Re: 69 park lamp pigtail removal
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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06/17/19 12:49 PM
06/17/19 12:49 PM
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RapidRobert
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I would imagine that you would need to crimp the socket inward till it is free to come out the front of the housing & maybe do some dremeling
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Re: 69 park lamp pigtail removal
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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06/17/19 04:49 PM
06/17/19 04:49 PM
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On my 69 RR, my one park lamp (bumper mounted) has a rusted out bulb socket. The housing is fine, I am looking to change out the socket-pigtail. I bought another housing/pigtail from an a body and want to swap the good one into mine. Has anyone tried this and know the proper way without messing up either the housing or the pigtail/socket? It appears to be crimped in on the inside of the housing; where the bulb goes.
Just trying to get some good advice from someone who has done this before I attempt it. The B body housings are not reproduced and are hard to find, so I am trying this way first. Pics of what I got and then the new one that is on the way:
Thanks,
Mark I cut the old socket off with a cutoff wheel and worked the little pieces until the socket pieces came out of the housing. I cut the rear of the donor housing off and sliced the housing parts until they wiggled off the socket. I had one split on the socket flange and "screwed" it into the good housing like a screw. I slid the pig tail into a piece of conduit and used the tapered 1/2 drive sockets like punches to roll the crimped part back flat and then a kingpin that I had from a past project to flatten out the "ring" and get good contact for current.
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Re: 69 park lamp pigtail removal
[Re: HEMICUDA]
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06/18/19 03:45 AM
06/18/19 03:45 AM
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Send me your old ones, for $35, I'll press new ones in both. Man, if it were me, this is what I would do.
Scott
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Re: 69 park lamp pigtail removal
[Re: HEMICUDA]
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06/18/19 06:13 AM
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Send me your old ones, for $35, I'll press new ones in both. Do this! Mike replaced my Challenger pigtails, there was no way I could got this done myself, and the work was flawless. Thx again Mike, you’re truly an asset to the hobby.
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Re: 69 park lamp pigtail removal
[Re: HEMICUDA]
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06/18/19 12:16 PM
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Mike, that is really good to know you can do this!!
-Eric
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