Typical Rotted bulb socket. $2.99 generic replacement
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Honed out the inside with a 1/2" round stone drill bit in my drill press to fit the diameter of the new socket. And used a 1/2" round file to make room for the bulb pin slots in the new socket. Then peened the existing socket to the new one and fluxed and soldered like plumbing.
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Spliced new wires and siliconed the socket back and used heatshrink polyo tubing on the splice and installed. :2thumbs:
Note: Clean all surfaces before soldering and take out wires and gasket before applying heat.
Process makes a good ground too.
Nice little how-to, thanks for posting. :2thumbs: