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

[James Hansen]

Yeah, let us know what gives.  It really is just elimination along the circuit path, just find where power isn't, and fix that, remember your grounds too.  To test for ground, hook the test light to power, and touch the tip to ground. you touch your ground point, and the light lights up, you know the ground is good.
I've lost count of the times I've traced the whole circuit and it was something simple stupid like a bad bulb. makes you humble and all that after your head stops smoking :-)
good luck.
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: ken1 [mailto:ktzkarz at embarqmail.com] 
Sent: June-26-15 6:44 PM
To: James Hansen
Cc: 'diesel'
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 81 vw pickup turn signals do not work; cluster light displays solid green

james:
Both are american fuse blocks with two prong fuses. So as I told Sandy, the pertinent fuses are 15A fuses at #10(turn signals) and #24(emergency flasher). I do have the proper wiring diagram, so I will try to perform your procedure and document the results. I will report back tomorrow when I go back to my friends location. Thanks for the process to follow. That is my weakest area. ken 
----- Original Message -----
From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
To: 'diesel' <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:12:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 81 vw pickup turn signals do not work;	cluster light displays solid green

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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