Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
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10/05/13 12:30 AM
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I'm sure the factory just crimped them & you are undoing it & they never intended for it to be undone so it wont be easy. A mini die grinder with a DEFT touch might speed things up with less chance of cracking something. Only work on it for short periods of time (trust me on that)
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
[Re: Adam71Charger]
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10/05/13 12:38 AM
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That's a good question, how they put them together I mean.
If you have new ones to put in use a dremel and grind out about half of the smaller lip and it should pull out. About 30 seconds of work. I'm thinking you could get a thin saw blade in on the backside if you don't have a dremel. A hobby store should have some thin ones.
How do the new ones hook in? The springy clip things?
I can't afford this.
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
[Re: a12superbee]
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10/05/13 01:34 AM
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I actually used that one to clean the inside of the U's that the fuses set into on my 65 darts fuse box when I redid the wiring. Worked excellent. Very little torque tho & you breathe on it & it locks up & you'd want to step up to a better one to cut those sockets
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
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10/05/13 03:29 AM
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where did you get those?? I have the idea that those tabs will never fit in the old hole.. I had the same problem with my old 71 RR years ago.. You wilkl find that the new socket bases, not the top will just slide into the holes. I found a set of sockets that had a rubber dip on them. They just barele slid in and they sealed real well. They also had a ground tab on them so you could run a ground wire. They were still working fine when I sold the car 24 years later..
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
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10/05/13 10:19 PM
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They were an off the shelf parts house socket...they looked like these http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail...mp;ppt=C0243but but had a rubberish boot they were enclosed in.. The 1s you have will work but they wont poip in from the backside of your housing. If you slide them in from the bulb side and seal them with RTV they will work
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
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05/08/14 09:21 PM
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I just went through the same ordeal on a nice set of housing I scored for cheap but had some bad sockets. I got a donor harness (smashed the plastic housing off) and swapped in the good sockets. I had to carefully work the lips of the old socket by peeling them up with a set of wire cutters believe it or not! Once you get one edge peeled up you can slowly work around until all the sides are peeled up at 90* so you can pop the socket out from the back. I then just peeled up the lips on the new sockets, popped em in, and bent the edges down. Came out good actually!
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
[Re: cjskotni]
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05/10/14 02:23 AM
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I just went through the same ordeal on a nice set of housing I scored for cheap but had some bad sockets.
I got a donor harness (smashed the plastic housing off) and swapped in the good sockets. I had to carefully work the lips of the old socket by peeling them up with a set of wire cutters believe it or not! Once you get one edge peeled up you can slowly work around until all the sides are peeled up at 90* so you can pop the socket out from the back.
I then just peeled up the lips on the new sockets, popped em in, and bent the edges down. Came out good actually!
Here's the thing, I think your 73 has metal taillight housings. That allows you to use a 2 wire socket for the combination lamps, as the housing is used to ground, and the choices for 2 wire sockets are fairly high. My base standard model housings on my 71 are plastic, therefore I needed a 3 wire socket, and I had a difficult time finding one with prongs long enough to bend. I could always solder a ground wire onto the socket body if I had to, but just seemed unnecessary. The originals lasted 40 years, so I figure the new ones should last at least that long so i didnt mind cementing them in
Am I wrong about your housings being metal?
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
[Re: CHRGR69]
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05/10/14 02:11 PM
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Best stuff I have ever used on rusty stuff. PB blaster is second and much easier to find. WD-40 would be just above nothing.
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Re: There has to be a better way to get these sockets out
[Re: mopfried]
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05/10/14 10:20 PM
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Here's the thing, I think your 73 has metal taillight housings.
Incorrect. They are plastic and use the exact same sockets as yours. The placement is different though.
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