Thanks all for the help.

As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.

Thanks,
Ken


Dirty Ditch Dawg wrote:
> Ken,
> you have to twist, a little to the left, i believe, then pull out,
> maybe right,
> i just replaced mine a month ago, and took me awhile to figure it
out,
> johnp 90YJ
>
>
>
> Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
> > I'm having trouble removing the flasher unit for my directional
> signal
> > on my 1990 Jeep Wrangler (by flasher I mean the cylindrical shaped
> > switch mounted just above the fuse box) I assume it just pulls
> straight
> > up, but it doesn't seem to want to budge and I'm afraid of breaking
> it.
> > Does it just pull out in a straight upward direction?
> >
> > My real problem is that my left side directional won't blink. All
of
> > the bulbs are good. The metal socket mounting for the left rear is
> > extremely rusted. I bought a new socket for the directional bulb,
> (but
> > not the whole mounting which has the sockets for the three bulbs in
> the
> > tail light) but it still won't blink. I actually doubt that it is
> the
> > flasher since it does flash for the other side, but at since I am
> > desperate, I'll try replacing that.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong?
> >
> > Thanks much
> >
> > Ken

 

Thanks all for the help.

As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.

Thanks,
Ken


Dirty Ditch Dawg wrote:
> Ken,
> you have to twist, a little to the left, i believe, then pull out,
> maybe right,
> i just replaced mine a month ago, and took me awhile to figure it
out,
> johnp 90YJ
>
>
>
> Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
> > I'm having trouble removing the flasher unit for my directional
> signal
> > on my 1990 Jeep Wrangler (by flasher I mean the cylindrical shaped
> > switch mounted just above the fuse box) I assume it just pulls
> straight
> > up, but it doesn't seem to want to budge and I'm afraid of breaking
> it.
> > Does it just pull out in a straight upward direction?
> >
> > My real problem is that my left side directional won't blink. All
of
> > the bulbs are good. The metal socket mounting for the left rear is
> > extremely rusted. I bought a new socket for the directional bulb,
> (but
> > not the whole mounting which has the sockets for the three bulbs in
> the
> > tail light) but it still won't blink. I actually doubt that it is
> the
> > flasher since it does flash for the other side, but at since I am
> > desperate, I'll try replacing that.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong?
> >
> > Thanks much
> >
> > Ken

 

Thanks all for the help.

As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.

Thanks,
Ken


Dirty Ditch Dawg wrote:
> Ken,
> you have to twist, a little to the left, i believe, then pull out,
> maybe right,
> i just replaced mine a month ago, and took me awhile to figure it
out,
> johnp 90YJ
>
>
>
> Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
> > I'm having trouble removing the flasher unit for my directional
> signal
> > on my 1990 Jeep Wrangler (by flasher I mean the cylindrical shaped
> > switch mounted just above the fuse box) I assume it just pulls
> straight
> > up, but it doesn't seem to want to budge and I'm afraid of breaking
> it.
> > Does it just pull out in a straight upward direction?
> >
> > My real problem is that my left side directional won't blink. All
of
> > the bulbs are good. The metal socket mounting for the left rear is
> > extremely rusted. I bought a new socket for the directional bulb,
> (but
> > not the whole mounting which has the sockets for the three bulbs in
> the
> > tail light) but it still won't blink. I actually doubt that it is
> the
> > flasher since it does flash for the other side, but at since I am
> > desperate, I'll try replacing that.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong?
> >
> > Thanks much
> >
> > Ken

 

Thanks for telling us it was Mike's infamous ground, again.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
>
> Thanks all for the help.
>
> As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
> 2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
> and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
> of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
> hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
> fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken

 

Thanks for telling us it was Mike's infamous ground, again.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
>
> Thanks all for the help.
>
> As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
> 2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
> and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
> of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
> hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
> fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken

 

Thanks for telling us it was Mike's infamous ground, again.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Go_Cart_Mozart_Ma wrote:
>
> Thanks all for the help.
>
> As it turns out, the socket has 2 leads that connect internally to the
> 2 leads on the bulb. I had thought that one lead on the socket was hot
> and the other was ground. It turns out that both are hot and the side
> of the socket is ground. When I connected the proper hot lead to the
> hot source and the side of the socket to ground, it started blinking
> fine. So it wasn't the flashing unit.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken