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| astronomerdave |
 Mar 2 2016, 11:40 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 26-January 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 9,979 Region Association: Southern California  |
I have a couple of flakey tail light sockets. On the passenger side it's the brake light; on the driver side its the turn indicator. Once in awhile I'll notice that one or the other isn't working. All it takes at most is to remove the lens cover and wiggle the bulb. (The passenger side I can sometimes just give the lens cover a whack!) Is this common? Do I need to replace the entire light assembly or can I get just the sockets?
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| brant |
Mar 3 2016, 12:08 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,628 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Tighten the rivet Inside holding the socket wiring
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| Wyvern |
Mar 3 2016, 12:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 324 Joined: 7-October 15 From: San Francisco (East Bay) Member No.: 19,245 Region Association: Northern California |
I had mine out several times always a different bulb . (I had cleaned ALL grounding points).
I did tighten the rivets and still had issues . Don't laugh ...but I got some bulb grease used it sparingly and have never had an issue again. |
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| whitetwinturbo |
Mar 3 2016, 12:23 AM
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Honey, does this wing make my ass look fat? Group: Members Posts: 1,391 Joined: 22-October 11 From: Newport Beach/Kalefornya/USA Member No.: 13,704 Region Association: Southern California |
...........dielectric grease
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| jacksun |
Mar 3 2016, 09:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 8-August 13 From: mi Member No.: 16,224 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
this looks like a possibility
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| porschetub |
Mar 3 2016, 12:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,702 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(astronomerdave @ Mar 3 2016, 06:40 PM)  I have a couple of flakey tail light sockets. On the passenger side it's the brake light; on the driver side its the turn indicator. Once in awhile I'll notice that one or the other isn't working. All it takes at most is to remove the lens cover and wiggle the bulb. (The passenger side I can sometimes just give the lens cover a whack!) Is this common? Do I need to replace the entire light assembly or can I get just the sockets? Check your centre pins on the lamp sockets they get pushed back too far and don't contact the lamp properly,you can bend them back and clean the contact,worked for me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) . |
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