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Yes, they are expensive. I'm glad mine were repairable.

These are supposed to be a new product by Classic Industries a little later this year.

All done (with one side). They work great and look pretty good. I used Mopar wheel paint to freshen up the reflector side. I thought the bumps in the car right reflector were paint bubbles, but they are flaws in the casting.

The end of the spring kept poking past the floating, flat part of the socket. I bent the end of the spring inward to stop that. I bet I bent it in too far and it touched the contact in the middle. Dumbshit move. I'll check it tonight. These sockets are pretty chintzy. One of the four...

I installed the new sockets and decided to test the grounding before permanently connecting the wires. I put the housing in the trunk and attached a jumper from a good ground to the housing. Then I turned on the lights and put it in reverse and touched the appropriate wires to see if lights...

Thx. Yes, from FSM I think dark green is brake and black is running light. The problem is the socket, which does not appear to indicate which wire is for brake, etc. I will just do trial and error to get it right.

I'm going with these sockets. Thanks for the tip. I managed to get the old sockets out without damaging the housing. On the two wire sockets, does each of the two wires have to be correctly matched to each of the two corresponding wires in the harness? IE, is there a brake light wire and a...

I do like beer, so maybe I will give that a try. It seems like it would wiggle loose pretty quickly though.

I tried soldering to the socket last night with no luck. The solder wouldn't adhere. I cleaned it well and scratched it to shiny metal with sand paper first. I used rosin flux solder. Does the socket need to get hot for it to work? My soldering iron is pretty wimpy. I used the tip to heat...

That looks like the way to go, at least for the other two sockets that are completely nonfunctional. Thanks to all who weighed in.

Thanks for checking.

Thanks for all these helpful replies. They confirm that I am not missing an easy way to remove the sockets. I'll trying the soldering approach for the one pictured. For the others, which are both on the other housing, I will look for a complete replacement assembly or try the remove and...

This socket no longer works because it has lost ground because of corrosion. There is supposed to be a ground connection between the socket and the larger tail light housing. It works just fine when I run a jumper from a ground to the outside of the socket or the lip of the socket in the top...

My car (1970 Fury) also has no ground wires for lights at rear of car. My backup lights dont work because of lack of ground. Fixing those will be harder. It seems the bumper has to come off for access. The pot metal housing for these marker lights mounts on a larger plastic piece so I dont know...

Thanks guys. There is just one wire and the diagram shows it grounded by the housing. I added jumpers on each side and the lights work now. It looks a little weird, but it works.

Neither of my rear side marker lamps work because they are not grounded. I don't see how they ever worked because the housing itself does not seem to be grounded. The bolt end and metal housing I am pointing to in this picture is grounded. Is there supposed to be a jumper between that bolt...

Not sure where this purist stuff is coming from. I do like to keep it as original as possible, but ordered the fusible link on Amazon prime for $7. They didn't have 14 gauge fusible links at local auto parts stores. No wonder Amazon is taking over the world.

Yes, it's on the list. I'm in triage mode ATM. BTW, the terminal is just sitting there for the pic. It fits better than that. It's off right now because of the tank work.

Garden hose gone. Gas tank is out so can't fire it up. It will be interesting to see if it blows on the first charge. Had to be a reason for that hose.

It seems a bit more complicated than this (as you've explained in your other postings). It's not completely determined by the wire that is directly connected to the fusible link. For instance, if I upgraded the wire from the battery to the starter relay to 8 gauge, I don't think that would...