Solved: Turn signal flasher is not flashing consistently - Painless wiring kit

[betzgb]

I have installed the new painless kit and I noticed the flasher for turn signals is not blinking at a consistent rhythm. It is using the flasher from the painless kit and it measures 39 ohms. I tried swapping with an old known to be good flasher that measure 52ohms and the turn signals won't flash at all with that unit installed. Ideas?

 

[gnpenning]

What type of bulbs are you using?

Are both front and rear lights coming on for both sides?

What happens when you try the 4 way flashers?

 

[betzgb]

I am using old school incandescent bulbs everywhere except the front headlights. They are LED with an integrated amber LED halo that is also wired into the turn signal buckets on the front (with diodes). If I disconnect the headlights from the turn signal circuit it does not change the behavior of the intermittent blinking. All four front and rear lights are powered and light up. The 4 way flashers work perfectly! Steady pace, strong glow at the blubs (including the headlight halos). In the painless kit there is a separate circuit and flasher for the hazard lights. I hear that hazard flasher clicking strong and clearly when activated. For the turn signal flasher, you can barely hear it clicking every once and a while with erratic rhythm as show in the video.

 

[betzgb]

Problem identified! It is the flasher after all. The Painless kit comes with two of these, one for turn signal and one for hazards. I swapped them and the turn signals work perfectly and the hazards lights are acting goofy now. I am surprised a Napa flasher from my other Bronco won't work. Surely I don't have to source these from Painless!?

 

[betzgb]

Went to OReilly's and bought a flasher for a 1976 Bronco and plugged it in. Problem solved. Bad Painless flasher out of the box apparently.

 

[73azbronco]

matches my two bad painless ignition switches, bad headlight switch, so, normal... My rig now has NOS ignition switch and headlight switch. try and find that.