Front Marker Light Buckets

[Brent13]

I bought new buckets from Tom's. Two concerns, how do I get the old ones out, and the buckets I bought are two-wire, looks like the old ones have three wires going into the bucket? I cant get the old ones out. Are they to just press thru, could they be corroded and stuck? Or do they need to turn to come out? I have the housing unbolted from the grill, but can't get these suckers to come out. I could cut the wires, and get them over to a better work area, but kind of want to see the wiring intact before getting in too far. New bucket shown, two-wire.


Thank you

 

[Brent13]

Anyone?

Thank You

 

[Brent13]

I am going to cut them out tonight if I can't figure it out.....

 

[AxlesUp]

I looked at the sockets on mine and i couldn't figure it out either. I am pretty sure they snap in place, but decided to wait rather than break my working ones LoL

 

[DirtDonk]

They were not originally meant to come out. That type of replacement socket is a "retrofit" fix for old worn out ones.
It's a way to save money over buying an entire new assembly, but it's a bit of a pain. You either need to solder the new one in, epoxy it (easiest?) or figure out another way (setscrew maybe?)

You will also need to come up with a ground wire. That's the third wire most likely, as these double contact sockets for the front markers are intended to use bulbs with a high and a low filament. The ground was usually handled by the bucket screwing into the grille, so I'd be interested in what you find out on that third wire. I only remember seeing 2-wire setups myself.

Grounding the socket might take some fiddling too. Just make sure to ground the socket directly, as opposed to the bucket/reflector if you decide to use epoxy to hold it in. If you do, there won't be a reliable electrical connection between the two components.

Paul