Taillight bulb holder removal.

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Jlc
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Taillight bulb holder removal.

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I am pulling the bulb holders from a spare set of Euro front turn signal buckets to put in the open tailight spot in the rear. The holder came out easily once I found the holding clip, but for the life of me cannot remove the metal strip that contacts the bulb center pin. It wiggles but something is preventing it from coming out.

Any suggestions?
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Re: Taillight bulb holder removal.

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I was just looking at mine 2 days ago. I think that elctrode is cast or glued to the plastic case. Probably easier to start over with universal bulb holder.
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Re: Taillight bulb holder removal.

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Thanks. It's just a small piece of brass that I could make from stock, but the existing hole just needs to be reamed out to fit a universal holder so I may just do that. Plus, I then have a set of functional Euro buckets as well. May just resilver those and run wires.
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Re: Taillight bulb holder removal.

Post by rhanley 635csi89 »

I've added the additional brake lights. A universal bulb socket did not work out well for me. I proceeded to order BMW rear tail brake sockets from Ralph, with a little work they're in and looks as it came from the BMW factory as OE. Roger
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