Macadoo

Anyone know how to remove this connection? Power to the signal was intermittent, now it's nonexistent. At first I could jiggle the wires where they entered the housing and it would work.
Thanks...

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joe_padavano

You can't, at least not without destroying the housing. That is not a "connector" and is not intended to be separable. Follow those wires the other way and you'll find the real connector.

Macadoo

Okie dokie, thanks Joe. Looks like i have some rewiring to do.

joe_padavano

Or, get another parking light housing (repros are available), unplug this one, plug in the new one.

RandyS

It may just be that the socket has some corrosion in it and the little springs behind the contacts aren't allowing them to make good constant contact with the bulb base. Remove the bulb and spray some silicone inside the socket and see if you can loosen up the springs by pushing down on the tips and releasing them a few times. I have had to do that with just about every socket on my 66 .........

Macadoo

No need.....yet

That was the first thing I tried. It actually turned out to be the connection behind the battery. It was corroded as all get out. Remembered a trick from When I was a [faux] science teacher. I soaked the connections in vinegar and salt and then rinsed and dried. Cleaned them right up. Yay, left turn signal!

RandyS

If they could all be that easy.........

Macadoo

Amen to that.

Allan R

Don't forget to put some dialetric grease into the socket. It will help prevent future corrosion.

Macadoo

Yup, did that. But thanks for the reminder.