Well, this weird, but on both my '68 and '71, on 2 occasions when the turn
signal on the fender didn't operate I found that a bulb in the taillight was
out, and when I replaced it, the turn signal started working.
Is there an alternate explanation for this? (Besides me being insane?)
I also assumed (wrongly, I guess) that removing the turn signal housing on the
'68 would be the same as on the '71. On the '71 you can unscrew two nuts
underneath the signal and pull the housing off. I guess there is more in the
way on a '68. Sorry for the bad advice.
MM
Dick Benjamin wrote:
> Somebody rattling my cage? Hello?
>
> Mark's reason for the statement that the rear lights might be involved is
> the fact that some flashers won't sequence if one of the bulbs is burned
> out, but I think the 67s must use a very heavy duty flasher, because so many
> bulbs are flashed (the normal light duty ones wouldn't handle the load, or
> would flash extremely rapidly, due to the extra current.) For this reason,
> I doubt the front indicators are affected much by what's happening at the
> rear of the car. These bulbs are indeed wired in parallel, as D-squared
> pointed out. They are fed off the same circuit as the other front turn
> signal filaments, and so if the other front flasher lights are working, the
> fender top ones should be working also. Even though I have 4 cars with
> these, I have never had a failure, so I regret I cannot tell you what bulb
> is used, but it should be in your owner's manual or your FSM.
>
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