What is this part and what does it do??? (1 Viewer)

[TemboTusk]

1967 FJ-40 Photo is of a silver cylinder just above the clutch pedal. What does this item do?

Thanks!

 

[B y r o n]

I'm going to guess "flasher relay".

 

[TemboTusk]

I'm going to guess "flasher relay".

I'm hoping it is the Hazard switch relay. My Hazards don't work. (I have a separate turn signal relay which do work.)

 

[Geezer Cruzzer]

I'm going to guess "flasher relay".

I would second that. Turn the ignition on and activate your turn signal. Put your hand on the item in question. You should be able to feel it clicking in time with the blinker.

 

[Geezer Cruzzer]

I would second that. Turn the ignition on and activate your turn signal. Put your hand on the item in question. You should be able to feel it clicking in time with the blinker.

Never mind. Didn't see second post.

 

[TemboTusk]

I would second that. Turn the ignition on and activate your turn signal. Put your hand on the item in question. You should be able to feel it clicking in time with the blinker.

My blinkers work with a separate relay. By Hazard don't so no clicking.

 

[B y r o n]

I'm hoping it is the Hazard switch relay. My Hazards don't work. (I have a separate turn signal relay which do work.)

Can you post a picture of the flasher relay? I haven't been able to find a wiring diagram for a '67 FJ40.

 

[B y r o n]

This is why I think it is the flasher relay.

This info may help but it is for a '71.

 

[TemboTusk]

Can you post a picture of the flasher relay? I haven't been able to find a wiring diagram for a '67 FJ40.

I have sent images to your DM.

 

[65swb45]

Swap the flasher from the turn signals over and see what happens.

And you really should scrape all that blistered paint off your floorboards

 

[TemboTusk]

Swap the flasher from the turn signals over and see what happens.

And you really should scrape all that blistered paint off your floorboards

Just to be clear. The image I have of the cylinder above the clutch pedal is the Hazard relay? I will swap them to see what happens.,

The blistered paint removal is on the to-do list. Brake master cylinder work resulted in a bit of fluid spill. OK, more than a bit!

Thanks

 

[65swb45]

Just to be clear. The image I have of the cylinder above the clutch pedal is the Hazard relay? I will swap them to see what happens.,

The blistered paint removal is on the to-do list. Brake master cylinder work resulted in a bit of fluid spill. OK, more than a bit!

Thanks

By process of elimination, if your turn signals flash, and that unit does not, it is not the turn signal flasher. The only other cylinder of that type on a ‘67 is the hazard flasher. So that would be the hazard flasher.

IIRC the turn signal flasher is next to the inspection lamp plug on the passenger side of the front heater.

 

[TemboTusk]

By process of elimination, if your turn signals flash, and that unit does not, it is not the turn signal flasher. The only other cylinder of that type on a ‘67 is the hazard flasher. So that would be the hazard flasher.

IIRC the turn signal flasher is next to the inspection lamp plug on the passenger side of the front heater.

Thanks for the comfirmation. I have just pulled the hazard relay . The part numbers are still visiable. I will try to cross referance it for a replacement.

I have an aftermarket signal flasher next to the original on the passenger side.

Thanks!

 

[65swb45]

The round ones are obsolete Jerry. I think they both superceded to the 12H04, with the first five digits remaining the same.

I am underimpressed with the 12H04 and have considered trying a simple aftermarket one. But I haven’t because I’m a little lazy, and with 4 Landcruisers, there always seem to be higher priorities elsewhere.

 

[TemboTusk]

The round ones are obsolete Jerry. I think they both superceded to the 12H04, with the first five digits remaining the same.

I am underimpressed with the 12H04 and have considered trying a simple aftermarket one. But I haven’t because I’m a little lazy, and with 4 Landcruisers, there always seem to be higher priorities elsewhere.

I'm sure a heavy duty flasher relay should work. I will try it Thanks Mark!

 

[65swb45]

I'm sure a heavy duty flasher relay should work. I will try it Thanks Mark!

Keep us posted.

 

[TemboTusk]

Keep us posted.

I will post up here with what works once I get the parts installed.

 

[locklaw]

The round ones are obsolete Jerry. I think they both superceded to the 12H04, with the first five digits remaining the same.

I am underimpressed with the 12H04 and have considered trying a simple aftermarket one. But I haven’t because I’m a little lazy, and with 4 Landcruisers, there always seem to be higher priorities elsewhere.

Agreed on the 12H04. A steel case Echlin 2 prong flasher (I think Napa sells them Stateside) fits either in the OEM clamp or you can gut the round OEM housing and hide it in there. Modern flashers hidden inside OEM cases fix all flasher ground/resistance gremlins immediately without further fault tracing.

 

[Living in the Past]

When I bought my 68 the wiring for the lighting was a mess. I managed to get everything working except the hazard lights. A few years later I was working on cleaning the cowl vent and found a fuse in the wiring harness right under the vent. Replaced the fuse and hazard light have worked ever since. Now if 71 still had the fuse is fuzzy. I stripped the wiring harnesses out of a 71 which I think still has the fuse. Still have that harness in box somewhere. Fuzzy in mind because pulled the harness back in the late 1980s as a possible replacement for my 68 if ever needed.

 

[65swb45]

When I bought my 68 the wiring for the lighting was a mess. I managed to get everything working except the hazard lights. A few years later I was working on cleaning the cowl vent and found a fuse in the wiring harness right under the vent. Replaced the fuse and hazard light have worked ever since. Now if 71 still had the fuse is fuzzy. I stripped the wiring harnesses out of a 71 which I think still has the fuse. Still have that harness in box somewhere. Fuzzy in mind because pulled the harness back in the late 1980s as a possible replacement for my 68 if ever needed.

That is a very good point…and a very obscure one John. Thanks for bringing that up. From time to time I forget about that fuse.
Every once in a while your anecdotes have some real gems in them. And when people research the key words hazard flasher not working, that should come up. Total PITA to get to. But still, abundantly better than not knowing it’s there.