1157 tail light sockets
Thanks for all the replies!
Is the problem that you cannot get the bulbs out?
Well, that was a problem; he got the bulbs out, and now even after copious amounts of lube and exercising the springs in the socket, the contact plate is just seized and the socket is all kinds of corroded.
They used to sell new sockets with pig tails that you could splice in.
I don't know if they are still available...
They are very much available, but they're more built for modern assemblies where the socket just twists or pops out. I recall trying to take mine out a few years ago for the same reason, but all the socket does is spin in the housing...they're retained by a rolling the edge of the metal on the inside of the housing (like a grommet), so the only way they can be removed is to damage the method by which to retain them. In my case though, I was able to get the contact plates unstuck and use them as was.
I picked up a couple not all that long ago at NAPA and put them in an acquaintance's Dakota P/U.
Unfortunately, this ain't a Dakota :(
So far as I know you can still get that kind of stuff at parts stores
The only ones I could find on the shelf were similar to the ones pictured above...which are great if you can simply remove the old socket...I looked on a couple resto sites and couldn't find any direct replacements.
I suppose it's possible to notch the housings where a different style will fit-any of you guys ever try it that way?
I found all these on Summit, and the Ron Francis setup looks like they'd work like a champ, but $25...damn...
http://www.summitracing.com/search/...lb-sockets/light-bulb-number-application/1157
