<VV> back up lights out

[Dennis Pleau]

Clean the socket.  The clue is you think the bulb expanded. The bulb didn't
expand the socket corroded and made the internal diameter smaller.  The
corrosion is probably and insulator.

Dp
 
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:59:15 -0800
> From: sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> back up lights out
> 
> Hey all,
> so one of my LED 1156 back up light bulb went out on my '65 monza so I
went 
> to replace it. It took some muscle to get it out like it expanded or
something 
> in the socket. I bought some traditional 1156 bulbs to replace them since
I had 
> no LED available to me, now I can't get them to come on when the
selector's in 
> reverse! I have good grounding I know. Anyone have an idea. I checked all
my 
> fuses up front and none seem to be blown.
> Charles Birchwood Ps. 121
> "Nullius addictus judicare in verba magistri"-Horace