okay so here's the flasher relay out of my 85 4runner part number right there i think
this relay was used on quite a number of the earlier vehicles up through the second gen
4runners i think the later model tacoma pickups have like a 12 pin relay this one is three pins
but it's kind of a unique connector at one point i had purchased a three pin heavy duty flasher relay
but the vertical pins are farther apart on the relay i purchased but there's a way to modify
the existing flasher here you've got this electrolytic capacitor you've got a transistor
there and right in the middle is a small resistor you can either cut one of the legs or what i did
was just got a soldering iron and heated up the pad underneath and then lifted that
leg out of the circuit board so that way the resistor's still there and i think i had done this
at one point when i first put led turn signals in and then i went back to the incandescent bulbs
and i put that resistor back in and the point of that resistor is that it checks for a burned out
bulb and that's why your turn signals flash fast because when you put in an led bulb
the current used by the turn signals is lower than normal and that's what that resistor
senses and the relay then thinks you have a burned out bulb so it flashes the turn signals faster and
that lets you know you're supposed to replace them so i think i had done this at one point
and then i had soldered it back in when i went back to the incandescent bulbs
figure and i might as well get the burned out bulb warning let's go try this out i'll show
you where the relay goes okay here's the uh driver side kick panel and the flasher relay goes right
in where the screwdriver is so i've got this box here is for my little all-in-one cb radio
and then right next to it right in that empty spot is the flasher and then i think this is the tail
light relay right next to it there so let me try to shove the relay in there it's kind of a tight
fit yeah so there's the flasher relay right there and then this green box here that's your cruise
control so i think everything's there let's turn on the ignition and see what the flashers do here
and there we go youtube success we've got the normal flashers turn signals aren't going
super fast nice bright light there and this is like full sunlight let's look at the one on the
other side here that's actually got a little more direct sun on it yeah so here's the passenger side
turn signal and that is basically direct sun now the sun is just shining right down like that right
into the turn signal and that is very visible definitely got a much brighter hot spot there
in the middle which really shows up seemed like the old incandescent bulb lit up the whole area
there but the light was spread out over a larger area and if there was enough sunlight coming in
and hitting the reflector surface inside it swamped out the turn signal light so you couldn't
really see if it was on or not so hope you enjoyed that if you have an older truck and you have the
fast flashers fast turn signals there's an easy fix for it so yeah if you have any questions
about that post up in the comment section down below and as always thanks for watching
you