boblet

On the subject of Hazards/Indicators/Flasher unit I am having similar problems to C18RCH earlier in this thread..... I have a '94 200tdi 90 Defender and recently was blowing fuse No5 whenever I started indicating to go left..... this was soon traced to water ingress into my towing socket which was duly addressed by fitment of new towing socket, some heat shrink tubing & a liberal covering of self-amalgamating tape ! However, during the process of fault-finding I must have damaged the Flasher Relay as this was no longer "clicking" when I indicated - so that was changed out for a replacement 4-pin Lucas unit. All was "tickety-boo" for a while & then the new Flasher Relay started clicking intermittently whenever I switched on the sidelights/headlights or operated the foot brake, & clicked continuously when operating the windscreen wipers/washer or the heater blower motor ! However, the indicators are not coming on when the relay operates - I've tested the Hazard Warning switch & that seems to operate ok. I've visually checked the connections in the replacement towing socket & that's ok. Initially i thought that there may be some "high-resistance" fault to earth somewhere so I've stripped out the whole lower fascia panel to expose the main wiring loom to the fuse box but initially can see nothing obvious. I'm also at a loss as to how to test the Flasher Relay as I'm not sure how it's supposed to work ! Any thoughts/ideas as to where to look/what to try ?