�Securing the glove box lamp into the socket?

[Owen L.]

1967:
Do the lugs on the bulb (#1893) actually engage with a twist into the glove box socket? I know there is a slotted hot terminal but when I insert the terminal in the housing, the bottom of the slot goes in too far and doesn't engage the lugs on the bulb. The opposite lug doesn't have any slot in the plastic housing that would twist to secure either. I can insert the bulb straight in and friction between the terminal and the housing seems to hold the bulb in place, and it operates as it should, but I'm thinking road vibrations are going to work the bulb out of the socket.

[James W.]

[Owen L.]

Owen,

I went though this recently with my '65. The bulb should twist and secure itself on the wiring terminal. My original socket slot for the terminal was worn so that the terminal would not stay in the correct position and the bulb would not stay secured in the housing by wiring terminal. I replaced the wiring terminal with a new one and installed an NOS glove box light socket that I bought off of Ebay, actually I bought six of them. I also installed a wiring connector behind the glove box so that when the glove box needs to be removed I can disconnect it there without disturbing the glove box socket.

James

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[James W.]

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