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Originally Posted by Zippi
Alright guys. Wife and I just got back from the store. What a task. Walmart has a waiting line outside and they are letting people go in one at a time and you are limited on what you can buy. We drove off and went somewhere else. Anyway when we got home I decided to track down all the wires and everything looked good with no broken connections. Ground at both turn signal housing were good so as a couple guys had suggested I went inside the cab to start probing the wires at the bottom of the steering column hoping the color code was kept the same and it was. I cut some of the insulation back on the wires I tracked down and with the engine running and the left turn signal on my test light would flash touching the wire. With my test light on the right turn signal wire my test light would come on but not flash. I think we are getting somewhere thanks to you guys. I had a steering wheel puller and got it off but there is a plate that may require some other type puller. I'm assuming the turn signal switch is under there.
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If the bulb in the test light came on, whether it blinked or not, the problem is NOT in the turn signal switch.. No need to go into the column.. The test light didn't blink because the flasher didn't have enough load (bulb current draw) to make it flash.. Move forward toward turn signal bulbs at the front, looking for a broken wire or bad connection at a plug. A bad or missing ground at the bulb socket will give the same results.. Did the right turn indicator in the dash blink, or at least come on, during the test???
Also no need to peel back the insulation, just shove the point of the test light into the connector from the opening where the wire enters the plug..