My damn blinker arm suddenly stopped staying on when indicating a right turn, I have to hold it down for the indicator to work and as soon as I release it the blinker stops. Is it just an adjustment or do I need a new unit

Good timing dude!! I spent an hour yesterday closely examining mine. My son broke mine clean off, and I was repairing it.

From what I can see, the mechanical component that holds the indicator left or right is simply a plastic catch. When you move the indicator arm, the plastic catch holds it in place, until it cancels out or you manually move it back to centre.

This also applies for your high beam.

If the plastic catch is worn or broken, it won't hold where you want it to be. So I would say yours has broken. They are a non serviceable item so it's time for a new one

MkI and maybe MkII Ford Escort and Capri have the same blinker arm.

Try your local wreckers or pick a part.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Unfortunately I don't have a local wreckers or even a local auto spares, guess I'm up for a trip into Gladstone or Bundy

There's a guy in NSW I came across who is quite happy to send stuff through the mail to us Mini freaks!!!!! Bank cheque or Postal order up front...........

His name is John Butler and his e-mail is [email protected]

The address is PO Box 708, Brookvale 2100

Send him an email and see how you go with getting that new blinker arm.

Cheers,

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Rod
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Rodney/

I also got a box of indicators.....

except the Mk1 - "littlegreenblinkylight" ones.......

Drop me an email if you want.....
J

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James, keep a good one aside for me, i'll grab it at your 'garage sale'

i got one of them green blinky arms
sorry but it's not fer sale
makka

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Gotta love mini's, just went on a short trip and the blinker arm worked perfectly, I'm thinking it must be something to do with the auto cut off.

there is a metal lug on your column that returns your indicator arm to the off position. As the column spins, the lug pushes the mechanism and it should click back to off. Pretty basic stuff.

Yep, real easy just got to get the time at the moment to grab a screwdriver and have a look Between running a business and selling my houses it's kinda hectic at the moment, just had the real estate over and he said I should get alot more than I originally thought (more than doubling what I paid 3.5 years ago)

I had a similar problem with my Gemini after a smashed windscreen. Turned out that a little sliver of glass was floating around in the steering column and intermittently jamming the blinker switch.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I also doubled my money on a house in that same timeframe recently.... got to love real estate!

gotta be careful,
he can be violent or he can be a gentleman
he can innocent or he could be guilty
he can be just like the calm before the storm before all hell yeah breaks loose...

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