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[ryanlogsdon]

Hi Everyone,

 

When I bought my '62 Mini, she had what I think was a Mk 2 turn indicator.  It controlls the turn signals, high beams, and if you press inward, it sounds the horn.

 

While driving, the horn wire broke inside of the body of the indicator, so I decided to replace it with this part:

 

https://www.7ent.com...-mk1-31945.html

 

I'm having trouble with the wires though.  And I'm embarrassed because I need to get much better at understanding wiring, and I don't know how to wire it up correctly.

 

http://ryanlogsdon.c...icatorWires.jpg

 

It has 5 wires, 4 of which are green and 1 is brown.

 

When I connect the one I've labeled as "12v power" to the car's power, then "left" to where my old indicator's left signal connected, and "right" to right --- I'm able to get the turn signals to work fine.  When I touch "blinker" to the "left" while I'm indicating a left turn, the light under the green dome at the end of the shaft will blink, too.  And I love it!

 

 

When I make "blinker" touch "right" as I indicate right, I get the blink as well.

 

Problem:

 

How do I wire it up so I can get the blinking light to work in either direction?  I can't make the "blinker" wire touch both "left" and "right" at the same time because that would make both the left and right turn signals blink at once.

 

And what is the brown wire for?

 

Thank you guys,

Ryan

Edited by ryanlogsdon, 25 June 2021 - 04:12 PM.

[Spider]

It's likely that the car's original Flasher Can was replaced to accommodate the later Switch. The Original would have been a 3 pin type and what's likely fitted now is a 2 Pin type.

 

The 3rd Pin on the Flasher Can is the one that connects to the Repeater Lamp (the one on the end of the stalk). The original wire for this is possibly still in the Loom, it was Light Green / Purple.

[ryanlogsdon]

My original wires were replaced by an all-green bundle. I went through each one with my multimeter to check if any of them have a voltage drop while one of the turn signals is blinking, and none of them do.

 

For fun, I connected the "blinker" wire of my new Mk1 part to the 12v power, and the flasher can stays bright always until I move the lever for either a left or a right turn, and then it blinks.  So I just need it to do the exact opposite!

Edited by ryanlogsdon, 26 June 2021 - 02:21 AM.