Series 3 Flasher unit

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Adrian Ford

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• Nov 4, 2005

• #1

Hi,
Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the flasher
unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the flasher
unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.

The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and light
green wires as stated in the manual.

Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......

Cheers
Adrian Ford

 

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Rich

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• Nov 4, 2005

• #2

could do with the numbers off the old flasher relay i.e. the terminal
numbering
Rich

"Adrian Ford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
> Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the flasher
> unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the flasher
> unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
>
> The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and
light
> green wires as stated in the manual.
>
> Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......
>
> Cheers
> Adrian Ford
>
>

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Nov 4, 2005

• #3

Adrian Ford came up with the following;:
> Hi,
> Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the flasher
> unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the flasher
> unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
>
> The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and
> light green wires as stated in the manual.
>
> Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......

I took my old flasher unit to Halfords, found something identical ... with
full instructions included on the packet ...

ISTR that the four wire relay was for extra lighting, such as for the towbar
electrics or a rear worklamp etc.

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
ebay stuff 4586118598 8010924599

 

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Samuel

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• Nov 4, 2005

• #4

"Paul - xxx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Adrian Ford came up with the following;:
> > Hi,
> > Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the
flasher
> > unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the
flasher
> > unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
> >
> > The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and
> > light green wires as stated in the manual.
> >
> > Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......
>
> I took my old flasher unit to Halfords, found something identical ... with
> full instructions included on the packet ...
>
> ISTR that the four wire relay was for extra lighting, such as for the
towbar
> electrics or a rear worklamp etc.
>

could be for trailer electrics, but i doubt you'd wire a worklamp to a
flasher unit, except if you wanted a strobe-light work lamp! coud make for
some interesting camps.

Sam.

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Nov 5, 2005

• #5

Samuel came up with the following;:
> "Paul - xxx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Adrian Ford came up with the following;:
>>> Hi,
>>> Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the
> flasher
>>> unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the
> flasher
>>> unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
>>>
>>> The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and
>>> light green wires as stated in the manual.
>>>
>>> Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......
>>
>> I took my old flasher unit to Halfords, found something identical ...
>> with full instructions included on the packet ...
>>
>> ISTR that the four wire relay was for extra lighting, such as for the
> towbar
>> electrics or a rear worklamp etc.
>>
>
> could be for trailer electrics, but i doubt you'd wire a worklamp to a
> flasher unit, except if you wanted a strobe-light work lamp! coud make for
> some interesting camps.

LOL, I was also thinking of something else at the time I wrote it ...
Multi-tasking not my forte, it seems.


--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
ebay stuff 4586118598 8010924599

 

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Adrian Ford

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• Nov 5, 2005

• #6

"Paul - xxx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Samuel came up with the following;:
> > "Paul - xxx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Adrian Ford came up with the following;:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the
> > flasher
> >>> unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the
> > flasher
> >>> unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
> >>>
> >>> The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and
> >>> light green wires as stated in the manual.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1
brown......
> >>
> >> I took my old flasher unit to Halfords, found something identical ...
> >> with full instructions included on the packet ...
> >>
> >> ISTR that the four wire relay was for extra lighting, such as for the
> > towbar
> >> electrics or a rear worklamp etc.
> >>
> >
> > could be for trailer electrics, but i doubt you'd wire a worklamp to a
> > flasher unit, except if you wanted a strobe-light work lamp! coud make
for
> > some interesting camps.
>
> LOL, I was also thinking of something else at the time I wrote it ...
> Multi-tasking not my forte, it seems.
>
>
> --
> Paul ...
> (8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
> ebay stuff 4586118598 8010924599
>

Cheers all
Will take back the 2 pin flasher and exchange it for a 4 pin..

Adrian Ford

 

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EMB

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• Nov 5, 2005

• #7

Paul - xxx wrote:

> LOL, I was also thinking of something else at the time I wrote it ...
> Multi-tasking not my forte, it seems.

At least it proves you're not female. ;-)


--
EMB

 

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Tom Woods

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• Nov 5, 2005

• #8

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:17:26 -0000, "Adrian Ford"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi,
> Looking at the Haynes wiring diagram for my 1981 series 3 the flasher
>unit should only have 2 wires connected to it. But looking at the flasher
>unit installed it has 4 wires attached to it.
>
>The new 2 pin flasher unit I bought won't work with the Dark green and light
>green wires as stated in the manual.
>
>Anyone any ideas of what the other 2 wires do 1 black and 1 brown......

vehicle wiring products have a good selection of flasher units if you
wanted to look at them and try to find one that matches your old one.