I put some new bulbs in my car. I did not solder them in there and one of the has poped off. I am going to tear it apart this weekend, What can I do to fix this w/o soldering?

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Where exactly are these bulbs located in the car? Are they that standard "go everywhere" bulb that are in the console, guages, foot areas, etc? Need more info!!!

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Sorry I was in a hury when I typed that. Here is the complete story. They are the bulbs from MacEwen that go behind my speedo, tach, etc... The originals are soldered in, I originally did not solder the replacments in, and now I need to come up with a better method to keep them in there as one has wiggled it's way loose. I do not have a soldering iron ar anything of the sort. What can I do to keep it in permently w/o soldering? Car is in the sig...

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I know exactly what you are talking about. I ordered the xenon bulbs from macewen also then I realized that the stock bulbs on my 91 RS are soldered in the socket. Heres your options. You can (1) do the soldering like you were planning on doing or (2) go to a good auto parts store (autozone, advance) and they sell the little black sockets where all you have to do is pop the bulb in and pop it out whenever you want to. They fit right into our stock gauge clusters and twist in just like the stock ones. In fact if you go to Autozone the part # is 85835. They are about a buck a piece. Dont let them tell you they have nothing like that, they told me the same thing but they did have them. The socket size is 1/2". I am replacing all of my stock ones with these because their so much easier. Hope this helps.

 

Soldering is the best way. You could hook up with an iron and solder at radio shack for cheap. I can't think of any alternative that works as well or better.

 

Yeah, go to RadioShack or even walmart and buy one of those small soldering pens, thats all you need. Should set you back about $7-10.


Ken

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Sounds great Thx