indicators not working

[Jim and tom]

Afternoon all
new to the forum so reading loads of posts and getting very good information.
just a quick question over the last couple of months I have noticed the indicator are working but not flashing.
I have cleaned the earth's and cleaned the bulb holders.
sometimes they work but now they are one but on flashing.
is it just a chase of a new flasher relay.
if so were would I find it.
many thanks
Jim

[Essex Stag]

Hi Jim welcome to the forum It sound like a relay problem ,if you have checked all the earths . The Stag is renowned for poor electrical contacts if they are laid up for any length of time mine was a nightmare when I first got him but through regular use he has settled down. The relays for the indicators and the hazards are up behind the front passenger parcel shelf just remove the shelf . Three screws if I remember correctly and you are into the back of the fuse board with the relays
To remove the Flasher unit pull it from its clips and disconnect the Lucas connections making a note of the connections . The Hazard unit is just pulled from its socket. According to Haynes manual to check the flasher unit is as follows
With the ignition turned on check if current is reaching the flasher unit by connecting a volt meter between the + or B terminal and earth if the test is positive connect the B terminal and the L terminal and operate the flasher switch. If the flasher bulb lights up the flasher unit is defective
Good luck Derek

[jleyton]

Hi Jim,

On later cars the flasher unit is behind the instruments - possibly in a clip but more usually hanging loose by its wires.

A common problem, as you have correctly surmised, is poor connections and a very effective workaround for this is to fit an electronic flasher unit. It is almost a straight swap but you'll have to add an extra earth to the new unit. I think most of the main suppliers sell them. IIRC I got mine from LDparts and fitting it has completely sorted the flasher problems I used to have.

Cheers

Julian

[HersnotHis]

I have a Mk2 Stag and as Julian suggests the flasher unit is behind the insturument panel. Mine is an aftermarket Peugeot electronic unit and just sits on the ledge below the instruments. As Julian says a new earth connection has to be made for an electronic unit. I can find no evidence of a hazard warning system on my 1974 Stag

I had a very frustrating spell when my flasher and other ancilliaries like brake lights did not work. This was all down to poor contacts in a connector at the base of the steering column. I disconnected it to check volts and continuities that all seemed OK and I then reconnected it and lo and behold everything worked!

I have also had problems with headlamps working intermittently This was traced to corroded fuse clips in the fuse holder

[milothedog]

I have a Mk2 Stag and as Julian suggests the flasher unit is behind the insturument panel. Mine is an aftermarket Peugeot electronic unit and just sits on the ledge below the instruments. As Julian says a new earth connection has to be made for an electronic unit. I can find no evidence of a hazard warning system on my 1974 Stag

I had a very frustrating spell when my flasher and other ancilliaries like brake lights did not work. This was all down to poor contacts in a connector at the base of the steering column. I disconnected it to check volts and continuities that all seemed OK and I then reconnected it and lo and behold everything worked!

I have also had problems with headlamps working intermittently This was traced to corroded fuse clips in the fuse holder

What is the build date for your car Mine is 31/8/73 Registered 1/1/74 on an M plate and wasn't built with hazards.

[HersnotHis]

What is the build date for your car Mine is 31/8/73 Registered 1/1/74 on an M plate and wasn't built with hazards.

Hi Also confused - my car does not have hazards and from the manuals etc I believe it should not have. However I seem to remember that various posters have hazards on 74 and later cars and seem to imply they were standard whereas I think they are probably dealer accessorised or aftermarket.

I only added the comment as Essex Stags post implied hazard units were standard whereas on later cars they were not.

Mine is also M plate.

[jleyton]

Hazard warning lights were supposedly fitted to '74 model year cars, starting at LD30001, however, as so often is the case, things are a little confused In different Triumph publications, the start point is described as LD31153 or LD38324.

Who knows for sure

Cheers

Julian

[milothedog]

Hi Also confused - my car does not have hazards and from the manuals etc I believe it should not have. However I seem to remember that various posters have hazards on 74 and later cars and seem to imply they were standard whereas I think they are probably dealer accessorised or aftermarket.

I only added the comment as Essex Stags post implied hazard units were standard whereas on later cars they were not.

Mine is also M plate.

Without looking it up using the Com number I wouldn't know, but if your car is like mine, Mk1.5 then it won't have hazards but if its a Mk2 then it will have.

What kind of door locks does your car have on the B posts, are they a loop type or a large plate type It you have the loop type you have an early Mk2 if not, like mine, its a car built at the time it changed over.

[HersnotHis]

What kind of door locks does your car have on the B posts, are they a loop type or a large plate type It you have the loop type you have an early Mk2 if not, like mine, its a car built at the time it changed over.

Not sure please elaborate on description? The door plates look similar to those on all classics I have owned or still own from the 50's and 60's

I have dug out registration doc.

It was first registered 16/09/73 Com no LD24590BW. Seems it may be a Mk1.5 as you say. It seems to have more in common with a Mk2 otherwise though?

[jleyton]

It was first registered 16/09/73 Com no LD24590BW.

Bearing in mind my post above then yours definitely wouldn't have had hazards.

Cheers

Julian

[milothedog]

Not sure please elaborate on description? The door plates look similar to those on all classics I have owned or still own from the 50's and 60's

I have dug out registration doc.

It was first registered 16/09/73 Com no LD24590BW. Seems it may be a Mk1.5 as you say. It seems to have more in common with a Mk2 otherwise though?

If you have this type of lock its a Mk 1.5 Edit: With that Com number yours is a Mk1.5 as its earlier than mine.

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[jleyton]

And this (on the door, rather than the B post as Ian has shown) if it's a Mk 2

Cheers

Julian

mk 2 door lock 2.jpg

[DJT]

Not sure please elaborate on description? The door plates look similar to those on all classics I have owned or still own from the 50's and 60's

I have dug out registration doc.

It was first registered 16/09/73 Com no LD24590BW. Seems it may be a Mk1.5 as you say. It seems to have more in common with a Mk2 otherwise though?

Your Commission number is some 835 earlier than mine. It definitely wouldn't have been fitted with hazard flashers. Your description of the door plates confirms this. After about LD30001 the doors locks were changed and the bits attached to the B-post were virtually identical to the type fitted to modern cars.

[milothedog]

Your Commission number is some 835 earlier than mine. It definitely wouldn't have been fitted with hazard flashers. Your description of the door plates confirms this. After about LD30001 the doors locks were changed and the bits attached to the B-post were virtually identical to the type fitted to modern cars.

And 804 earlier than mine

[MB]

And 804 earlier than mine

Best vintage of Stag that year, mines 2491 before yours