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    Hazards Not Working

    Hey Mangs, Vicky's hazards stopped working completely. I pull the switch, they light and then that's it, they do not flash. They just stay on. The turn signals work though. I actually watched them die the other night. They would flash fast, then slow, then fast, then slower until they didn't flash at all. My hazards were always weird though. They were really slow, and when ever I stepped on the brake, they would stop flashing. It's to the point that they don't flash at all. I heard that there is a separate flasher for the hazards from the turn signals. So my question is, which flasher is it? The one that's exposed when the trim panel is removed or the one on the other side of the fuse panel? Thanks in advance.
    ~John
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    it should be the one on the fuse panel
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      #3
      There are two mang. One on the side of the fuse panel facing the drivers seat (where all the fuses are), and one on the opposite side of the fuse panel.

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        #4
        Unplug one, and see which set of blinkers doesn't light up at all. Do the easy one first, that one on the back of the fuse panel is kind of a pain in the ass.
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          #5
          The back one runs the hazards - it's wired directly to +12, the front one to ignition-hot. I know of no other reason to have used two separate flashers except to have the hazards but not the turn signals work with the ignition off.
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            #6
            see, that arrangement makes sense. I'm pretty sure my Towncar is the opposite, which is just incredibly stupid since the hazard one is probably a whole lot less likely to fail than the regular turn signal one. 87 Towncars have the turn signal one on the front though.
            86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
            5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

            91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

            1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

            Originally posted by phayzer5
            I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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              #7
              Originally posted by 1987cp View Post
              The back one runs the hazards - it's wired directly to +12, the front one to ignition-hot. I know of no other reason to have used two separate flashers except to have the hazards but not the turn signals work with the ignition off.
              Thanks for clearing that up. Now would the actual flasher be the same? Like same layout pattern etc.?

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                #8
                Not quite sure what you mean, but you can certainly use the exact same flasher unit in both positions.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by 1987cp View Post
                  Not quite sure what you mean, but you can certainly use the exact same flasher unit in both positions.
                  That's what I meant. Thanks again!

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                    #10
                    It was the one in the back. I replaced it and the hazards worked fine. Only thing is when I step on the brake, they stop flashing. It did this before, so I'm not sure if that's how they work or not, because I know in my friend's '88 they flash even when the brakes are applied.

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                      #11
                      Is yours wired like my '87 sedan where the third brake light flashes with the flashers? It also stops flashing with the brake on. I do really want to try to fix that one of these days.
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                        #12
                        Mine also stop flashing with the brake light. I don't recall if the third one flashes or not, but it probably does. Looking at the wiring, it ought to flash with the 4 ways. The only way I can think of around having the third lamp flashing is to mod the circuit and add some diodes so it won't get power from the MF switch as well as the BOO switch. Right now, the BOO and the third brake lamp tie together at the MF switch, and with the hazards on, it feeds power out to the third brake lamp. I'd be interested in looking at later wiring if later model cars don't flash the third brake lamp. I'm curious how they got around it.
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                        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                        Originally posted by phayzer5
                        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                          #13
                          What's a "BOO"?
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                            #14
                            Brake On/Off switch (AKA Brake light switch)
                            Originally posted by gadget73
                            There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
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                              #15
                              Yeah the third brake light is lit. I wasn't sure if that was how they were from the factory, or some grounded wire issue. I guess they changed the setup in '88 because they flash even with the brake applied. I'll have to see if the third brake light flashes on the '88 or not.

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