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Dharma-man
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Looking all over the place online for a replacement. Tried several eBay items but none work at all. An OEM is like $50USD... I can't believe there isn't a less expensive alternative to OEM. ?
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Steve
GS Whisperer
If you want to retain your self-cancelling signals, OEM is the only way to go.
If you don't mind giving up the self-cancel feature, Auto Zone can be your friend.
Right now on eBay:
LINK 1
LINK 2
LINK 3
LINK 4
LINK 5
There are more, you just have to know what to watch for. A flasher for 1979 or older will NOT work. I don't think anything smaller than 850 had self-cancelling, although some 750s might have.
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If you don't mind giving up the self-cancel feature, Auto Zone can be your friend.
Right now on eBay:
LINK 1
LINK 2
LINK 3
LINK 4
LINK 5
There are more, you just have to know what to watch for. A flasher for 1979 or older will NOT work. I don't think anything smaller than 850 had self-cancelling, although some 750s might have.
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Guest
Guest
I was having some issues where I thought it was the flasher, so I ordered a new one. It turned out not to be the flasher, so once my new one comes in, I'll sell you my old one for $10, plus shipping, if it turns out to be the same as you have. The new one is supposed to be in Wednesday.
Steve, if I'm all wet with the following, I trust you will tell me:
I'm going purely from memory here, but if you're OK with giving up the self-canceling feature, you can replace a three-prong Suzuki mystery flasher with a standard old two-prong unit from an auto parts store.
You can even use the same plug, but you will need to swap two of the leads (leaving one unused). Which two, I don't remember; a bit of experimentation with a couple of jumpers will tell you.
Once you've sorted out what goes where, you can release the connectors by pressing the little release tabs with a teensy screwdriver or terminal tool. Slide them out of the shell, swap, and click them into their new homes.
Whether you can do this on every auto-cancel GS, I dunno. But I've done it, honest... I think it was an '82 GS850GL.
I'm going purely from memory here, but if you're OK with giving up the self-canceling feature, you can replace a three-prong Suzuki mystery flasher with a standard old two-prong unit from an auto parts store.
You can even use the same plug, but you will need to swap two of the leads (leaving one unused). Which two, I don't remember; a bit of experimentation with a couple of jumpers will tell you.
Once you've sorted out what goes where, you can release the connectors by pressing the little release tabs with a teensy screwdriver or terminal tool. Slide them out of the shell, swap, and click them into their new homes.
Whether you can do this on every auto-cancel GS, I dunno. But I've done it, honest... I think it was an '82 GS850GL.
If you want to retain your self-cancelling signals, OEM is the only way to go.
If you don't mind giving up the self-cancel feature, Auto Zone can be your friend.
Right now on eBay:
LINK 1
LINK 2
LINK 3
LINK 4
LINK 5
There are more, you just have to know what to watch for. A flasher for 1979 or older will NOT work. I don't think anything smaller than 850 had self-cancelling, although some 750s might have.
.
Steve
GS Whisperer
Replies as necessary, instead of individual quotes.
Steve, if I'm all wet with the following, I trust you will tell me:
Mostly dry, just a couple drops worth of dampness.
I'm going purely from memory here, but if you're OK with giving up the self-canceling feature, you can replace a three-prong Suzuki mystery flasher with a standard old two-prong unit from an auto parts store.
That is correct. I seem to remember a 552 or a 555 flasher is good.
You can even use the same plug, but you will need to swap two of the leads (leaving one unused). Which two, I don't remember; a bit of experimentation with a couple of jumpers will tell you.
I had to check on a couple of the un-molested GSes here to verify, but there is no re-wiring necessary. It appears that the (probably greatly discolored) light blue is in the center position. One of the others will be black/blue, the other will be orange/green. Use the terminal with the orange/green.
Once you've sorted out what goes where, you can release the connectors by pressing the little release tabs with a teensy screwdriver or terminal tool. Slide them out of the shell, swap, and click them into their new homes.
As noted above, this step is (probably) not necessary.
Whether you can do this on every auto-cancel GS, I dunno. But I've done it, honest... I think it was an '82 GS850GL.
This can be done on any auto-cancel GS except the 1979 models.
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Steve, if I'm all wet with the following, I trust you will tell me:
Mostly dry, just a couple drops worth of dampness.
I'm going purely from memory here, but if you're OK with giving up the self-canceling feature, you can replace a three-prong Suzuki mystery flasher with a standard old two-prong unit from an auto parts store.
That is correct. I seem to remember a 552 or a 555 flasher is good.
You can even use the same plug, but you will need to swap two of the leads (leaving one unused). Which two, I don't remember; a bit of experimentation with a couple of jumpers will tell you.
I had to check on a couple of the un-molested GSes here to verify, but there is no re-wiring necessary. It appears that the (probably greatly discolored) light blue is in the center position. One of the others will be black/blue, the other will be orange/green. Use the terminal with the orange/green.
Once you've sorted out what goes where, you can release the connectors by pressing the little release tabs with a teensy screwdriver or terminal tool. Slide them out of the shell, swap, and click them into their new homes.
As noted above, this step is (probably) not necessary.
Whether you can do this on every auto-cancel GS, I dunno. But I've done it, honest... I think it was an '82 GS850GL.
This can be done on any auto-cancel GS except the 1979 models.
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Dharma-man
Guest
That's a great help, thanks!
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Dharma-man
Guest
Very generous offer but I already grabbed one of the eBay listed items from Steve's post... Sorry man
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Guest
Guest
No problem. Here is what I received for reference. Notice it's in the case reversed. It looks like it could be taken out and turned around, but I don't like messing with $56 parts if they work as they are. No issue connecting it.
