installing new headlight bucket wires

[deuce lover]

Do you have the original sockets and wiring ? The originals have a wire fed thru the hole at base of socket.At the bulb end there is a contact at the end (I believe were crimped)of each wire with a spring under it.That contact is difficult to find.What I have done is take the original and solder it to a new wire.Feed it thru the hole with the spring under it. Do that with each one.Make sure the wires are long enough to reach the loom by the horn.Use spade or bullet connectors at that end so can be easily plugged in or removed.I also soldered a separate wire to the reflector and run it to the frame for a guaranteed ground. I have tried using reproduction sockets but they are junk.The bulb does not fit tight and as it wiggles then shorts out.Hope this helps.

[MGG]

Originally Posted by deuce lover

Do you have the original sockets and wiring ? The originals have a wire fed thru the hole at base of socket.At the bulb end there is a contact at the end (I believe were crimped)of each wire with a spring under it.That contact is difficult to find.What I have done is take the original and solder it to a new wire.Feed it thru the hole with the spring under it. Do that with each one.Make sure the wires are long enough to reach the loom by the horn.Use spade or bullet connectors at that end so can be easily plugged in or removed.I also soldered a separate wire to the reflector and run it to the frame for a guaranteed ground. I have tried using reproduction sockets but they are junk.The bulb does not fit tight and as it wiggles then shorts out.Hope this helps.

I obtained the contacts that are inside the sockets (I call them buttons) from Sacramento Vintage Ford and soldered them onto the end of new wires. As quoted above I soldered bullet connectors onto he other ends. The new sockets I agree are junk so I used the originals. MGG 1934 BB Truck

[FrankWest]

Originally Posted by MGG

I obtained the contacts that are inside the sockets (I call them buttons) from Sacramento Vintage Ford and soldered them onto the end of new wires. As quoted above I soldered bullet connectors onto he other ends. The new sockets I agree are junk so I used the originals. MGG 1934 BB Truck

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