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I’m older than my ’81 Bullnose and don’t want to be the grandpa that’s driving around for 3 miles with his turn signal on.
Before I spent $15 for a “loud” turn signal flasher that had mixed reviews. I figured I’d try cutting the lid off of mine.
There’s a metal finger in the plastic cover that I guess helps hold the flasher unit in place so I carefully cut the lid off of the flasher , hoping to let some of the noise out of the aluminum can.
It did not make any difference that I could hear. Does anybody have real world experience with an aftermarket, “extra loud” turn signal flasher? Here’s what it looked like after I cut part of the lid off This is the finger that I think helps hold a flasher unit in place
I dont see that finger as something to hold it in but the transfer the clicking to the cover making it louder
At least that is what I thought the other day when I pulled it to check a fuse for my trailer brake controller.
As for driving miles with the light on I am old enough and drive slow enough, straight six motor, that I have the right to
Not that I do in the pick up but I have left the head light on when parked more than once, ok 3 times now in 4 years
I have LED bulbs in the dash turn & high beam sockets and they are pretty bright in the day time.
I wonder if you could find a chime or buzzer and hook 1 side to the flasher and the other to ground so when it flashed it made a noise?
Something like the seat belt buzzer or a chime from a different car or truck from the junk yard?
I have seen on Youtube where people have built different "buzzers" to play a song etc.
Maybe look them over to see what they do to get it to work.
Do a search of this "how to build a car door chime module"
Dave ----
I bought the "loud" turn signal flasher unit. If the radio is off and the windows closed and not too much tire/ road noise, I can hear it. But in normal conditions, I can't hear it.
Thanks to everyone for your input I decided to go with this one
instead of cutting up the lid I added a length of wire with Quick Connect terminals, and will find a place to mount it under the dash
It is louder than stock. It has the relay click plus a beeping noise. I’m hoping when it’s mounted solidly it’ll work for me.
On the older trucks they mounted the flasher in the holder that you show to the back of the dash, it was metal back then, and used it so they could hear it make it louder.
Our dash is mostly plastic so I dont know how that would work out but just a thought?
Dave ----
