installed a new switch/lever on the steering column, didnt solve. ended up using the solution offered up in the thread i posted about it (see link). all worked fine until i rewired my brake/tail/turn lights (which corrected a short that i didnt know was there). the rewiring caused the turn signals to act up again. i ended up figuring out that undoing the "flasher work around" and putting in the original flasher fixed the problem.