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 (join HERE)
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.
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