No Turn Signals - None!

[WingMan71]

Yeah if they never worked then who knows.. the flasher might be missing? but the plug and wires may be stuffed somewhere..it is left side of bike VERY CLOSE to the rubber boot over the driveshaft..within 1 inch of the top of it.. at least on my bike.
It is attached to the bat box i think. no self canceling so only TWO WIRE connector, one wire BLUE and the other blu/red i think, (kinda color blind dammit) here's a pic:

Tom,

THANKS FOR THE PICTURE ! ! !

That thing is NOT there on my bike!

I know that area intimately since I had to replace the shifter shaft seal on my bike (which was a nightmare) and its right behind that drive shaft boot.

Two questions:

How does the flasher mount to the battery box. Is there a strap or a hanger of some kind that holds it in place, or a slot it mounts on? I may be missing that as well.

What color is the two-pin connector? White or what? Might help me find it.

Thanks again for the picture of where this thing SHOULD be!

Now I have something to work with!

[barnbiketom]

it's white at least on mine.. you can see it in the pic on the bottom of the flasher. i got thecolors from BassCliff's site.

ooh it appears it mounts on a rubber strap, of course In the last 50 years, I may have used a few wire ties or similar to re-locate a few things here and there, do what ever is easier, it won't make any difference!

[WingMan71]

it's white at least on mine.. you can see it in the pic on the bottom of the flasher.
ooh it appears it mounts on a rubber strap...

Thanks again Tom!

Looks like I'll be ordering a flasher unit.

Best price I found on line so far is $44.00. Yikes!

Oh well, gotta have it...

[tom203]

Seems odd that someone would pull flasher. Looking from right side at back of trans, the flasher can be seen about 2 inches above drive boot.

[WingMan71]

MY TURN SIGNALS ARE ALIVE!

First, I gotta eat some crow. That darn turn signal flasher was there all the time! Right were barnbiketom's picture showed it was located.

Thanks again Tom for that picture. (Worth a thousand words as they say.)

So, what to do...

I pulled the flasher unit out. NOT easy! You can't even get one hand on it from any direction, only a couple of fingers barely. Did most of the work with a very long needle nose pliers.

I jumpered the connector and moved the turn signal switch side to side. Got turn signal lights on both sides! But no flashing. So, bad flasher unit, you say.

Pulled the guts out of the flasher housing and inspected it. Coil windings good, capacitor looked good (not burned), transistor looked good (not burned). But... the small contacts in the flasher looked to be stuck together. Bike has been sitting since 1993, remember! I tried to move them with a small screwdriver and they would not separate.

Hit them with some DeOxit contact cleaner, which got them separated, and then polished them with a small piece of emery cloth. See pic with emery cloth still stuck between the contacts.



Hooked it back up and the turn signals work!!!

Thanks everyone for the help, particularly Tom for the picture so I could find the darn thing! Never seen one buried that far into a bike before.

On to the next stage of the restoration...