Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I've had it with my Glow Worm lights. With oncoming cars, I can't read anything. Hell, you better have good night vision to see anything.... But I digress... I found the 521 thread, but that fellow was using push in bulbs which seems odd since I thought they were newer that the tradition bayonet my 620 has. QUESTIONS: So, first, I believe they are BA9 base, right?And second, has anyone done this, and are there any DO's and DON'T's for this project?Also, I have one broken turn signal socket I butcher repair with some copper sheet - are these sockets available or do they have to be cannibalized from old wiring harnesses? Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Assume you mean 620 not 610? A few seconds on the search shows this for 620 LEDs http://community.ratsun.net/topic/31314-how-to-led-your-620-truck-inside/ http://community.ratsun.net/topic/16444-led-gauge-cluster/page-5 http://community.ratsun.net/topic/16444-led-gauge-cluster/page-2 1 Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 My 521 has the bayonet fittings on the cluster. Post a pic of your broken housing. I just depinned a 620 harness two days ago to use on my 521. If I have what you need it's yours 1 Quote Link to comment
Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Duh, never found the good links because most people replace tail lights w/LEDs and not dash lights - so I avoided the word LED in the search - the 521 post did that also. Live and learn... Looking at one of the good links, I discovered the turn signals are BA9 and others are push pins. And that the push pin LEDs are too tall. I would expect someone to come out with LEDs that fit the size spec for those push pins eventually. EDIT: Looks like its already happening: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/miniature-wedge-base/74-led-bulb-3-smd-led-miniature-wedge-retrofit-car/228/ Anyhow, here is my marvelously McGivered Get-er-Done turn signal socket: free picture hosting 1 Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Can't view your pic. Wants me to make a Google account 1 Quote Link to comment
Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I did that between 1 and 2AM. I wasn't going to quit until it was fixed one way or another. 1 Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 This them? 1 Quote Link to comment
Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 This item? not sure - looks like yours have 2 wires coming off them. Mine (620) have only one wire, the ground is made on the cluster board - hence my copper strap. The copper strap replaced the original strap that actually broke in two. HaHa, many times I forget the utility of the ubiquitous plastic tie - definitely more applications, well maybe, than Bailing Wire. 1 Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Oh well. Worth a shot Quote Link to comment
Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 bilzbo, you had a 620 harness, right? Hummm.... mine is a 74 which is a bastard year - especially for electrical. Yours are showing 2-wire connectors, was that for your 521 or from the 620? The socket I'm dealing with is a turn signal bayonet which is different from the illumination wedges in the 620. But looking closer, it looks like you had to attach a wire to the bulb OD (not the center) and where you did this, on my 620, there is a little silver tin strap that comes up the OD, around the socket end, down the socket exterior to the socket flange which presses against the cluster board where contact is made. It's still possible what you have might work on my 620. Does the 521 by any chance have 2 wire sockets for illumination and single wire for turn signals? Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 They are from the 620. My 521 has all twist in sockets with no wires. Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I can take better pics later. Those are out of the 620 cluster. I don't have the 620 cluster at the house though. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Those push in ones are for the heater control lighting. Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Those push in ones are for the heater control lighting I found them in the back of the cluster when I got the truck. Its the only 620 I have messed with. No telling with po. Quote Link to comment
Cardinal Grammeter Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 DatzunMike, Which ones are you referring to "those" push-in ones are for the heater control lighting? bilzobaggins pic of the two BA9 push in sockets? Quote Link to comment
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