The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The Electrical Bay NOS directionals wiring?

This past weekend at Carlisle I acquired a set of NOS directional fender/chassis lights for 1958 through 1966 C10. Upon inspection just yesterday I found one with a disconnected bulb wire. They are single wire. It appears that the wire is simply snugged through a turn of the small contact spring for the bulb. I thought that odd. But anyway, I don't see a problem with soldering the wire to the spring. Any other advice is appreciated. I know Deve has NOS, so hope you chime in Deve. Thanks guys.

look into one of the other sockets - there should be a "nub" soldered to the end of the wire that contacts the solder button on the base of the bulb, that nub sits in a hole in a round fiber/plastic piece that fits on top the spring, you do not want the wire to contact the spring, which will be ground

Bill

Okay. Thanks. I have the fiber ring, but not the nub. I'll check the original box really well to see if it's under a flap. Can I buy a nub at Radio Shack or ? in case I need a replacement?

doubt you'll find the metal contact alone anyplace, but any FLAPS should have pigtails like this that you can use to effect a repair

Bill

Thanks greatly. That will be perfect. All kinds of goodies
in the box with a 4 page fold out on mounting and wire diagram to install these lights, but no words or pictures on the bulb and wire. So, thanks again.

DrewP,
In the past, I've purchased those wire end contacts from YnZ in Relands, CA. The contacts are 0.25 each, unfortunately they have a $20 minimum order. If you need some other wire related things, they might work for you.

http://www.ynzyesterdaysparts.com/pdfs/p1_Electrical_Terminals.pdf

Bob

Actually, I went with this outfit. www.delcity.net
The contacts were 62 cents apiece, for 1 to a 100.