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The turning signal lever has a small light built into the top of the box that the lever comes out of. The little green light stays on after I turn off the key. For now I have been pulling off the battery cable so the battery does not drain down. Anybody know what the problem may be?

Thanks,

Mark

There should not be any power to the directional switch with the key turned off. Find the power wire ( usually red, but could be any color ) with a test light or meter. Trace it from that switch and see where it goes. It must be hooked to something that is powered all the time. Change it so that it is only powered when the key is in the on position..

Some directional switches have the brake light switch wire running through them. If that is the case, are your brake lights sticking on also ??

A few minutes spent investigating with a test light will solve the trouble..

Mark, are you using a 3 terminal flasher?

Mark,

I have a wiring schematic for those Signal Stat directionals on my website that might be helpful.

It will very slow to load, but all four pages of wiring instructions are there and you can then check it out to see what's not right:
Signal Stat Directional Switch Installation Instructions

Here's the page with just wiring instructions: Signal Stat 800 Wiring Schematic and Instructions

wasn't there a similar discussion about 6-8 monthes ago and the problem ended up being a flaw in the manufacture during a certain time frame? or am I thinking of a different problem on turn signal switches? might be worth researching back a few monthes to see if the problem is the same.

I had the same problem Mark.
I didn't think it was a good idea to wire the turn signals to the key switch because if I need to leave the truck by the side of the road with the emergency flashers on, I don't want to have to leave the key in the ignition!
I isolated the switch unit from the column with some rubber and re-wired the unit so the indicator bulb would only come on when the lights were flashing.
A whole lot easier fix that Larry Kephart came up with is to just use the #550 flasher made for Alfa Romeo, Austin, BMW, Fiat, Jaquar, Mercedes-Benz, MG, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Triumph and Yugo. I understand that does the trick.