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[oro0]

hello!
I'm having a strange problem..
today I turned on the left indicator and I noticed that the right indicator is flashing with very weak light on both front and rear indicators.
and it's also happening when the right one is on, but the big problem is with the tail light.
if the tail lights or the breake light are on, and one of the indicators is on at the same time, what happening is that the indicator is not flashing but the tail light is.
two weeks ago it was all working perfect and except puting a new voltage stabilizer nothing changed. so.. what could it be?

thanks!

[RetroRay]

hazard relay making a funny noise when indicators are on ? if its making a quick clicking noise it might be a start replacing that

You aint taken the connections apart on the rear lights and put them back on the wrong way have you ?

[tommy13]

I think the problem you have (called interaction) is caused by a poor earth connaction on one of the rear lamps. Early mini rear lamps earth through the mounting nuts, but i think later ones may have a proper earth wire (probably black). To check this theory you could switch the lights / indicators on and connect a length of wire from the battery earth terminal to a clean part on the back of the rear lamps on the inside of the boot, and see what affect it has on the lamps.
If your lamps already have an earth connection these may be dirty or the problem may be at the other end of the wires, possibly connected to the petrol tank strap lower mounting bolt, which incidentally may also affect fuel gauge readings.

[taffy1967]

Or you need to replace your fusebox because the rear contacts have corroded and are causing a short circuit.

Also make sure you have the correct rated bulbs fitted too.

[oro0]

thank you all! i'm going to try it all first thing on the morning!