280GE - trailer indicator working improperly

[Ken C]

I just bought a 1984 280GE LWB in great shape (it even passed NJ's new, enhanced vehicle emissions test), but it does have a few problems that I'd like to fix -- one of which is that, with no trailer hooked up, the turn signal indicator (the one for a trailer) improperly blinks when I signal left, but (properly) doesn't blink when I signal right (the car's own lights' indicator, in the speedometer, properly works with both right and left signaling). Any ideas where I can begin looking for this problem's cause? Thanks.

[Ken C]

Oops, I forgot to add (to the post) that my G has a trailer harness hooked up (it looks like the standard European type, with 7 contacts (a row of three males, with two females above and two more below). Thanks again.

[Benzmac]

It sounds as if the wire that sends that power back to the light is hitting the other wire somewhere in the harness. Where? who knows.

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