wiring help please asap!!!

[jasonsnova]

ok guys...doing the 6 speed/ corvan dash and gauge thing on my 71 nova. all was going smoothly til the last few days i have the dash 99% in but im having problems with my directionals. all my splices were done into the factory harness were it plugs into the original dash cluster. anyway when i turn on the right directional the lights light up but do NOT flash??? and then with the directionals off and if i turn the headlamps on the directional light in the dash lights up dimly.... so far ive been checking everywhere...its driving me nuts sounds like a ground problem but im not 100% ive already wasted a load of time on it. yesterday after checking everything i could find 5x i was temped to order a new aaw harness ....but i really dont have the time right now and was hoping to go anothe year or 2 , if i do that i will probally not be driving it this year! oh and if it matters the car hasnt been drivin in about 4 years but as far as i know all was working last time a drove her... help im fed up!!!!!

[zbugger]

Check all the grounds. You may also want to check the grounds at the headlights. Make sure those are also clean and secure. I had a very similar problem, and went right to those grounds and that was the problem. But I suggest you go through all your grounds to make sure you don't find any other surprises.

[MuscleRodz]

The actual turn signals don't flash or the indicators don't flash? Sounds like you are saying the indicators don't flash and you have a splice wrong, bad ground, or dead battery.

mike

[shep]

Using LED lights can cause the old flashers not to work. They do not have enough resistance to make the flasher work.

[jasonsnova]

correct the lights turn on on the right side but do not flash,the left side works fine! the thing that puzzzles me is the right indicator turning on dimmly when i put the park lamps or headlamps on????????? im thinnking its a bad ground somewhere but ive checked.....looks like i'll be checking again!

[jasonsnova]

oh ya and a new one.....last night i didnt work on the directional problem i finished hooking everything else up, so i started the car for the 1st time since the 6 speed and guage install and when i started it the speedo was burried at like 180mph or something and clicking off miles very quick, (i wasnt moveing)im assuming its because i may have the input and out put from the t56 back wards, i couldnt get a anwser from anyone which wire was which so i guessed....wrong i guess! is their anyway to set the speedo mileage back to zero on a auto meter pantom electronic speedo???

[MuscleRodz]

You definitely have a connection wrong somewhere.

Mike