cudak888
Well-Known Member
I tore apart a fair amount of my Satellite's dash recently trying to chase down why my hazard flashers weren't working. Simple enough: Turns out the dash switch contacts were dirty. Cleaned them up, and everything is back to normal.
However, in my quest for organization and having one less thing rattling around behind the dash, I figured I'd put both flasher units back in their factory spots.
The fitting that holds the hazard flasher on the right of the ashtray is painfully obvious - as seen below - but not so for the turn signal flasher on the left of the ashtray.
Left side. No obvious stamped-steel doo-dad and a flasher unit floating in the messy abode that is the back of most B-body dashboards.
I'm mystified, as I've read a few threads that suggest that a '68 is supposed to have provisions on the left and right side of the ashtray for these flasher units (whilst '69/70 moved them to the steering column).
The only thing on the left of the ashtray is the fitting for the ashtray courtesy light. It's empty in the photo above, but it most definitely has a regular occupant (which is missing its center contact wire; probably shorted out at some point).
So...am I, quite literally, missing something that's supposed to be fitted to the dash in this area?
Also, while I'm on the subject, any ideas for a better/safer ashtray courtesy light fitting that will slide into the original receiver? Doesn't have to be a BA9S if it works and fits reliably.
-Kurt
However, in my quest for organization and having one less thing rattling around behind the dash, I figured I'd put both flasher units back in their factory spots.
The fitting that holds the hazard flasher on the right of the ashtray is painfully obvious - as seen below - but not so for the turn signal flasher on the left of the ashtray.
Left side. No obvious stamped-steel doo-dad and a flasher unit floating in the messy abode that is the back of most B-body dashboards.
I'm mystified, as I've read a few threads that suggest that a '68 is supposed to have provisions on the left and right side of the ashtray for these flasher units (whilst '69/70 moved them to the steering column).
The only thing on the left of the ashtray is the fitting for the ashtray courtesy light. It's empty in the photo above, but it most definitely has a regular occupant (which is missing its center contact wire; probably shorted out at some point).
So...am I, quite literally, missing something that's supposed to be fitted to the dash in this area?
Also, while I'm on the subject, any ideas for a better/safer ashtray courtesy light fitting that will slide into the original receiver? Doesn't have to be a BA9S if it works and fits reliably.
-Kurt