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leon phelps Valued Contributor Posts 3020 
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06-19-12 07:00 PM - Post#2239283
anyone know a source for these? all I see on parts pages are ones that look way too big. I am looking for the front ones. one of mine is intermittent and I need it replaced. Did I tell you GM engineers suck. Cant believe the mess to replace this socket.
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novice66 Frequent Contributor Posts 1113 
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06-19-12 09:00 PM - Post#2239321
Have you checked ecklers late great chevy, sinclaires, obsolete chevy parts?
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427SS65 "9th Year" Platinum Supporting Member & Moderator Posts 12272 
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06-19-12 09:02 PM - Post#2239323
This has been discussed before - not available as a repop. I bought two used "rust free" ones that I got from Sundell Auto Parts in NC in 1994. If the housings are not too rusted, you might be able to adapt some sort of twin contact socket by modifying a tail lamp socket or better yet, a dome light socket. I'm not sure if the index pins on the dome light bulb are the same as a 1057 lamp (or even the same diameter). I'd give you my old ones, but they were so rusty, I pitched them.
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aawtech American Autowire "Site Sponsor" Posts 3709 |
06-19-12 10:05 PM - Post#2239327
The parking lamp sockets were never seviced as separate items. They were swaged into the P/L housings and were only serviced as a complete wire, socket, and housing assembly. Donny |
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leon phelps Valued Contributor Posts 3020
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06-20-12 03:44 AM - Post#2239361
I can see how they were never serviced as separate items. If you can bend the old one out, a slice in the housing will enable you to twist a new one in (I married two together). My second problem was that the second one has weak springs in the terminals. Guess we go to the local parts hack and see what we can do.
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aawtech American Autowire "Site Sponsor" Posts 3709 |
06-20-12 06:11 AM - Post#2239387
Keep in mind that is how the bulb gets grounded ...... thru the socket/housing assembly being tight, then the housing being securely bolted into the roll pan. Trying to Jerry-rig a socket into a housing that it was intended to be installed in may not give you a good enough ground for the turn signals and parking lamps to work properly and will more than likely cause a backfeed in your system that will drive you nuts. Donny |
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Impala-Bill Forum Newbie Posts 8 
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06-20-12 06:48 AM - Post#2239401
I just installed a wiring kit in my '62 Impala and they included all the parts to rebuild my front parking lamp/turn signal sockets. I used the wire brush of a battery terminal cleaner to run in and out of the metal socket and then installed the new double contact socket with new pins, springs, rubber grommet and new wire. I am not sure if those wiring kit providers will sell just those parts, but it would not hurt to ask. You may need to purchase a front light kit. I bought my complete kit from American Auto Wire, but I am sure other providers source similar parts.
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nicke Contributor Posts 609 
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06-20-12 08:07 AM - Post#2239425
I had just swapped mine out for another set recently because of the same problem. I got a nice set out of an original front end. They housings were actually riveted into position, making a swap more involved than I would have thought. I'm not sure why they would have done that. Needless to say, I put a small bolt and nut where the rivet was. -Nick
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