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Please help looking for bulb socket!
Hello, gang!!! So yeah, now I'm dealing with the problem of locating the socket bulb for turn signal. Tried lots of websites (Valeo, eBay), dealers both Chrysler and MB, nobody has it.... Anyone has it for sale? Please help the brother out.
5174703AA that is the part number... Thanks Vazgen (Los Angeles, CA) |
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I have the same problem. I was able to fix it temporarily but as the contacts were bad but it broke again. Mercedes nor Chrysler don't have the part and one place wanted me to buy the whole headlight assembly for $500 to get it. Luckily the car has a few other things wrong with it so with nearly 125,000 I'll be getting rid of it before I'm due for inspection next month.
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Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by AlG
(Post 843519)
I have the same problem. I was able to fix it temporarily but as the contacts were bad but it broke again. Mercedes nor Chrysler don't have the part and one place wanted me to buy the whole headlight assembly for $500 to get it. Luckily the car has a few other things wrong with it so with nearly 125,000 I'll be getting rid of it before I'm due for inspection next month.
I read on this forum somewhere that one guy repaired it with stripes of copper tape, I might try it too |
Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
You try these wired into the headlight harness :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-1156-7506-7507-1156A-LED-Bulbs-Signal-Lights-Socket-Harness-Plugs-Adapters-/161266397122?rmvSB=true Not sure they will fit properly, but they LOOK right. |
Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by Vazgen
(Post 843514)
Hello, gang!!! So yeah, now I'm dealing with the problem of locating the socket bulb for turn signal. Tried lots of websites (Valeo, eBay), dealers both Chrysler and MB, nobody has it.... Anyone has it for sale? Please help the brother out.
5174703AA that is the part number... Thanks Vazgen (Los Angeles, CA) |
Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by ala_xfire
(Post 843531)
You try these wired into the headlight harness :
2pcs 1156 7506 7507 1156A LED Bulbs Signal Lights Socket Harness Plugs Adapters | eBay Not sure they will fit properly, but they LOOK right. |
Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by onehundred80
(Post 843548)
They do not look like them really when you study them with a real part in your hand.:(
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I tried to find the wires that attach to the headlight array to tap into them and just solder the other end of the wires to a bulb but I think I'd have to remove the whole array to locate them. Don't think I'll have the car for more than a month more anyhow so I'll just drive it the way it is for now.
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I was looking at sockets that are being fitted to citroens and peugeouts on eBay.co.uk. Will try to order that.
Yesterday took it to mechanic and he tested the socket itself out of the car with bulb inside, it does work.... But when we put inside the headlight - doesn't. I took the socket from right headlight and put in left one - works. So the problem is in the connection.. |
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The issue with them is that one of the contacts wear down over time. I had this with my second car, I just built the contact up with a little solder and that fixed it.
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Originally Posted by pizzaguy
(Post 843641)
The issue with them is that one of the contacts wear down over time. I had this with my second car, I just built the contact up with a little solder and that fixed it.
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Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by pizzaguy
(Post 843641)
The issue with them is that one of the contacts wear down over time. I had this with my second car, I just built the contact up with a little solder and that fixed it.
The best long term contact would be in a dry environment but the socket often operates in an humid atmosphere which would lead to surface corrosion of the contact materials, the socket does have an O-ring at the back but the bulb end is open to the atmosphere inside the headlamp itself and as we know from the water visible in these quite often, it cannot be too dry inside some headlights. Can this visible humidity inside the headlight unit be an indicator common to failed or soon to fail sockets? New sockets should be found in the links here, I'll confirm when I get mine. |
Re: Please help looking for bulb socket!
Originally Posted by onehundred80
(Post 843665)
With your background I doubt you meant the word wear because why would they wear away? There is no cause for abrasion, a poor contact that sparks will burn the surfaces away little by little, hence the hole in some failed socket contacts. I would imagine some dielectric grease would help the situation greatly.
The best long term contact would be in a dry environment but the socket often operates in an humid atmosphere which would lead to surface corrosion of the contact materials, the socket does have an O-ring at the back but the bulb end is open to the atmosphere inside the headlamp itself and as we know from the water visible in these quite often, it cannot be too dry inside some headlights. Can this visible humidity inside the headlight unit be an indicator common to failed or soon to fail sockets? New sockets should be found in the links here, I'll confirm when I get mine. Get the ones from Lithuania as they are the cheapest if you can wait the 10 days in the mail. The Lithuania ones are the second red click in "here" above or the PDF. |
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