Blinker lights

kingcouper · 04-10-2008, 09:58 AM

I have a 66 and my blinker lights on the dash flash really fast and sometimes flash at normal speeds. Seems like it is just a random thing. The actual blinkers on the outside of the car do the same thing too depending on what I see on the dash. Wondering if I have a charging problem with the alternator or maybe the voltage regulator. Any ideas will help.

jcp123 · 04-16-2008, 05:22 PM

Sounds like maybe your flasher is going haywire? I say pick up a new one and install it, I believe they're $5.40 with tax at AutoZone...if nothing else, you'll at least have a new flasher module.

keg65 · 04-18-2008, 07:32 AM

Mustang_68_Coup · 04-18-2008, 12:35 PM

I used to have a car that did that .... I cannot remember which car, but I did (at one time) have a '66 Mustang, so it could have been that one.

It's been years, but if I remember correctly, I never did figure it out....
Not much help, huh?

Does it have anything to do with the current load/use of power? Is it slower when you have the headlights on?

adam65 · 04-25-2008, 08:11 PM

It's a flasher or a bad ground. Usually the ground prob is in the taillight harness in the truck. I put the LED seq. kit in my 65 and they perform much better.

stangfreak · 04-27-2008, 11:40 PM

or the switch under the steering wheel is bad.

04-10-2008, 09:58 AM	#1
kingcouper Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 5 Trader Rating: (0)	Blinker lights I have a 66 and my blinker lights on the dash flash really fast and sometimes flash at normal speeds. Seems like it is just a random thing. The actual blinkers on the outside of the car do the same thing too depending on what I see on the dash. Wondering if I have a charging problem with the alternator or maybe the voltage regulator. Any ideas will help.

04-16-2008, 05:22 PM	#2
jcp123 Ol' Skooler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 121 Trader Rating: (0)	Sounds like maybe your flasher is going haywire? I say pick up a new one and install it, I believe they're $5.40 with tax at AutoZone...if nothing else, you'll at least have a new flasher module. __________________ '67 Droptop - 4 show winner 620 front coils * 4.5 leaf mid-eyes * 1" front sway bar * KYB Gas-A-Just shocks * 14" Styled Steel Wheels * Dark Moss Green exterior * Ivy Gold interior * 302 bored .030 over * stock cam * stock heads * Edelbrock Performer 289 intake * Carter AFB 540 * Hooker long tubes * 2" H-pipe duals * 23" Cherry Bombs * C4 trans * 8" rear end/3.00:1 160.3hp @ 4300 --- 229.5ft-lbs @ 3100 before fan clutch!

04-18-2008, 07:32 AM	#3
keg65 Change always makes Sense (or Cents) Join Date: May 2005 Location: NE San Antonio Posts: 1,211 Trader Rating: (0)	+1

04-18-2008, 12:35 PM	#4
Mustang_68_Coup My name is Ed; Special Ed ... Like my helmet? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Converse, TX Posts: 2,717 Trader Rating: (0)	I used to have a car that did that .... I cannot remember which car, but I did (at one time) have a '66 Mustang, so it could have been that one. It's been years, but if I remember correctly, I never did figure it out.... Not much help, huh? Does it have anything to do with the current load/use of power? Is it slower when you have the headlights on? __________________ We human beings are very funny: when something bad happens in our lives we say, "Why me? Why is this happening to me?" But when we wake up every morning and are alive and healthy and our family is well, we never say, "Why me? Why am I so fortunate?" 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.'

04-25-2008, 08:11 PM	#5
adam65 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: kingwood, TX Posts: 90 Trader Rating: (0)	It's a flasher or a bad ground. Usually the ground prob is in the taillight harness in the truck. I put the LED seq. kit in my 65 and they perform much better. Attached Thumbnails

04-27-2008, 11:40 PM	#6
stangfreak It's LOUD but YOU looked! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 643 Trader Rating: (1)	or the switch under the steering wheel is bad. __________________ Deep thought... Why does one commit the most selfish of acts, suicide, to get attention? Does it not defeat the purpose?

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