When indicating a right turn, the dash warning light flashed quickly, indicating a problem which, in our case, we learnt about when a following motorist gave a loud toot when we turned in front of him!. Upon investigating, the right rear bulb was not even lighting up! Before I began the hassle of adding a new earth connection to said bulb, and realising the bulb was loose in its socket, I cut a couple of pieces of thin brass shim and slipped them down the sides of the bulb base. Bulb tighter now, and so far indicator operating normally.

This had actually been happening at random intervals before a mechanic had a look and suggested a new bulb - no luck. But I'd had a similar problem with my Apple //e computer many years before. My tech simply opened the case, located the CPU and pressed it back into place; the start/run/stop sequence was heating and expanding the CPU's pins, thus working the CPU and pins upwards and out of contact with the base. So now we know why modern CPUs have a wire clamp - to keep the pins in place!

I've often found that the simplest solutions are the best ones and hope I don't have to add to this post.

Michael Miskin
New Zealand