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 came up with the following;:
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;:
LOL, I was also thinking of something else at the time I wrote it ... Multi-tasking not my forte, it seems. ;)
brown......
Cheers all Will take back the 2 pin flasher and exchange it for a 4 pin..
Adrian Ford
At least it proves you're not female. ;-)
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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