Leyland Car Owners -

In Margaret’s P76, I have tried to find an electronic flasher that would keep working when the car was hot, towing in traffic, and stopped at the lights. I tried about six 2 pin cans sourced from various sources, without success.

: Looking in a Hella catalogue, I found the pin configuration for the square 3 pin flasher used in many cars. I found that by adding a new earth wire to the existing P76 flasher socket, I could run these without any further fuss!

: My method: remove one wire from an old headlamp or flasher connector from a suitable wrecked P76 harness, cut it to about 200 mm long, and add an earth tag to the other end. Fit the earth tag to a dash mounting screw near to the white flasher socket and insert the free end into the spare hole in the socket. Then fit your square 3 pin flasher in as it fits, and the job is done!

: I found that the local wreckers has any number of these flashers as they fit all Falcons from 1979 until now, also Volvo, VW and others.


: See the spare wire, the earth tag goes onto one of the 3/16 UNF Philips head screws which hold up the dash bottom rail.

: The good news is, don’t throw out the old can, as it still fits so long as you put it in the original two holes of the socket.

: Jilden

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