Turn signal help PLEASE!

[nhoddino]

Hello all,

I just got my 260 2+2 on Sunday. All was working fine. Yesterday I took it out and for some reason no turn signals. The Hazard flashers work fine. Went to the parts store bought a new relay and nothing no clicking nothing. So I cleaned the contacts on the Hazard flasher unit and they still work fine, but no turn signals. So I took apart the column and cleaned all of the contact areas and the horn, which wasn't working before works, but still no turn signals. I need help I don't quite know where to go from here and I am not the most savy at readign schematics. Any advice from an expert would be helpful.

Thanks

Nick

[EScanlon]

Did you check the TURN SIGNAL Flasher?

These cars have two flasher relays. One for the hazards and one for the turn signals.

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[nhoddino]

Yes I replaced the relay for the turn signals but not the hazard relay. Hazards are fine turn signals just stopped working.

[EScanlon]

Next step is to check the wiring at the Turn Signal Switch. Make sure you don't have a bad solder connection or wire. The Turn Signal switch receives power via the White wire and then connects to the Green/Black and the White/Black wires for the Right signal and the Green/Red and White/Red for the Left signal.

Another item is the both Green wires at the Hazard Switch, that's the feed through for the turn signal flasher. When the Haz. Switch is in the ON position, the Green wire gets interrupted (no turn signals, nor Stop for that matter), so you want to make sure that it has continuity to it's connector when in the OFF position.

Give those a check

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[nhoddino]

I will have to do this on Monday. As Soon as I do I will let you know the results. Thanks you very much for the help and tips. I will keep you posted

[Spectre]

I'm having a similar problem, but it's kinda random. let me know what worked...

[Mr Camouflage]

I'd start whit the turn signal switch. They wear out, just like the headlight switch does.

[nhoddino]

After pulling apart teh steering column and checking all contact poits with a VOM I found out that it was acutall the switch that controls the Hazards in th ecenter console. It turns out that the hazards switch was dirty. Once I clean the contacts on it, the turn signals started working. By the way, Thanks EScanlon for the help. It was what put me on the right track.