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Old 06-09-2009, 07:50 PM   #1
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The turn signal lever on my 91 operates like all turn signals but you can also spin it clockwise or counter clockwise in your fingers (hope this makes sense). You can feel it "click" when you spin it either way like it's operating something....I just don't know what. Any ideas?
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:21 PM   #2
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Interesting Jimmy. I had not ever tried that before but mine does the same thing. This is a steering column from a late 80's, early 90's GMC or Chevy pickup. I can not find anything that the switch activates when turned either. I suspect that the wires to that function are not connected to anything as I have seen some wires coming out of the steering wheel that are not connected to anything.

Anyone that has had a late 80's or early 90's Chevy pickup that knows what it did on the pickup.
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:33 PM   #3
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all of ours with the same column does the same thing. you can kinda get attached playing with it.

when i rebuilt my steering wheel, i took out all the wiring that wasnt hooked to anything. so it doesnt have all the original wiring.

just think of it as a toy to keep you awake on those long driving nites when it is late....

yea, thats it. it was put there on purpose to be for our amusement. way to go newell!

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Old 06-09-2009, 09:37 PM   #4
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OK, you got my curiosity up so I removed the cover from around the steering column and found a connector with the following wires coming into it: blue, red w/grey, white, black w/light green, and black. If the turn signal switch is rotated counterclockwise (looking at it from the tip of the switch) all the way, all connections are open. In the center position, there is continuity between the red w/grey the white and the black w/light green wires. Rotated fully clockwise (down) to the third position, there is continuity between the red w/grey and the white wire only.

Since nothing is attached to the other side of the connector, Newell has not used this function, at least on my coach.

Actually, had I known it was there, I could have used it to my advantage in wiring up my headlights to switch from just the outer lights on low beam to all four on low beam.
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Old 06-12-2009, 07:09 PM   #5
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And I've always thought I was missing something. I've turned that lever 100 times!
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Old 06-12-2009, 08:16 PM   #6
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I now have turn signal lever envy, Mine doesn't rotate :-(
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