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May provide some info, hope it helps.
Relative had a 60 galaxy and found the ground wire in back coming from tail lights had bad rusted connection. They were connected to body. Check power and ground connection. Check fuses the link below looks like separate fuses for turn signals and emergency flashers I think you have separate flasher for both also. I saw on one link they suggested trying to swap flasher to see if you had a change. I believe the link said the emergency flasher is heavier duty but for the most part the same.
http://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3587 https://www.justanswer.com/classic-cars/3q5ou-ford-1969-f100-turn-signal-emergancy-flashers-work-fr.html
The turn signal flasher and hazard flasher are different parts. The turn signal flasher can be hard to find and not always available from a parts store. On some models it is a dealer part.
The flasher may have gone bad for the turn signal, and there may be a second flasher for the emergency flasher lights. Look and listen for a click of the flasher for the emergency flasher lights. Then, the other flasher is the one to replace.
The flasher relay is mounted in the main fuse panel under the dash, driver's side.Are the lights coming on at all, or is there nothing ? it is possible that you may have a bad ground wire to the signals. Do the emergency hazards work ( lighting up and flashing?)If so, then your ground is good and it could very well be the flasher. You should be able to switch the emergency flasher for the turn flasher for a test of the circuit. The flashers should be mounted side by side in the fuse panel - just exchange them and test. If so, keep the emergency flasher there and take the turn flasher in to replace. The parameters should be the same so you can just leave the E. flasher relay in place and out the turn flasher where the E. flasher was.
do the turn signals work normally?do the tail lights work? brake lights? these are tricky, dont the rears go sequentially? I would ck the ground wire for the rear tail lights
Check the flasher unit, switch the emergency flasher with signal flasher see if emergency will work. Possibly they run off same "double flasher", probably replace it.
Yes, the flasher does interrupt the brake signal. you do know that this is a push on, push off switch. Some try to pull this switch to turn off flashers, but, it has to be pushed again to turn off.
If I understand you right based on your post/description, the signal lights would still turn on even if any or both of the flasher relays are removed. Should this be the case, then the signal lights are not getting the power from the flasher relays but from the brake light circuit.
Perhaps your concern is not with any of the flasher, but simply missing or loose ground more particularly with the rear lights. Perhaps you could try determining which of the wires for the brake lights and signal lights (as they come out of the light assembly) would be ground . A test and even possibly a temporary workaround is to hard wire a second ground connection from the determined ground wire of the lights and attach it to any conveniently located bolt or screw to the body. it may be to your advantage to do this on all the rear lights assembly.
Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.
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