All hail Jimybob, helper of the undeserved!
Cheers m8.
My indicator relay started clicking all by its random self last night.
By bruv (Jase77) pointed me in the direction of the forum mumbling
something about 'stalks' and 'big bouncing boobies'.
Have just followed your instructions and lo 'n behold - its sorted!
I've added a few more pics and info here for any others unfortunate
enuff to have this problem (seems to be quite a few).
1st time i've used fotango - handy site.
Cheers, Honkytonk.
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1. The fuse/relay tray is under the dash on the right hand side below
the steering wheel. The indicator relay is the light blue one (top
right of this picture). Touch it and you'll feel it clicking.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000001.jpg
2. You need to remove the steering column cowling to get at the stalk,
so get under the steering wheel & undo the four cross head screws
holding the lower cowl in place and remove it.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000002.jpg
3. Still from underneath, undo the 2 screws holding the upper cowl in
place and slide it towards you and upwards, so its out of the way.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000003.jpg
4. Push in the 2 clips, one above and one below the stalk assembly
and yank it oot.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000004.jpg
5. Carefully prise the clip outwards and remove the stalk cable loom
connector.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000005.jpg
6. Heres the removed stalk assembly (take inside hoose - somewhere warm,
comfy and light ;-).
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000006.jpg
7. Remove the smaller cable connector and the four crosshead screws that
hold the 2 halfs of the stalk assembly together - hold together as you
unscrew and don't lose any bits that might decide to make a desperate
bid for freedom.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000007.jpg
8. Heres the dirty contacts. The mixture of grease (to stop the contacts
wearing away) and copper grindings (from the contacts) have made a
nice conductive paste that has lowered the resistance between the
switch contacts leading to the random/intermitant relay clicking.
I measured a resistance of just 300 ohms between 2 of the contacts
on mine.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000008.jpg
9. Clean out all of the conductive greasy sh*t, paying particular
attention to the 2 grooves between the contacts, and don't forget the
sweeping contact on the other half of the assembly (i checked the
resistance again after cleaning - all open circuit, as it should be).
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000009.jpg
10. Now would be a good time to re-finish the worn contacts for smooth
action with some fine grade wet'n dry. When you're finished you
should re-apply a tiny amount of grease (theres plenty on other
workings on the stalk) to keep the contacts healthy in their movement,
just a very small amount - if you apply too much you'll eventually end
up with the same problem again.
http://photos.fotango.com/p/eba00410789f00000010.jpg
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