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Jul 6, 2012 | 09:57 PM

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Lamp socket replacement

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement lamp socket for my tail light? (97 SS). I need an entire new socket, with the metal mating hole and connectors inside.

I have found a replacement part on Delphi's catalog (part number #12160392), but if I order it through Mouser, I have to order 400 of them...

Jul 7, 2012 | 10:09 AM

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That's probably the the wrong part. Do you really have a bayonet bulb in your '97? I thought that all the 4th gen cars had the same harness. (I'm not sure - I have a '99.) If so, you should have wedge base bulbs.

Which socket are you trying to replace on the car? Is it one of the inner bulbs or the outer one?

Jul 7, 2012 | 12:28 PM

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It is for the brake light. It does take a bayonet bulb and not a wedge base bulb :/.

Jul 10, 2012 | 10:53 AM

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No one else has any idea? I guess I'll just buy a replacement tail light harness.

Jul 10, 2012 | 06:00 PM

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You can get a socket assembly from any parts store. I don't have any experience with the bayonet sockets and don't know if they come apart cleanly like the wedges do.

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