Leyland P76 Owners 2005

Technical Information

A BLINKING PROBLEM

from Nigel South Australia

A strange thing happened on the way to the forum the other day. The lights were on but nobody was home or more precisely, when using the indicators, the right noise was happening but we had no green lights in the dash. On further investigation, front indicators work but nothing at the back end. Globes checked out OK, earthing OK, no blinking power to the rear at all, must be the switch in the steering column.
On further investigation I repaired the couple of wires (green and blue if they are still original) that tend to shear after years of turning left and right but I still had nothing at the back, though the hazard lights now worked a treat.
Out with the multimeter and more prodding and poking around led me to confirm that the actual switch was not doing the business.
Just for information, the dash green lights wiring is connected to the rear indicator circuit, that's why the front worked OK but not the rest.

Prise the spring clip from the pivot pin and pull off the switch to expose the internals

All is revealed. Note the broken spring wire which should be doing the switching.
I repaired the unit replacing the wire with one from a switch that had a broken latch. Drilled the head off the rivet to remove it and replaced it with a 1/8th brass screw, peening over the end of the screw on outside of the switch.
The unit now works as expected
Last updated
Feb, 2006
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