soooooooooooooooo need help
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I decided to make some changes to the indicators taking out the side repeators, that was the easy part. Now the indicators won't work. The clicker will work on bother sides, but no lights. When i unscrew the indicators from the body, the indicator comes on but does not flash. I have checked all the earths and cleaned them. I have gone over and over my tracks and cannot see what is wrong. any help would be sooooooooooooooooooooooo much appreciated. If i had hair i would be pulling it out by now. :?

Triple check your earths.

Hi,
No matter what you've done to the front, the rears should still flash, albeit faster. Check fuses and flasher units.
What about the hazzards?
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Gavin :)

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i had one side working once, hence once, go know what i did. hazards well, blows the fuse.

i had a similar problem with mine once, it was a dodgy connection where the lights and indicator wireing meets the main loom at the front of the engine bay.

Hi,
In that case you've got a short on the wiring somewhere, and that's probably knackered the flasher unit.
Do you know where the flasher untis are on your car, and how many have you got?
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Gavin :)

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tomorrow is a new day lol

As bat said...check for a short. Ok until you touched the repeaters....so could be first area to start m8.

gone back over my tracks, got it working if i took the indicators off the front, found a short on one of the relays, now it won't work at all. Have put a new flasher unit on. anyone near b'ham who could help!!! before i start payin out for a sparky

Check the hazard light switch, all the 4 corner indiccator circuits run via this.

do you have the engine running when testing them?

due to the semi mechanical bimetalic flasher unit, how fast it flashes is affected by battery voltage.

when it was working the flasher unit was working ok. i will try the hazard switch, i have not tried it cause it kept blowing the fuse

hazard lights work. what next

Hazard lights work? What, they work properly, all 4 flash properly etc??

yep all four flash properly wierd or what. i have sorted it now. the live on the front indicators was earth and visa versa. i have no idea why or how it happened, but it works now, everything else works aswell so two days later and it all gravy. guys thanks for all your advice and suggestions. phil