on the 68 fender turn light, if it is chrome, the lense should have a
screwdriver slot on the end of it, if so, it just screws out, but they have
a tendacy to brake, i had a 68 fury once with these lights and both broke
when i tried to screw them out,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Fender Mounted Turn Signal
> 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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