I need a louder two-prong turn signal flasher for our '76 Cutlass, the current one (and all those that preceded it) can barely be heard. And no, the car doesn't have LED bulbs, just conventional incandescent. Nor does it have a loud exhaust or a loud anything.

I have scoured the internet, but no luck. Can anyone be of any help?

Jeff

 

Any brick and mortar auto parts store should have it or be able to get it.

 

I can't remember how many 'brick and mortar" auto parts store flashers I have tried in this car, and they are barely audible, if audible at all.

 

I feel your pain. I have tinnitus too.

 

I don't know....I've heard some people have issues w/ the loudness of flashers if they're using certain LED bulbs - just saying. Anyway, have you tried this one?

2-Prong Electronic Extra Loud Turn Signal Flasher for hard of hearing

 

The real question is, is your current flasher secured in the clip that is screwed to the metal part of the dash or just hanging loose on the pigtail behind the dash? Olds put the flasher in that clip to use the metal part of the dash as an "amplifier" of the clicking sound.

 

Good catch! I thought you were pulling our leg with this

 

Thanks. I use only Sylvania Silverstar conventional bulbs (NOT LEDs) in this car, so I doubt that it the problem. I have had this issue since before I switched to Silverstars, for that matter.

Jeff

 

No ****.

 

Joe,

Thanks! It is plugged directly into the panel beneath the dash, but I don't remember the "clip" to which you refer. Can you post a picture of that clip?

I had actually contemplated trying such a contraption, but I wasn't sure that it would work.

Jeff

 

A old trick is to clamp the mechanical flasher to a clean, empty soup can pointing downward to help amplify the sound. I have seen this on older cars.

Our newer Toyotas have a electronic noise box of some kind which simulates the flasher click-clack sound, or may actually be the make-break flasher assembly. It occurred to me to see about increasing the volume somehow electronically, but I have not tried it (yet).

PS I cannot hear the flasher at all on my 1952 Oldsmobile with the engine running. It occurred to me to wire in to turning lamp supply circuit one of the pleasant chime noise makers like our Saturn had. Much easier to hear even at road speed.

 

Thanks!

Jeff

 

Sounds like you are referring to the hazard flasher and not the turn signal flasher. The turn signal flasher is attached to some bracket near the steering column.

This thread should help you locate it.

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/general-discussion-33/how-install-flasher-location-129632/

 

You can rather easily visualize the flasher using a 2” - 3” diameter circular mirror-the type attached at the end of a small 6” telescopic rotating (ball joint) swivel. Use a small pen light flashlight.

 

Wow, THANKS Fun71! That explains why I never notice in a change in (what I thought was the flasher) volume after I change it!

Jeff