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96 S-10 Wig-Wag Flasher?

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:32 pm
by CPD534
Hi, I am wanting to put a wig-wag flasher in addition to my other lights on my 1996 Chevy S-10 Pickup Truck. I'm wondering what kind I need and how difficult they are to install. I've heard about posative and negative systems and I'm in the dark on this one.

Thanks for any help, Kevin

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:53 pm
by chipjumper
Yours takes the positive switched flasher. Easy to install. GM didn't make this complicated until the 1998 S-series came out.

Does yours have Daytime running lights? I have no idea how that can complicate things past using a relay to shut them off when activating your wags...

If you buy one off of eBay, only buy used "solid-state" (no moving parts; last much longer) or NEW relay flashers. Solid-state flasher units tend to be incased into an aluminum heat-sink chassis. Relay flashers tend to have two big relays sunk into the epoxy hardened unit.

You here the "click-click..." with the relay flashers; they don't last as long!

I've picked up a few in the last couple months actually, all were used and I paid $20 for each. All work great!

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 2:11 pm
by CPD534
Ok, Thanks! It does have the DRL but I have them disabled via fuse removal. I'll look on ebay and see what I can find.

Thanks, Kevin