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I was doing my walk around on my 67 before taking it out.
I never noticed this before.
With the parking lights off. The front bumper indicators flash properly with the turn and the four ways on.
With the headlights on.. No flash at all for either turn and four way flash.
The rear lights work properly.
Any thoughts?
Thank you
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They should work. The only thing that happens that is normal is the park lights go off when you turn the headlights on. You are going to have to trace this, and from all your other posts, this is right up your alley. Turn on the headlights and see if there is power going to the bulbs when the turn/4 way is running, my guess is it is not. Get your wiring diagram out and see where the headlight and turn/4way merge. Good luck.
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I replaced the headlight switch over the winter due to poor insturment lighting "dimming" .
The new switch plugged right in.
When the headlights are on. The parking lights are also on...
I'll check the schematic and see if something is crossed.
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They are not supposed to be, maybe you have the wrong switch?
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I'm going to replace the switch. I bought a generic $19.00 mopar switch from Orrillyes. Because I have no reason to suspect anything else.
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Put the old one back in first just to see.
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I can put the old one back. I threw it away like a fool.
I did find this comment on a online article for A Bodys
[h=2]Parking lights[/h]Until 1968, the parking lights on US cars normally went off when the headlights were turned on. The early Plymouth Barracuda put a jumper between the tail light terminal and the parking light terminal on the plug that attaches to the headlight switch, to make the parking lights stay on when the headlights were turned on. For your Valiant, you can remove the headlight switch and solder a jumper wire between the "P" and "R" terminals on your headlight switch to keep the parking lights on with the headlights.
I assume my switch I bought is post 1968. I see classic industries make a "Special switch for 66/67" only.
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That just solves the park lights going off when the head lights are on (and I don't think it's really a problem). Not your problem of turn signals not working when headlights are on.
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That's just it. Would like the turn signals to work no matter if lights are on or not.
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Sound like a bad ground. Try removing one of the lens, put park lamps and 4 ways one then take a ground wire from the base of the bulb to a known good ground. Or better yet ground a test light to neg. battery and hold the point against the bumper with park lights and 4 ways on, and see if it lights up.
