Whilst working on the rear
fog lights I managed to disturb an indicator socket and
had to fix 'yet' another one of those electro mechanical
implementations of humour.
Clean up' where you are going to solder
with a little abrasive then solder a little wrap round (in
tastefull red here) wire from the edge contact to the metal
spring plate that holds the socket in. How these two
are supposed to keep in contact for more than a couple of
weeks without this is beyond me - the ones I have done like
this have been ok for near a year now.
I have since learned a further fine tip
from the list.
Instead of soldering just to the outer ring and relying
upon the spring connection to the light unit metalic substance
- make the wire long, pass it to the interior of the car
and to a conncetor and make up a little earthing loom and
ground it, so cutting out the horrid metalish light unit
altogether in the electrical sense. |