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Corroded Rear License Plate Bulb Contact

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Hi all,

 

Need some advice here:  my driver's side rear license plate bulb holder is corroded.  Sorry, no pics until I get home, but basically it's been water damaged and had a nice light greenish corrosion on it.  I took electrical contact cleaner to it with a tooth brush and got that off.  But the shiny metal coating has been rusted on one of the bulb contact ends and succumbed to rust.  I dipped that part in rust remover yesterday and tested it out with a fresh bulb.  No go, didn't light up.   Has anyone fixed this without buying a new part (if even available?)

 

 

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Chamoix Experienced

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Cheesetoast,

I recently replaced mine plate lights and have both the old ones ( both L & R) that are still in good condition. Email me at jdaniels @ uga . edu if you want one or both. Sent the chrome covers to another FAQer, but have all the rest. I'd take $10 to cover shipping.

'71 02 - parts car with not many parts left

'73 02 - weekend toy and money pit

'74 04 - sold in '91

'03 325iT - for trips and bad weather

'03 50cc Honda Scooter - for my 2 mile commute

'06 50cc Honda scooter - wife's commuter

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Gents,

 

Thanks for the responses.  Chamonix: thanks for your generosity.  I ended up finding a few posts in other car forums where people cleaned off the contacts with a dremel flap disc and that's what I did.  I also cleaned up the wiring contact points and stripped back the wires until there was no corrosion and cut the ends from there.  Each wire is affixed by compression by a set screw.  Overall it was a little more time consuming than I thought to refurb it, but now everything is cool.

 

 

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Glad to see you have your car back on the road, If you want to keep your bulb contacts from corroding and rusting again put a bit of "dielectric" grease on them before you install the bulbs, I use it on all my electric conections on my 02, you can find it at your local auto parts store in small packets sometimes called "connector protector".

 

Harry

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2000 BMW M Roadster evergreen

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Glad to see you have your car back on the road, If you want to keep your bulb contacts from corroding and rusting again put a bit of "dielectric" grease on them before you install the bulbs, I use it on all my electric conections on my 02, you can find it at your local auto parts store in small packets sometimes called "connector protector".

 

Harry

 

Harry,

 

Yeah, they did a good job on fixing the body but left a ton of dust on the inside.  Have been busy and need a free weekend to clean up and put the rear seats back in.  

 

Great advice on the bulb grease.  I'll apply some this weekend.

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