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Yet another question...

My 54 came with factory turn signals. When I rewired I did not hook these up but now that I am going back through everything I am wanting to see if I can get them hooked up and working.

Does anyone know if I can get to the internals of this switch without pulling the steering wheel? I can move the case around a little but that is about it. I didn't know if there was a trick to getting this open / where I can work on it or if I needed to take my newly rebuilt horn button off and then pull the steering wheel...

There are no screws, etc. in the housing...

Sorry for the poor picture...

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I was afraid of that! Guess I did things in the wrong order and should have waited on fixing the horn button / ring until I pulled the steering wheel.

Just one more question...when I originally tested the turn signals they were not functional. Now, if I pull the steering wheel and get to the internals of the switch is it possible that I will find anything in there that can be repaired? Or is it pretty much a situation where it will need to be replaced? The switch moves fairly smoothly to each position, my hope was maybe the wiring was just worn out and could be replaced.

I have seen a couple replacement switches in the past but they were a little pricey for me so if it is not something that I can repair then I will probably keep rolling with the hand signals out the window!

Thanks!

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I was afraid of that! Guess I did things in the wrong order and should have waited on fixing the horn button / ring until I pulled the steering wheel.

Just one more question...when I originally tested the turn signals they were not functional.

Thanks!

seems like mechanically the switch may be functional..lock left and releases automatically when the wheel is returned and locks right and releases when the wheel is returned..now to check them functionally for electrical connectivity is in order..check page 292 of the service manual to proceed..if you do not have page 292..you need to buy the service manual..get the guess out of your work..

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Chances are the switch is good and the problem is somewhere else. The switch consists of 6 electrical contacts attached to wires and two sliders that move over the contacts. You can disassemble the switch, but it would be easier to check the wires from the switch beforehand. To test the switch, find a red wire on the steering column that goes to the switch. This is the power source and comes from the horn relay to the flasher to the switch. From the switch there are two brown wires for passenger side and two green wires for the driver side. There is one more wire going to the switch that is white or yellow and this comes from the stop lite switch. By using an ohm meter on the red wire and green or brown wires and selecting a turn position,you can determine if the switch is good.

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Thanks for the info. I should have been more clear in my first posts. When I got the car the turn signal wires were cut behind the dash and were badly frayed leading up to the steering wheel. I used these to test as best as I could at the time and determined they didn't work. At the time I checked for a replacement switch and was put off by the prices I found. At that time I wanted to clean up the wiring and cut the wires off and pushed the ends up into the switch.

Now, I have been getting all my gauges, horn, dome lights, reverse lights, etc. back in working order and got the notion to fix the turn signals. The only reason that I was asking if I could get to the internals without removing the steering wheel was to do some additional tests to see if I could determine what was wrong with the signals and if it was something that I might be able to fix instead of replacing the switch itself.

Now that I know that I need to take the steering wheel off that is next on my list. Hopefully I will find some bad wiring / connections and I will be back in business!!!

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