Turn Signal Kit Problem
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:51 am
Sat I helped one of our organization members Colonel Wayne with his M37. We were going to install the Army turn signal kit in his truck. The wiring in his truck is in really good shape and all military with the wires well marked with the metal tags.
So we followed the diagram and had a crimping and rubber grommet festival until we could hook all the wires up. We tapped into the empty J plug on the head light switch.
With everything hooked up the circuit breaker kept popping. So being a logical guy I started disconnecting the wires going out to the turn lights and testing after each one. I expected one to disconnect and then the breaker to stop popping and that wire would have a short.
But no, I ended up with all the wires going out to the lights disconnected and still the circuit breaker was popping.
So the only thing still connected was the turn signal arm and the flasher unit. So finally when we disconnected the flasher unit the circuit breaker was happy.
This unit is the more modern green plastic handle with indicator light and the black IC flasher unit.
Has anyone else had problems with these kits and shorts with only the signal harness connected? Could the IC flasher unit be bad?
I ran out of time to debug the system any further.
Alan
So we followed the diagram and had a crimping and rubber grommet festival until we could hook all the wires up. We tapped into the empty J plug on the head light switch.
With everything hooked up the circuit breaker kept popping. So being a logical guy I started disconnecting the wires going out to the turn lights and testing after each one. I expected one to disconnect and then the breaker to stop popping and that wire would have a short.
But no, I ended up with all the wires going out to the lights disconnected and still the circuit breaker was popping.
So the only thing still connected was the turn signal arm and the flasher unit. So finally when we disconnected the flasher unit the circuit breaker was happy.
This unit is the more modern green plastic handle with indicator light and the black IC flasher unit.
Has anyone else had problems with these kits and shorts with only the signal harness connected? Could the IC flasher unit be bad?
I ran out of time to debug the system any further.
Alan