Dicky indicator

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Dicky indicator

by Animal » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:07 pm

My indicator switch has a fault where every so often it only takes a faction of pressure forward to flash the high beam. Anyone else had it??
Is the switch servicable?
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by EY » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:51 pm

Yeah mine started doing this. Bit of a pain as you come up the sliproad onto a motorway, start to indicate, and full beam everyone as you join. I took the indicator unit to bits and found that one of the little copper connectors was a little bit bent. It took hours, as it f-ing fiddley. Seriously....don't bother trying to fix it, it's soooo much easier to fit a whole new indicator unit. [img]/smile.gif[/img]
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by Animal » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:51 pm

How much is a new one from vauxhall?
I'll probably get one from the scrappers.
I wasn't sure if my 100w high beam could have fried it. I think they are on a relay though.
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by Robs-se » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:42 am

i've seen these on ebay
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Up the Hibs!!

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by Tim2001 » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:08 pm

Scrapyard will be the best bet 10 mins max to remove
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by Animal » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:26 pm

Are they the same unit on a vectra?
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by Animal » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:33 pm

Just looked in the wanted bit. Noticed someone else had the same problem too.
So that's three people at least with the same problem.
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by JesterV6 » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:52 pm

Had the same problem, posted it a about a week or 2 ago under "My Calibras New Game" or something like that. Fixed mine yesterday. Got an indicator stalk delivered from a scrappy off a Cav, simple to remove and replace. Only prob i have now is that there were 2 wires lodged into the copper connectors...worked out one was to flash my indicators when i alarm the car, not sure what the other one was, so just trimmed them back and left them [img]/biggrin.gif[/img]
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by Animal » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:35 am

I fixed it too.
Got a spare one from the scrappy incase I screwed mine up (bit shabby compared to mine).
Cracked mine open tidied inside up straightened a bent pin. Stuck it back together. Voila!
One thing to watch out for is it springing apart when you take the top off!
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by scotte84 » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:38 pm

Thanks for that info guys, i also have that same fault, ill be going to a scrappy tho, other option doesnt sound like so much fun. Thanks again.
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by Phantom » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:38 pm

I replaced mine with a new one from e-bay cost me £15
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