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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 12:14 AM
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Hey I am putting new lights all around since my car has been sitting for awhile and has bad bulbs. When I put the new ones in they work but sometimes go off since the metal connectors are old I'm guessing is there a way to tighten these up so I don't have to go and replace them all? 82 and I'm talking about the wedge/peanut bulbs on the fenders and back quarter panels including the license plate and that stupid spare tire light lol.
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 07:56 AM
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When those old sockets get corroded I think its just easier to replace the the whole thing. The sockets are quite cheap.
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by antoniov1
Hey I am putting new lights all around since my car has been sitting for awhile and has bad bulbs. When I put the new ones in they work but sometimes go off since the metal connectors are old I'm guessing is there a way to tighten these up so I don't have to go and replace them all? 82 and I'm talking about the wedge/peanut bulbs on the fenders and back quarter panels including the license plate and that stupid spare tire light lol.
OK...are the terminals in these sockets DIRTY??? IF so...clean them.

And...if you know that the bulb works sometimes....then what would you do to this connection so the bulb would be tighter when you install it.....THUS....the terminals will contact the bubs terminals....THINK ABOUT IT!

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Clean and spray with WD40. I do this to ALL sockets/connectors.
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