Tail Lights Flashing

[Ralph Shealy]

My taillights in my 64 have begun to constantly flash. There is no emergency flasher in this car. They do not flash when I use the turn signal indicator, but as soon as it cancels, the flashing starts again. My gas gauge works every three or fours months. It has suddenly decided to work again, and that is when the flashing began. Any correlation between the two? A friend following me one day told me of the flashing taillights, otherwise I would have never known. Any suggestions?

[Harley Eaton]

Are you sure it is the tail lights? Could (or is) it the brake lights? Or, don't you know? Are any other lights flashing? Dash lights? Park lights? Do they flash when the headlights are on? [Questions..questions] If I were to diagnose this problem, I would start eliminating other systems in the car .

[Ralph Shealy]

Originally Posted by Harley Eaton

Are you sure it is the tail lights? Could (or is) it the brake lights? Or, don't you know? Are any other lights flashing? Dash lights? Park lights? Do they flash when the headlights are on? [Questions..questions] If I were to diagnose this problem, I would start eliminating other systems in the car .

The only thing flashing was the taillights. I decided to start my problem solving yesterday morning with the simplest things. I changed the flasher under the dash and put new connectors on the wires, and lo and behold, the taillights stopped flashing ... for the time being. Didn't know a flasher could go bad when the turn signal indicators are still working. Of course, it could have been a bad wire connection, and the problem may start again.