my flasher unit is dead. Is there any fix that can be done to it.... it still clicks with the blinkers...but no lights light up..

 

You can try resoldering the flasher board in the bottom of the CPU, or I have some in stock at my webstore if you rather buy one.

 

so resoldering should fix it??... cuz nothing looks burnt

 

I finally looked at your site for the first time, Mark.

Nice job, man...

Still waiting for something to break so I can help support ya, lol...

 

once again... i really need to know

 

No, you will remove all the solder from the circuit board and flow new solder in.

See most Japanese circuit boards tend to develop cold solder joints after 10+ years. These joints are actually small factures in metal of the solder.

These solder joints with fractures then start to develop corrosion... pretty soon you have an intermittent connection, which eventually fails completely.

You will want to replace the solder on the board that looks like this in the CPU:

paying extra attention to where the relays and the connectors attach to the board.

 

Thanks!

The last couple of months I have just set up a couple of dealer accounts (and hope for more), and they have drained me of a lot of my regular parts, and put a heavy load on my time, but I will be back in stock soon on most of the things that I am low on and may actually be adding help (yeah my first employee besides myself and my wife).

 

congrats and good luck...no slave labor k?

 

Ok i've replaced the flasher unit and still no lights light up... parking lights work but flashing lights dont... and hazards dont either... i've checked the wiring and there doesnt seem to be any shorts anywhere... what could be going on!?!?!?!

 

You did check the fuse before anything else right???

 

Yes of coarse... i even replaced it

 

when you say you replaced the flasher unit... waht did you replace. The flasher circuit board is on the bottom of the CPU.

 

i actualy replaced the whole CPU

 

It's not the actually indicator switch is it?

 

If anyone is sick of the factory flasher in ur S4, they sell $2.50 flashers at autozone that have two prongs. You can wire two of these in lieu of the cpu. Route the turn signal wires from the turn signal switch to their respective output leads via the flashers and presto, instant turn signals.

 

this is probly what i'll do...

in any case i did a test... each prong for the flasher has a lable.. S1, S2, S3, L1, L2, B, and E... S1 is drivers side pos from the switch S2 is Pas...
S3??? L1 SHOULD be the flashing pos. from S1's signal but its not flashing... same with L2.. i figured this out by putting a pos. to L1 and L2 while the blinker was on

 

But no hazard lights then with that funky work around

 

Ok so while messing around with the wiring i blew a fuse... then replaced it and suddenly got my hazards back but now my blinker do NOTHING... no clicking no lighting... GAH!!!!

 

That indicates a bad switch then.