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remove wires from socket?
Can't find any glass ones either. I'll probably just order new plastic ones. I also need new sockets but don't want to splice any wires if I don't have to. Anybody know if the wires can be taken out of the old socket and put into the new one? I have seen references to removing a center plug and the 3 wires come out like some of the Delphi connectors. I have no faith in butt connectors and laying under a soldering iron is less than appealing to me...
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I answered my own question about removing the wires from the socket. It's pretty easy...just pop out the inner socket part and pull out the wires. I'll try attaching a pic. Also, the 3157 replacement bulb socket works fine. Nice to know that you can just replace them when they melt with no splicing.
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I answered my own question about removing the wires from the socket. It's pretty easy...just pop out the inner socket part and pull out the wires. I'll try attaching a pic. Also, the 3157 replacement bulb socket works fine. Nice to know that you can just replace them when they melt with no splicing.
Depending on how much you order and how you work the shipping, ordering the components from Mouser can be far less expensive than getting them from a pigtail assembly.
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little update here, I was doing some other work on the car a couple weeks ago and had some down time waiting on parts so I pulled these lenses out. turns out right above the bulbs the plastic was melted and had opened up a split. I cleaned them off and covered the splits with aluminum roofing tape (the foil stuff, not the gooey tar stuff) that I had from my previous job. pleased to report I have no more issues witht his now. as I'm sure you guys have seen we have a tropical storm currently stalled over us here in FL so it has been being hit pretty hard from all angles with water an d so far so good. free fix ftw!
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I noticed water enters through the middle of the lens. I discovered this when polishing the lenses. There are two seams about half inch apart that run vertical in the center of the lens. These seams are where the "pattern" changes in the clear lens. If you rub liquid polish or wax on the lens you will see how it enters these seams and goes inside the lens....exactly where waters enters. The gap is so small you can't notice it with the eye. But pressure with a rag or hose will definitely push liquids through these seams. I am applying a skinny strip of super glue over the seams of my the new lenses.
The clear lens should have been made as one solid piece.
I found a seller on ebay (TPI_Parts) that is using the original Mouser/Delphi parts mentioned above to reconstruct the sockets for the bulbs. They are only $15+$3 instead of the $81 quoted by the local chevy dealer, who laughed with me about that price.
The clear lens should have been made as one solid piece.
I found a seller on ebay (TPI_Parts) that is using the original Mouser/Delphi parts mentioned above to reconstruct the sockets for the bulbs. They are only $15+$3 instead of the $81 quoted by the local chevy dealer, who laughed with me about that price.