turn signal flasher question

[4th effie n counting]

when i was trying to remove wiper motor i pulled my cluster out a bit, so i says to myself why not put that nifty lil flasher in here while its open. Alas! the flasher 552 that i bought wont go there, it is round, the one on there now is a rectangle. i think no problem but when i pulled connectors off i discovered that it has one female spade and one male spade.
So i guess my question is... would it be ok to use a jumper wire from original wire to new flasher? or should i attempt to find an identical one?
I just don't want to hack up my wiring. But i would like turn signals

[fordman]

that is wierd. i would think you could use a homemade connector to make it fit. is this the lower flasher or the one on the back of the cluster? i havent seen one that was square and female in our trucks.

[4th effie n counting]

i will post a pic, it is actually attached to the cluster with a little screw. I wasn't sure it was flasher until i checked the wiring i wrote down. even on the diagram i looked at it appears round. My main concern is that does it matter which terminal is which? Having a keyed connection like that makes me wonder...

[seattle67]

I think you are confusing your instrument panel voltage regulator (IPVR) with a flasher.

Does the square "flasher" look like this?

[fordman]

i wondered that too dan. let see what his photo brings up.

[4th effie n counting]

well hmmmm i guess that sort of is it, mine doesn't have the lil round thingy tho. here is pic anyway
http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh14 ... C00049.jpg
aside from this there is no other flasher i can see.

[fordman]

here you got the wrong part here is the flasher.

[4th effie n counting]

ok i will run out and check, i didn't see one few minutes ago. My emergency flasher is just hanging on passenger side of column, maybe my turn flasher is lost in there somewhere

[4th effie n counting]

OK here's what i have and don't have. The only wires i find that are black w green stripe are off the IPVR . There appears to be no flasher anywwhere near instrument cluster or any wires that are remotely colored the same.
However i did find something interesting. the wiring for the emegency flasher (where flasher was when i got truck) has a similar connection to the ipvr...being keyed i mean PO had put a adapter wire from blade to female spade. that little mystery box i posted in a different thread is what fits those wires, as they were from factory. i.e. 383- red-red/wht stripe, these are on the female spade. 385-white/red stripe (mine has a blue wire also) are on spade.
the number on said box is c7tb-13350-a it is an autolite part. that i will look up now.

[fordman]

did you look at the pic i posted. that is how everything is suppose to be hooked up correctly. look for those colro of wires and hook them up like is in the pic i posted. if you need some closer pics i might be able to get them. unplug any wierd ness going on under there it is not stock and has been rigged up im sure. freakign stereos and cb connections and all that wierdness. get rid of it. if your unsure about something check the factory diagrams. www.fordification.com/wiring.htm
and also i have wiring harnesses i can take pics of to show you stock stuff if you need that too.

[4th effie n counting]

so i did few searches thru google got nada... looked at the box again the terminals are labeled L X just like the new flashers are. I suppose it was just the old style flasher. OH well i'm just tired of rolling window down in the cold to use hand signals.

[4th effie n counting]

ok frodman, are those wires red and blue? or is it orange? any stripes?
Also i'm pretty sure the wiring is stock, there has never been a radio installed as the delete plate is still there. The wires as stated for emergency are consistent with the 383/385 i wrote down from Keith's diagram, and when i pulled the wires the plug for emergency flasher switch came out of glovebox.

Oh and everything behind cluster is still wrapped, and has white label with Fomoco attached.

[fordman]

the color of the wires for the turn signal flasher are orange and light blue. if there is no emergency switch in the truck hooked up to the glove box wires the turn signals wont work. when i was talking about radio wiring i meant any po rewiring of any systems the truck had originally. if it has been spliced and cut change it back to original.

[4th effie n counting]

Fordman the only orange i have is going to fuel gauge. I installed a hazard switch to my plug , no turns still. I can tell you i'm about over it for today. The diagram on site shows the turn flasher on passenger side of cluster with a lt blue and black/grn stripe wire at the terminals. I don't have flasher there either. is your cluster from a 67?

[seattle67]

ok i will run out and check, i didn't see one few minutes ago. My emergency flasher is just hanging on passenger side of column, maybe my turn flasher is lost in there somewhere

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that flasher is for both your emergency flashers and your blinkers.