote: > Hello, folks, I'm back from school, Canada, etc. and ready to talk type > 3s again. > I'm completely bummed I missed the big Hershey event but life has it's > way of getting in the way. > I trust you all had a great time. > > Lo and behold, as soon as I get home my computer breaks down, and the > squareback starts acting up again - this time electrical. Turn signals > stopped working. BUT emergency flashers DO work on the right hand side. > This would lead me to believe I actually have 2 potential problems > rather than one - a) that my turn signal switch isn't working right and > b) that there MAY be something wrong with my relay.. > > I have to get an inspection sticker in 48 hours...so I'm wondering what > the best ORDER of trouble shooting might be. > > With lights on, all bulbs appear to be working. > Turn signal lever doesn't get anything out of the relay. No clicking, > nada. Emergency flasher DOES get relay clicking. > > Please point me in a direction that makes sense before I start moving > in an illogical fashion. > Yours is a later model, right??? Try spraying some type of cleaner (WD-40) or somethin in the 4 way switch and work it a few times. On the late models, all of the turn signals go thru the 4 way switch. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~