Brake/Tail Light bulb has rusted to fixture...now what?
I own a 1995 Camry, and there has been a slow water leak into my left tail light over the years. I've had to replace this bulb a few times before, but this time the metal from the bulb has rusted and bonded with the fixture which makes it impossible to turn :mad:. The bulb, being weak, came out of the metal which then only left the rusted metal (from the bulb) and the fixture.
Matters got worse onece I tried to use needle-nose pliers to turn and take it out. The metal bent, then broke off :D, but the base of the metal was still stuck :eek:. Obviously, I'm thinking I'll need another fixture to replace this one because I don't see any way I'll be able to get that metal base out of the fixture :confused:. What should I or can I do in this situation? |
Originally Posted by PoochTheGreat
(Post 39445)
I own a 1995 Camry, and there has been a slow water leak into my left tail light over the years. I've had to replace this bulb a few times before, but this time the metal from the bulb has rusted and bonded with the fixture which makes it impossible to turn :mad:. The bulb, being weak, came out of the metal which then only left the rusted metal (from the bulb) and the fixture.
Matters got worse onece I tried to use needle-nose pliers to turn and take it out. The metal bent, then broke off :D, but the base of the metal was still stuck :eek:. Obviously, I'm thinking I'll need another fixture to replace this one because I don't see any way I'll be able to get that metal base out of the fixture :confused:. What should I or can I do in this situation? |
You should solder the new socket that Glenn8963 suggested you acquire from a junk yard. Use some shrink tube insulation on the wires where you connect them and while your at the junk yard get a new tail light so in doesn't happen again.
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Yeah it's best if you get a new tail light if in case it happens all over again. Chances are high.. Good luck on that.
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