No Indicators!!

[fram]

Was on the way home today and the indicators just stopped working. The fuse is fine, everything else on the indicator stalk works and the hazards are ok.
Any ideas?

[Wanderer]

Discos have problems with the wiring on the stalk and wires sometimes break. Take it off and meter the leads. Solder the wire that's gone and you'll be away again.
As long as you've already checked everything else.

[hobbit]

Could be the relay, or feed to the switch off the top of my head, not sure which relay it is  though

[Wolfie]

Same thing happened to me the other day. Having dismantled half the car I finally found that it was the hazard light switch that had self destructed, cutting off the feed to the indicator stalk but still allowing hazards to work.

This was on a Defender, but it's another possibility.

Regards

Andy

[fram]

UMMM. Sounds like a job for someone that knows electrics then, not a strong point with me. Was hoping it might just be the flasher unit or relay gone, not that I'd know where to find them!! I'll have a look at the indicator stalk and the hazard switch and see if I can see anything wrong, if not I guess it's going to cost me an arm and leg for an auto electrician :(  :( .

[Bush Tucker Man]

Was hoping it might just be the flasher unit or relay gone, not that I'd know where to find them!!

The flasher unit is situated (on a 300 shape) under the off-side dash, there's a flip down cover & it's a square black box at the extreme right
(be careful of your nails releasing the clips)

[TimM]

Was hoping it might just be the flasher unit or relay gone, not that I'd know where to find them!!

You'll find the majority of the relays under a pull down cover below the dash in the passenger footwell.

[karloss]

(be careful of your nails releasing the clips)

Oooohhh, get you!! :lol:  :lol:
You'll be worrying about your hair do next....

[wizard]

Just another thing to check...
Are your reverse lights working , if not get under the gearbox and check that the reverse light switch wires haven,t chaffed through. This will cause the indicator circuit fuse to blow.

Its true .. honest..

wizard :twisted:

[fram]

Still haven't had a chance to have a proper look, it was chucking it down last night! I've found the flasher unit and presume the relay will be in the same area.
We were messing around with the reversing light again the other day and had the wires off, but they are all in good condition, also the first thing I did was check the fuse and it's fine.
To make matters worse, the heater fan has also stopped working!!
Why is it we always get problems with electrics, it's the one thing we know next to nothing about!!

[fram]

Ok,
have taken the steering wheel off and taken the indicator stalk out and checked the wires, the stalk itself is good and the hazard light switch is also good. Taken out the flasher unit, it looks brand new and is a halfrauds one, opened it up and had a look at the soldering and its all good.
So my question is where the hell is the flasher relay? I have had a good look and cannot find it.
Thanks fram

[fram]

Oh My God.....Wizard you are the man!!! Big up yo bad self.
Absolutely spot on, I double checked the fuses and B3 the indicator fuse was blown, hmmm a bit strange I thought, I am positive it wasn't blown before, anyhoo replace the fuse and my indicators work again, strangely enought the heater fan works now as well??,  I put the beast into reverse to move her and guess what the indicator fuse blows.
So I guess I have to check the wires to the reversing light to make sure they havent rubbed through.
Thanks for all your help, especially Wizard.
Fram