Turn Signal Units

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited February 2013 in HUDSON
did Hudson offer a Turn Signal unit that did NOT use the brake light? I would prefer to use a second/separate blub. I actually have the bulb holders installed in the tail light housings.

If not, is there a wiring diagram that allows the by-pass of the brake light?

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  • ernie28
    ernie28 Expert Adviser
    Hi PM500

    My Pacemaker has an indicator switch unit on the steering column and the spare bulb units in the tail light are used for the indicator bulb. The front park lights are also used with its own circuit. I am happy to take photos if you would like.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Alistair,

    That would be nice. Thank you. My old unit was totally "rotten" inside but still used the brake-light.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Stepdown senior series cars had a separate bulb for the turn signals. No involvement of the brake switch. Look at the diagram for Commodore or Hornet.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    The Dealer Installed unit that was in my '50 Pacemaker used a 6 wire unit. I have a new repro unit but I really want to use a different bulb in back.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Pacemaker500, send me your email address and I'll send you a wiring diagram for the 50-51 direction signals.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
    NEChudsontech09@yahoo.com (Drop the NEC)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Does any one have wiring diagram that converts a 6/7 wire brake-light bypass type reproduction unit into a simpler system?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    That is what I was hoping to get. I just can't figure out how to re-wire the thing to bypass the brake light switch.
  • ernie28
    ernie28 Expert Adviser
    Do you have an electrical testing meter? If so, it is simple to work out which three wires are needed to work like Doc describes above. That's what I did (had to rewire the whole car) and works well. Put in a dash pilot light also. Happy to draw a plan an scan to you if it would be useful.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    OK. I have a test meter. I thought I would ask first before I went that route.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    DocHubler, I have the wiring diagram. I was trying to locate one that converted a 6/7 wire, brake light circuit aftermarket reproduction unit to a simpler 3 wire unit.
  • Walt-LA
    Walt-LA Senior Contributor
    I'm using a six wire turn signal switch on my '51 Hornet which has blue, brown, green, orange, red and yellow wires. Mine did not have turn signals originally; but apparently, the signal light wires branched after the junction box in '51 unlike the later models which use separate wires for the left and right sides - one of which connected to the front parking lights, the other with the rear. The orange and green plastic covered wires on this switch go to the front, the brown and yellow to the rear. This setup uses a junction box that will allow the two wires for each side to be plugged in- in the case of mine on the top row.

    The red wire from the switch unit connects to the brakelights on the senior cars which used separate bulbs. The blue wire connects to the flasher. There are three wires entering the flasher: power (which I've connected to the on side of the ignition switch), the center which is connected to the blue wire from the TS switch, and the third which runs to the telltale light on the dash.

    If you use a separate brake light bulb it's no problem to hook-up using the later model junction box... WALT-LA
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