Series 3 Flasher unit

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Adrian Ford

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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


 
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
>
>



 
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

 

"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.


 
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

 

"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


 
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
 
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.

 
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