[Mg-t] Dash Lamp Socket Removal

[Lawrie]

Bob,

I believe the socket is held against the dash panel by a large, softly 
coiled spring which sits in a tin "cup" which has flats on two sides of 
its hole. You compress the spring, rotate the cup until the flats line 
up with flats on the body, then the cup slides off followed by the 
spring. Then the socket comes out of the front of the dash.

At least, that's how some of these sockets come off and I think it 
applies to the one you are talking about!

Lawrie

On 7/30/2012 10:55 AM, Bob Donahue wrote:
> One of the terminals on the "Low Fuel" lamp socket has broken off. I have
> taken the panel loose, but it will only come forward about an inch without
> major disassembly. I haven't been able to figure out what's holding the socket
> on. Does it come out from the front or the back? Is there a nut that holds it
> on or what????? I think I can solder the terminal back on (or at least a wire)
> to get it working again, if I can just get the darn thing out.
>
> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
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