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From: ziegler@lzmi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: HELP!  Bizarre electrical problem.
Message-ID: <116@lzmi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Sep-83 09:31:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: lzmi.116
Posted: Tue Sep 20 09:31:22 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Sep-83 05:50:28 EDT
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     I have a 1981 Plymouth TC3 (That's the two-door version of the
Horizon.) that's developed a rather annoying intermittent electrical
bug.  It seems that sometimes (but no always) when the headlights
are on the right directional doesn't work.  The left directional
works fine, as do the emergency flashers, and both directionals work
when the headlights are off.  I've also noticed that when the
directional malfunctions, there is feedback from the brake lights
into the instrument lights, so that when you put the brakes on the
dash lights up, even if the headlights are off!  

     I've checked sockets, wires and bulbs all the way around, and
they all were fine.  I suspect a loose wire under the dash
someplace, but I dread the thought of tearing the thing apart
without at least a good idea of where to look.  Taking it to a
dealer is out of the question.  Dealers around here tend to replace
anything that could possibly be wrong, until the problem goes away. 
Besides being expensive (Do you have any idea what the labor charge
is to replace a wire harness?), this is a very ineffective way to
fix an intermittent problem, and I don't have time to go through all
the iterations it would take.

     So if anyone out there has any ideas on what the problem could
be, please let me know (by mail, of course).  Thanks.

                           Joe Ziegler
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