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[rumble48]

A couple of years ago I added turn signals to my 48 Ply.  I used a 7 wire unit that I got through my local auto parts house. When I began installing it I noticed the "chrome" housing of the unit was actually plastic, I went ahead and installed it, and it seemed to work ok.

 

fast forward to now....  while driving the other day I put the signal on and felt a crunch in the signal housing and the unit basically self destructed. 

 

So i'm looking for a new unit 'not' made of plastic, (chrome not required). I have seen some discussion of 'signal stat' units, and looked them up, but they looked basically the same as the plastic unit I have (had). 

 

can somebody recommend a good non-plastic unit, or confirm some model of signal stat that is not plastic??

   

[Thomba48]

Hi,

 

you probably have seen my thread.

 

I found those. All not really on the cheap side:

 

Here I am referring the ones on the bottum end of the list:

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reidsrodparts.com%2Fimages%2FA5007.JPG&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reidsrodparts.com%2FELEC1.html&h=815&w=2126&tbnid=ddl9dLMYBj-8iM%3A&zoom=1&docid=bIbqKKDPLuAJgM&ei=x7OBVLutD8usPJmPgNAH&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1819&page=1&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=0CC8QrQMwBQ 

 

And obviously this one. The high tech solultion:

http://www.turnswitch.com/Turnsignal.htm

 

 

Thom

[Young Ed]

A couple of years ago I added turn signals to my 48 Ply.  I used a 7 wire unit that I got through my local auto parts house. When I began installing it I noticed the "chrome" housing of the unit was actually plastic, I went ahead and installed it, and it seemed to work ok.

 

fast forward to now....  while driving the other day I put the signal on and felt a crunch in the signal housing and the unit basically self destructed. 

 

So i'm looking for a new unit 'not' made of plastic, (chrome not required). I have seen some discussion of 'signal stat' units, and looked them up, but they looked basically the same as the plastic unit I have (had). 

 

can somebody recommend a good non-plastic unit, or confirm some model of signal stat that is not plastic??

 

Signal stat 900 in either black or chrome. They may look like cheapy plastic but they aren't. I have 2 of the black ones and the housings are cast metal. I would assume the chrome ones are the same way. Your experience with the cheapy looking ones is what made me step up to the 900.

[rumble48]

Thomba48:  did see your post, and looked up Signal Stat, which looked exactly like the cheapy (paid $35-40) that broke.  

 

Young Ed: I will give another look at the 900.

 

thanks to both for the responses.....

 

craig

[Thomba48]

Hi, 

 

of couse. I shall definitely opt for the Signal Stat in chrome. Just didn't felt like bragging with others people recommendations :-)

 

 

thom

[rumble48]

 I've heard that the signal lites flash much faster if you get chrome

[Don Coatney]

I just checked. This signal stat 900 I purchased recently is non magnetic. Not sure what it is made from but a magnet will not stick to it.

 

[desoto1939]

I have the Signal Stat 900 on my 39 Desoto and it is a metal body and it has been on the car for over 17 years.  I like the 7 wire unit so that you can hook up the various lights individually with each seperate designated wire. 

 

I also hooked up a 6v third brake light that fits in the rear windows via two suction cups.  It doesn ot obstruct my vision when looking out the rear back window. It has the turn signal setup and brake light and also the 4way bliker setup.

 

Since most new car all have the thrid brake light setup. I felt that this was a no brainer to add to my car and it puts the brake light in a higher position that people are now acustom to seeing when driving.

 

Rich HArtung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[TodFitch]

I just checked. This signal stat 900 I purchased recently is non magnetic. Not sure what it is made from but a magnet will not stick to it.

Die cast aluminum maybe?

[Don Coatney]

TodFitch, on 11 Dec 2014 - 4:06 PM, said:

Die cast aluminum maybe?

Quite possibly

[Seaside Pete]

I am using the UP 5007R heavy duty unit as per Thomba48's 1st google link.Easy to fit works great quite heavy metal unit which also has hazard light switch. I have however added 2 small buzzers as the indicator lights are a bit small and as per most switches they are not self cancelling.

 

Pete