Message originally posted by: Keith Howell
When I took my Roadster for its very first MOT it failed because the flasher rate was too fast. I have used 4w bulbs in the wing pods and the circuitry saw it as a 'light blown' situation (because the 2 normal lamps were no longer in circuit). I persuaded the garage to give me 2 bulb holders and I bought 2 normal flasher bulbs, broke into the circuitry in the engine bay and fixed it there and then. I got my MOT pass and we enjoyed the thought of my engine bay flashing at night every time I used the indicators. I am almost (not quite) ashamed to say that was 10 years ago and I have never bothered to fix it. So after all that explanation, what is the correct solution? Someone did suggest something at a function once but when I got home I had forgotten it (Margaret says that as I get older my brain seems only to work like the flashers - occasionally on, occasioaally off!)
When I took my Roadster for its very first MOT it failed because the flasher rate was too fast. I have used 4w bulbs in the wing pods and the circuitry saw it as a 'light blown' situation (because the 2 normal lamps were no longer in circuit). I persuaded the garage to give me 2 bulb holders and I bought 2 normal flasher bulbs, broke into the circuitry in the engine bay and fixed it there and then. I got my MOT pass and we enjoyed the thought of my engine bay flashing at night every time I used the indicators. I am almost (not quite) ashamed to say that was 10 years ago and I have never bothered to fix it. So after all that explanation, what is the correct solution? Someone did suggest something at a function once but when I got home I had forgotten it (Margaret says that as I get older my brain seems only to work like the flashers - occasionally on, occasioaally off!)
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