Before you start methodically tracking this down, check to make sure that
all the terminals on the  back of the fuse box are properly plugged in...

david

At 12:15 AM 3/12/2001, stephen de la salle wrote:
>well, here's the puzzle.....when I use my turn signals, I get two indicatotr
>lamps flashing alternately in the instrument console - the flasher indiator
>and the the head light indicator too.  With head light on, I get no
>flashers.....
>
>sound familiar to anyone ...where best to start looking ...I vaguely recall
>having similar problems that turned out to be due to poor earths..but in
>those cases the tail lamps would illuminate alternately with the flashers.
>
>
>Steve
>82 diesel van

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"