What if anything can you do about simple bulb sockets that just quit making the bulb work. I try to clean and bend the contact points with no luck. I run into this a lot. The bulb will work if you wiggle it around. But put it back where it goes and not working again. You can look inside socket and everything looks good. Like this one on my case backhoe.
Posted 7/3/2024 08:19 (#10796756 - in reply to #10796732) Subject: RE: Unreliable bulb sockets
North Mississippi Delta / Alabama Gulf Coast
I had same issue on the farm truck, moisture had got in sealed driving lamps and corroded the sockets and blown one bulb.
It was a bear to clean enough to work. I used WD40 to clean with a pick.
I quit farming after dark so I don’t know if tractor lights even work now.
Posted 7/3/2024 08:55 (#10796805 - in reply to #10796732) Subject: RE: Unreliable bulb sockets
NW Iowa
Get one of those little one quart sand blasters, put baking soda in it and blast into the socket. The soda shines things up but doesn't do damage. If I am right the real soda blaster people use a different kind of soda but plain old baking soda is readily available for the small job you are doing. Wear a breathing mask, that soda that will get on your lips will taste funny. Blow it out with air and spray whatever contact stuff you like into the socket.
Posted 7/4/2024 11:20 (#10798099 - in reply to #10797105) Subject: RE: Unreliable bulb sockets
New Brunswick, Canada
They aren't proper "bulbs" - just the grote/truck stop type clearance/license plate led lights with a grommet and pigtail - I basically jam them into the housing as best I can. and seal it up best I can. They are maybe 3/4" diameter up to some more like 1" diameter. Sometimes they have bags of 5 cheaper too.
I'm not shy to bust a rotted bayonet socket out and use a step bit to make a hole in the reflector the right size for the grommet either since the light is usually junk.
Unreliable bulb sockets
