[Vwdiesel] 81 vw pickup turn signals do not work; cluster light displays solid green

[James Hansen]

Ken.
Be sure the back side of the fuse panel has good connection to the wiring harness.
Is the caddy you are working on an american fuse style panel, or the European one?  (american fuses have push pins, european ones are naked fuses) European fuse panels have notorious bad plugs on the back of the fuse panel, and I have never had the caddy one out, so don't know.
Check for power with a test light on both sides of the fuse first.
If that's good, look for power at the switch. If no power, figure out why, bad connection, etc. If power, check for switching, does it energize another wire when you operate the switch. If so, follow that wire color back out of the switch area to the under steering column where it goes off to the flasher. does that energize? etc etc...  No easy way other than eliminating each thing in the chain till you find where power isn't.
Do you have a wiring diagram? that's pretty much essential if it gets tough.
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: Vwdiesel [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of sandy cameron
Sent: June-26-15 2:38 PM
To: ken1; diesel
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 81 vw pickup turn signals do not work; cluster light displays solid green

On 6/26/2015 2:56 PM, ken1 wrote:
> I am at my wits end

(Been there!)

If your hazard lights are working, but turn sigs are not, check fuse #8.

Hazard fuse is #6 (OK?),  T-sigs, #8.

If it uses the old style rabbit fuses, with the naked metal strip on the plastic or ceramic body, could be making a bad contact.

Basically, the problem is between the fuse panel, through the sig sw, to the back of the hazard switch.
Did you mess with the turn signal sw, or other steering column wires/plugs. Those are  shitty connectors, and easily plugged wrong, or pins bent.

Sandy
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