Can anyone advise the best quality tail light sockets I can by for my 66 Canso. I've had the tail light housing rechromed years ago, I have recently cleaned up all the wiring and was about to solder up a new set I ordered from HotRods & Classics in BC and they won't even stay in the housings. I have looked into this on Steves Nova Site and had a few opinions but I know that the Acadian used a socket with 2 wires where the Nova used a 1 wire setup.
I've also noticed that most sockets are a white plastic housing but have seen some that were a metal like casing...Kind of interested in these....
I have had issues with the sockets over the years and wiring, looking for a fix....
I prefer the metal sockets, sometime you have to tweak/bend the fingers out a bit to hold tight in the hole. If still loose can put a gasket between socket and housing.
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Sunday 1st of February 2015 09:15:31 PM
I put one of those UAP sourced metal sockets in a Beaumont blinker, decades ago.
- I think I epoxy, it in / PL 9000 construction adhesive would also probably work...repair never failed or came loose
In concluding this, I understood that the correct color of the socket would have been black. I sourced AAW (American Auto Wire) who I heard had a good rep. I ordered them, they fit!!!!!!!!!!!