Faulty hazard flasher
Team Owner
Joined: May 2004
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From: Philly PA
If you let the smoke out of a wire,
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
Your looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
Your looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,287
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From: Roswell, GA
If you let the smoke out of a wire,
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
You're looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
its prudent to drop the CE panel and inspect the backside of the panel.
You're looking for gray wires that look satin gray,
this will be one of the wires that got hot,
also looking for where this wire could have melted into another wire
Three Wheelin'
Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,354
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From: Duncan, SC
Another point to mention that I have repaired in my pod...
On a couple of different occasions, as I have been reinserting the switches into the holes in the pod, I have had a wire from the switch harness get caught between the switch body and the aluminum pod shell. Obviously this has resulted in chaffing of the wire. In my cases, the offending wires were always the black/blue wires (the illumination circuit around the pod and dash), so, had I not caught it, it would have blown the fuse as soon as I turned the lights on. BUT...I am sure that there is always the potential that any of those wires in the switch harness could get caught as they are being pushed in.
Also had the primary power wire for the headlight switch slide backwards out of the switch housing one time (I assume the retaining tab is broken). Another thing to watch for. The plastic in these Hella switches (at least on my 83) is VERY brittle and does not seem to have aged well - I am sure heat from the sun on the dash has not helped the cause.
Just passing along.
On a couple of different occasions, as I have been reinserting the switches into the holes in the pod, I have had a wire from the switch harness get caught between the switch body and the aluminum pod shell. Obviously this has resulted in chaffing of the wire. In my cases, the offending wires were always the black/blue wires (the illumination circuit around the pod and dash), so, had I not caught it, it would have blown the fuse as soon as I turned the lights on. BUT...I am sure that there is always the potential that any of those wires in the switch harness could get caught as they are being pushed in.
Also had the primary power wire for the headlight switch slide backwards out of the switch housing one time (I assume the retaining tab is broken). Another thing to watch for. The plastic in these Hella switches (at least on my 83) is VERY brittle and does not seem to have aged well - I am sure heat from the sun on the dash has not helped the cause.
Just passing along.
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From: Toronto
Danger
Dealing with the exact same thing right now. My hazard switch fused on and melted the harness. No fuse so it kept burning until I got the battery disconnected. Mad scramble. It happens very quickly. Now the dash has to come out and the entire harness has to be replaced. It’s melted all over the place. Be very careful when handling that switch harness.
