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[Daniel_moody25]

Hi there I'm having a little trouble with my indicators. I have a 1990 flame red, I got the indicators working briefly but then I tried them again and they stopped working, when I switch the indicator stalk the relay clicks really fast and doesn't work the lights.

I'm not sure if the relay in there is standard or not it's a 3 prong. One wire is light green with Brown trace, one is just green and the other is a ground.

Everything I have tried so far hasn't worked, I've looked at all the fuses none are broken, I've tried a different stalk which is a known good one and still did the same thing

Can anyone help?

Edited by Daniel_moody25, 19 June 2013 - 12:55 PM.

[KernowCooper]

Have you checked for a 12v feed down at the centre pin of the indicator lamps with a good earth? if you have none then check the feed into and out of the unit.

[Daniel_moody25]

I know that it isn't the bulbs cause the hazards work and all the bulbs flash, but will look and see if I'm getting any current through the relay

[Ethel]

If it has 3 terminals it's electronic and should flash at a constant rate regardless of current, I don't think any carb'ed Mins had them as standard, but I could be wrong. Anyway you need to do a bit more investigating, is it also working the hazards? If so, see if there's a relay between it and the stalk, to make them ignition dependent, it may be doing the clicking.

[Daniel_moody25]

I didn't think it was standard, but any idea of what relay would of originally been on there. The hazard runs off a different relay and they work

[Ethel]

Hazard flasher unit has 2 pins and usually lives on the bulkhead under the bonnet. Though your wiring colours are correct for the indicator flasher - green is ignition dependent feeds via a fuse, green/brown is the output from the flasher. Check the quality of the earth, but it sounds like it's a faulty flasher, you could connect the green directly to green/brown to confirm, obviously the indicators won't flash but they should light with normal brightness if the wiring's ok.

[Daniel_moody25]

Fixed the problem it turned out to be the relay in the end, thanks for the help