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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: AtomicDog]
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06/09/16 08:58 AM
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Just drop the column and roll the cluster out. You can have it in your hands in about 15 minutes. Check all of your other bulbs while its out
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: AtomicDog]
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06/09/16 09:35 AM
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May as well buy some new bulb sockets too, because they tend to break when the get old.
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: Supercuda]
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06/09/16 01:19 PM
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drape a rag across the top of the column to protect the paint from the dash. pull a batt cable off of its post before starting. You might jump fire to the wire to confirm it is the bulb/socket before you go to the trouble but yes (highly) likely it is the bulb
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: AtomicDog]
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06/09/16 03:23 PM
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May as well just replace all the bulbs in the cluster rather than keep doing this as they burn out.
Bulb socket part number STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS S503A rockauto has them, Dorman also makes them in their Help! line but I don;t know that number.
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: AtomicDog]
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06/10/16 12:13 AM
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You have to be very careful back there as there is a connector that plugs into several pins that can shear off easily. Look at the picture of the IP on the top right. You can see where the light bulbs twist in also. I always recommend disconnecting the plug before lowering the steering column and twisting the IP down so you can be very careful about hitting the pins on the dash.
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: AtomicDog]
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06/10/16 09:48 AM
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The picture I posted was for a 67-70 IP, here is one for a 72-76 standard IP. The pin arrangement was changed to a round style but can still be damaged if not careful.
Last edited by Rhinodart; 06/10/16 09:48 AM.
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Re: Technique to change an A-body high beam bulb?
[Re: Rhinodart]
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06/10/16 02:24 PM
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What Rhino said, if the round pin connector has to come off, gently pry it up & off of the pins EVENLY on both sides, you do not want to break a pin
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