Electrical: 2R5 Parking Lights

[Robert Crandall]

These parking lights do not work. I do not have them apart to see if the rust can be cleaned off, but it does not look good for them at first look.

What have others done with this?

Thanks.

[Bo Markham]

These parking lights do not work. I do not have them apart to see if the rust can be cleaned off, but it does not look good for them at first look.

What have others done with this?

Thanks.

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Take the unit apart, unsolder the contact button from the pig tail. Be careful not to damage the little spring. Take the socket and soak in Ospho, or another de-rust and rust preventative product (desolves rust and leaves a protective coating so you don't have to paint). Reassemble unit, resolder the contact button, install in housing with new bulb. Presto! Don't forget to check to ensure you have power and a good clean ground.

[Robert Crandall]

I like that. I will update after I have done it. Thanks.

[sasquatch]

NAPA has new sockets. I used them on my 1949 2R15.

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?28543-Modern-part-number-for-parking-light-socket&highlight=parking+light+socket

[Robert Crandall]

Thanks! I have a CarQuest (just bought by Advance, so Advance interior with CarQuest still painted outside) whose crew helps me often. They matched the part numbers given above, and I picked them up yesterday.

[Robert Crandall]

Fixed! Thanks for the lead on the replacement lights. I am not quite finished yet because they will not turn on with the switch, so I have some tracing to do. That may have been why the old ones did not work, but the bulbs were rusted into the sockets and did not come out until I cut the old sockets apart.

[sasquatch]

Looking good! Is your headlight switch bad?

[Robert Crandall]

The switch is good. It works the rear lights in the parking light position. I am sure it is a loose or rusted connection somewhere. They come on when I run a jumper wire from the battery to the terminal at the radiator support wall. I just have a little tracing to do. Thanks.