1953 Mercury parking light socket

Tagged: Both the sites suggested are great sites for some Mercu, neither have the socket included-they just have the soc

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April 28, 2012 at 3:36 pm #1409

Anonymous
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I am looking for 1 (would buy 2 if I can find) front right parking light socket. I can find the repair wire but nothing with the socket attached. Can anyone give me some ideas of where to locate them?

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Jim Malmberg, Merrimac, WI

April 29, 2012 at 12:07 am #2777

Jerry Robbin
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Mac’s has a repair kit

http://macsautoparts.com/1949-59-ford-mercury-parking-light-socket-repair-kit-right-2-wires-31quot-long-mercury-only-faa-13234-br/camid/F50/cp/JS0R3CHL1120318/

Or try contacting Dennis Carpenter

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~partsort~A2~cadefffN

April 29, 2012 at 5:25 pm #2778

Anonymous
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Thanks for the good locations – I am glad to know about them. It appears that sockets are not included with the socket wire repair kits and that is what I am missing. Perhaps the “junkyard” is my only option.

April 30, 2012 at 11:38 am #2779

Jerry Robbin
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Try http://www.bigmauto.com Joh Fowlie is the owner and John has a Salvage yard in Williams Ca

April 30, 2012 at 12:57 pm #2780

Virgil & Sue Klein
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This is a common problem with the ’53s as everything rusts out behind the bumper. They make universal sockets that I used when I restored my ’53. These have spring clips around the socket that you can plug in to the back of the turn signal assembly. You just need to get the correct size. Any decent parts store will have them in stock. As I recall, I had to do a little grinding on the assembly to get mine to fit properly. They have been in there for several years now and work just fine. If you need to change a bulb you simply “pop” them out, put in the bulb, and put them back in.

November 18, 2012 at 12:02 am #2824

Anonymous
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I was at the local Napa store this morning. It looked as if they had these connectors hanging on the wall behind the counter.

Stan
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