Hello to all,


The drivers side low beam headlight somehow fused the socket and bulb together. I managed to separate the two and am now looking for a replacement socket.
I went to my local auto parts store where they convinced me it was the correct one. After mulling it over I decided to try to replace the original with the one the parts store sold me. Major problem is the original has two wires soldered to the socket the replacement only has a single wire. It does not work.
Anyone know where to get a socket to hold an H - 1 bulb with two wires?


Thanks to all.


Bob

 

I had the same problem. I ended up soldering a piece of wire to the "new light bulb" then butt splicing the "2nd wire" to this new wire.

 

Bob, what I would tell you to do is to find yourself some yellow female spade connectors. They should fit on to the bulb tabs nice and tightly and then all you have to do is to extend the wires slightly to make them work. I would recommend getting say two 6" pieces of 16 gauge wire and some Raychem WCSF-070 heatshrink (can be obtained from e-bay for a few bucks, more on this later). Then you can solder the 16 gauge wire to the factory wiring and then shrink some Raychem over the soldered joint (leaving an inch on each side of the soldered joint for the seal). Then you can crimp the yellow connector into place and then attach it to the light bulb. Granted, if you have enough wire, then you can possibly just crimp the lug on to the factory wiring.

Now, if you are wondering why I am recommending the Raychem product, once you get some in your hand it will become very obvious. This heat shrink is normal heat shrink on steroids. It will survive high temperature conditions without even thinking twice. I use it at work to survive a nuclear reactor melt down and the resulting steam cloud. I think the underhood conditions are a little less harsh than that. The other nice thing is that the Raychem has a glue on the inside of the heatshrink. When you shrink it, you get it warm enough that it will melt the glue and make it as if the insulation has never been cut and therefore will make it impervious to degradation over the years from water and whatnot destroying the soldered joint.

 

is this what you are looking for?

https://www.belmetric.com/ehalh12-eh...4&cPath=18_557

 

EXACTLY what I need. Thank you, thank you thank you.
Thank you to all who responded to my issues.
You guys are great. I don't know what I would do without you.