 Tail Light Wires Busted, this is a pita |
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| jandro62 |
 Jun 10 2005, 12:56 PM
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The 914 runs well now after 2 years in pieces. Pull onto street to test car out, promptly pulled over by cop for inspection/registration within a block of my house, argh!
Anyway, the right rear tail light housing has two wires that have broken off at the bulb connector. Any thoughts on trying to fix these? They aren't standard spades, they seem integrated with the bulb contact. What to do? Image of tail ight Image of tail light 2] Image of car |
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| BMartin914 |
Jun 10 2005, 01:01 PM
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||| Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 30-May 04 From: Oregon Member No.: 2,128 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Had the same thing happen. They are permanently attached at the factory. Once they break, that's it.
I ended up drilling out and removing the broken piece and replacing it with a small bolt and washer through the hole. Attached a round wire lead to the bolt. Works fine. Probably not an ideal fix though. Wanted it fixed and used what I had lying around. |
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| jandro62 |
Jun 10 2005, 01:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 4-June 04 From: Texas Member No.: 2,156 |
I'm kinda wondering if a female bullet connector would fit over the end of the broken connector?
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| mihai914 |
Jun 10 2005, 02:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None 
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If you can locate a busted tailight housing with good internals and connector, you can scrape off the reddish epoxy and swap the internals from one to the other, painfull but it can be done. You may also look for a good used unit.
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| jandro62 |
Jun 10 2005, 03:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 4-June 04 From: Texas Member No.: 2,156 |
So, in case anyone else has this problem, here is my homebrew solution that passed state inspection:
1. Clean the connector that has broken at the wire. 2. Find a female spade connector and widen it out with a flatblade screwdriver 3. Strip and crimp the wire into the spade connector 4. Slip one side of the spade connector over the connector. Done. |
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