Turn signal problem

Here's the situation:

My turn signals were working until very recently. Now they do not but they do display an interesting quirk. With the car running, there are no turn signals. If I turn the ignition off and activate either the left one or the right, the lights will go on but not blink.

I guess I can turn the car off when I want to change lanes or turn and rapidly activate/deactivate the switch but this seems like a very basic problem to fix.

The only possibly related thing that I may have screwed up is that I just changed out the tach. I have checked the turn indicater bulbs in the tach and they are good. All of the wiring at the tach appears good and I'm pretty sure that I installed it correctly. (It works.)

Car is a 77 911.

Any suggestions would be very appreciated!

Jess

Sounds like its time for a new $95 turn signal switch....

I replaced mine when I first got the my SC.

Magilla

With the ignition off, this sounds correct.

Check your turn signal flasher relay?

Nick

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Nick Hromyak
'85 Carrera 7 & 9 Fuchs
Havin' Fun in
Sacramento CA

Nick,

That's what I was thinking. Problem is I don't know where the relay is. On my SC it's above the fuses but it's not there on my '77.

I have the Bently book for the SC but I don't have many technical resources for this track car.

Jess

As I recall, the flasher is behind the tach. I think it is a tall square relay looking thing. Not sure, though it might be a small silver round one.

I remember my '73 having the tall black square one.

Perhaps Warren can chime in..?
Anyone else with a mid 70s 911?

Perhaps you can just go to your local auto-store and ask for a flasher, see what it looks like and then look for that under your dash (behind the tach)


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Nick Hromyak
'85 Carrera 7 & 9 Fuchs
Havin' Fun in
Sacramento CA

Thanks very much Nick!

This makes a lot of sense, since I was just monkeying around behind the tach. There's an extremely good chance that I knocked a wire off of the relay if it's back there. I'll take a look and let you know.

Jess

it's in front of the fuel gauge. accessable either from the front trunk or pop out the gauge. a rectangular 4 terminal unit. the lights that stay on with the key out and the T/S switch left or right are designed as a marker to protect your car at night.