72 Cutlass tail light bulbs
#2
Yes. Make sure the contacts are free and they spring back when depressed. If not, the lights won't work properly. Mine were a mess when I bought the car and required a lot of playing with to get them to work.
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You used to think? You would be correct to still think that. The A does stand for the amber tinted glass on the bulb. I don't like silver star bulbs. Tried em, didn't like em.
#8
Thanks for the info guys. I used 1157's for all four. The sockets and springs were a mess but all four are working. Now I see that Old Cutlass says to use 1156's on the top, 1157's on the bottom. Who is correct?
#9
Since the retaining pins of the 1157s are staggered and the pins on the 1156s are level, only one type should fit, but, just in case, the sockets with one contact are for 1156s, the sockets with two contacts are for 1157s.
- Eric
- Eric
#10
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Since you need to have the tail lights work as 'running lights' and 'brake/signal' lights you need 1157's. When Eric gets around to looking at this again I'm sure he'll say the same thing. Anyway - 1157 or 1157A's will do the trick.
IF by chance you made a mistake and put 1156 bulbs in? The bulb would burn bright ALL the time and your signals wouldn't work either.
#11
You are reading his post wrong. All he's saying is 1156 bulbs have only 1 terminal at the base and 1157 bulbs have 2.
Since you need to have the tail lights work as 'running lights' and 'brake/signal' lights you need 1157's. When Eric gets around to looking at this again I'm sure he'll say the same thing. Anyway - 1157 or 1157A's will do the trick.
IF by chance you made a mistake and put 1156 bulbs in? The bulb would burn bright ALL the time and your signals wouldn't work either.
Since you need to have the tail lights work as 'running lights' and 'brake/signal' lights you need 1157's. When Eric gets around to looking at this again I'm sure he'll say the same thing. Anyway - 1157 or 1157A's will do the trick.
IF by chance you made a mistake and put 1156 bulbs in? The bulb would burn bright ALL the time and your signals wouldn't work either.
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