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Has anyone consider using late model light sockets on square body chevys?

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Title says it all. I know there are very few of us who play around with electrical stuff and able to keep the "magic smoke" in.



The problem we have now our trucks and "station wagons" are over 20 years old. Over forty for the oldest model. Most of the stuff is discontinue including tail light sockets. PED (Delphi) is usually good about keeping stuff around. Much better than Ford or dodge. I think the biggest reason is because Delphi sells outside of GM. Of the big Three, finding Delphi stuff easy. I have over 7 storage bins of Delphi 56 series, Weather pack, and Metri-pack terminals and connectors. Only one bin combined of ford and dodge terminals and it wasn't for a lack of searching.

Well, for light sockets, I just about done wiring the front lights on my blazer and the socket of the front turn/marker lights is the same as the rear. I had to use a cheap Taiwan knock off that I had to seal with a combination of Weather-Pack, Metri-pack and Silicone because those people across the ocean don't understand the concept the rubber seal is suppose the seal tightly around the wire. Not leave enough room for a 8 gauge wire to pass though when using 18 gauge wire.

I finish this later. I got to finish wiring my blazer, but I'm going to leave a link to Dephi's lamp socket Pdf.

http://www.delphi.com/connectors/assets/product_brochure/Lamp_Sockets.pdf

Anyway, P/N 12191243 looks promising.
 
I can get all the sockets I need for my '84 K5 from LMC, they may be Made in China, but can still get them. Swapping over to later models might not be bad, but would they still fit in the '84 housings?
 
How well sealed are the Lmc ones, the import one I have needed work done to seal a suppose sealed housing. The purpose of this thread is to find a quality replacement.
 
I have been on that site looking for stuff for the dodge.
I searched and was able to find the socket.
It look like another import and a pigtail. (I hate pigtails)
One thing that interest me with using a late model Delphi is bring able to order the parts and assemble it without spicing. I would have cross-link wire all the way to the socket, and it would look cleaner.
 
I did a search on Mouser. Non stocking. ****. That usually means a min order of a lot of parts when only four sockets are needed for one blazer.
 
Are your square sealed beams H6054? Or should I say did square bodies ever use H6054s

I had to do a search. Yes I believe the 80 square bodies came with the those bulbs.

The terminals and sockets (sort of, the socket available will work but won't contour correct.) are still available. In fact I used a set to wire my head lights.

http://terminalsupplyco.com/Store/Default.aspx?CAT=DEL020&PCAT=54228#Categories

The sockets I'm talking about are the tail and front marker lights.
 
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