[Mg-t] Dash Lamp Socket Removal

[Bud Krueger]

Bob, Lawrie's right on, but there's another bug in the ointment. The 
lamp socket is wound with a few feet of resistance wire to get the 
70'ish ohms.  This winding is held down by a layer of tape that tends to 
dry out after a bunch of years.  It makes itself a bit difficult to pass 
through the hole in the panel.  It can be done, but may take some 
perseverence.

Bud Krueger
Lawrie wrote:
> 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)
>> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
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