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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Indianapolis
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Help with a tail light problem.
My 24 year old tail lights are not working very well. The sockets have lost thier "springyness". The bulbs do not sit in their sockets snugly and the wiggle a bit due to the springs not being up to par. As a result, they sometimes do not work. I took the tail lights apart to see if there was a way to clean and fix the sockets, but it's not possible. Has anyone found a temporary fix to get the bulbs to fit snugly until I find some new or used tail light housings?
Surly this issue has come up before with all these old 911's running around. I'd hate to buy new housings at $290 a piece. Also, my car is a euro, so I'd like to keep the euro rear tail lights as they are different than US type.
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05-01-2005, 06:41 PM
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Buy a set of pointed, hooked small tools (round hook, "L"-hook, straight point, 45 degree hook); they come in a case and have screwdriver like handles. Remove the light bulb and reach in with one of the hooked tools (45 degree hook works well) and get behind the metal contact spring and pull it outward towards you to bend it into a new position to make good contact with the bulb. Coat sides of and base of bulb with silicone grease (not silicone rubber) and insert into base. Silicone grease may be purchased at NAPA; their name for it is "Sil-Glyde" NAPA PN 765-1351.
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05-01-2005, 07:09 PM
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Go Speedracer, go!
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Sounds simple enough. I guess I could have thought of that one myself. But why the silicone greese? Why not something like dielectric greese? Thanks for the tip!
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05-01-2005, 07:38 PM
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Silicone grease = dielectric grease.
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