1977 Alfetta GTV hazard lights

[Smaan]

Looking for some information.

Recently purchased a 1977 Alfetta GTV and am loving it ! I've had alfas before, but only front wheel drive (33 1.7 TI and a 147 GTA).

When looking for why the hazard lights weren't working I looked at the switch (red button one).  There were no wires going to it at all.  There were not even any taped up or loose wires that I could find anywhere.  The indicators work fine and the indicator loom has not been disturbed.

I suppose my question is.... Being a very early 2lt GTV is there a chance it was given a loom from a 1.8GT, which the workshop manual seems to show doesn't have hazard lights.

Thoughts ?

[poohbah]

Hazard lights on my 81 GTV don't work either, but I've never bothered to check why. Just assumed the wiring was cactus - like yours my indicators are fine.

[Alfapride]

There's a relay for the hazard lights check the relay is there and working I rebuilt my relay with new capacitors few years ago works great but most people would just replace the relay if defective

[Beatle]

More likely the car had no hazard light switch/wiring when new but has had a later dashboard installed.

[Paul Gulliver]

Good call Beatle. Alfetta dash's we're pretty easy to replace , they fell to bits after a couple of years of sunshine . You wouldn't want to try it on anything post Alfa 75

[Smaan]

Thanks all for the input.  So I managed to find the wiring for the hazard switch tucked right up high in the dash in a ball of electrical tape.  I also found that because the switch had stopped working, someone went to the effort of disconnecting and re-wiring to remove the hazard switch connection.
I've now put everything back to original and fixed the original problem, the switch.
Amazed on two fronts....
1. That someone would completely re-wire rather than fix or replace a switch, and
2. That Alfa would design a switch, the hazard switch, where the default position is pressed in, and under spring load constantly.

[Beatle]

If it's the switch with the big red lit button (could be transparent red or translucent pink) I'm pretty sure that was an ADR requirement unique to the AU market (i.e. an afterthought).
I recall that switch on my '79 had a bazzillion wires connected to it.