When I drove to work this past Monday morning the new halogen turn signal bulb seemed to burn out about halfway to work. I used the right turn signal and there was no indicator light. Darn it! I figured that the halogen bulb must not have been able to deal with the on off on off. But, on the way home I saw that indicator bulb was flashing while using the left turn signal. When I got home I saw that the front right front parking light worked but not the turn signal. I figured that the bulb was bad and bought a new one from AutoZone (get into the Zone, AutoZone), ... but the turn signal light still did not work. I must have pulled the turn signal lead loose when changing the indicator bulb.
This evening I finally got another chance to mess with it. I looked under the dash and saw a loose hanging wire with a female socket terminal and then found another loose green wire coming from the steering column that had a male terminal. Figuring that I had found the disconnect, I plugged the two together and ….. my windshield wipers came on when I turned on the right turn signal! The regular windshield wiper switch worked also. That loose female terminal is evidently where an optional windshield washer would plug into. Wow! My Falcon is still revealing secrets. I looked again and found another loose green wire with a female socket. I plugged the two green wires together and, voilĂ*! The turn signal is working again. I can drive my car to work tomorrow morning.
I'm a happy dancing bananna. =>
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