Bartamos...thank you for all the work explaning the directional system, this is extremely helpful. I will try to answer some questions.
I have had the truck a year or so and the directionals were installed by the previous owner. All worked well for over a year. Then on a daily drive I put my directionals on and pulled over and then I engaged the 4 way flashers and I blew a fuse.When I got back to the house I double checked the fuse and it was blown. So I put in a new fuse and everything was still dead. That is where I am presently.
I have checked all bulb filliments and all are intack and all bulbs light up including brake lights,parking lights and headlights...The flasher canister is getting power and so is the directional pilot bulb which is the center position on the directionals. The center section of the directionals has 3 plastic lenses set down into the directionals, the center plastic insert is red, the other two, left & right are green in color and these green inserts are where you see the flash as you make your turn. When the directionals are not engaged the little pilot light is in the red zone in the certer and this is always lit when the iginition is on....I am not sure if the center red section was lit for the last year as I never really noticed but if it was not supposed to be lit then why have a red plastic lens there ????
The directional kit appears to be the same one Jim Carter is selling in his catalogue page 38, item #EL13312 for $25.
I will find out what is going on eventually and will post what I find. Since all worked well for over a year and I did not take anything apart or change anything till after the fuse blew.When the new fuse did not fix the issue then I opened the directional case to see if maybe the 4 way flasher sliding section had shorted out on something but all seems ok. Then i installed a new flasher to see if that was the problem but no deal still have no directionals or 4 way flashers.
I will post when I find out what the problem has been....thanks agian for all the support help. ......
