<div dir="ltr">Thanks again to everyone who responded. I picked up a good quality 5/8" spark plug socket for a couple bucks at a local flea market and cut a slot in it to accommodate the capillary tube. Worked like a champ.<div><br></div><div>The nut and the bulb came out as one piece, so I had to be really careful to spread the twist out over the whole capillary tube to avoid damaging the tube at the nut. Is this the way it should be, or should the nut spin freely around the bulb?</div><div><br></div><div>Re: the turn signal indicators. As everyone suggested the the green plastic had melted with use. One side split apart with almost no pressure. The other one unscrews about 3/8 of an inch, and I think if I can cut the distorted end from the back, then I'll be able to salvage it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again... I couldn't get some of this done without the help from this list.</div><div><br></div><div>- Tom</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:06 AM Mirek Sharp <<a href="mailto:m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca">m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I do likewise with the hose clamp and it works really well. I also always<br>
put some anti-seize grease on the threads, AND, I slide the nut up the<br>
capillary tube and put some around the tube and top of the bulb so the nut<br>
will not seize on them. It seems to really help when I next have to remove<br>
it. I use Permatex copper anti-seize grease.<br>
<br>
Mirek<br>
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I do the same, but add a hose clamp around the cut in the socket so it <br>
won't spread around the nut when pressure is applied. Works for me. DP<br>
On 2/6/2019 8:40 PM, healeymanjim wrote:<br>
> i took a good quality long 5/8 socket and cut a slot in it about one and a<br>
half inches long. i always soak the nut for a few<br>
> days in penetrating oil. still have a problem sometimes and have to work<br>
it back and forth carefully to keep from stripping<br>
> the nut.<br>
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