Any one know where to get replacement backup lamp bulbs for 73 wagons? I cannot find them ANYWHERE but online, and I don't think they are the correct ones! :(
The original sockets are double pole bulbs with two securing posts at the bottom of the base. The closest I can find in town are 1156 bulbs and are listed as OEM replacements for all Pintos, but those are single pole bulbs. The only double pole bulbs I can find are the stop lamp bulbs but they have one securing post higher than the other.
This is why I don't have backup lamps, the single pole bulbs is shorting out both contacts and blowing the fuse every time I shift to reverse.
I think the lamp # you discribe is 1076. They were used on older Mack tks.
& some early Comets & Falcons.
Could someone have changed the socket assy ? Because I don't understand
why you don't have the std. 1156. Perhaps you may want to consider
changing you sockets to ones that use the 1156. Just a thought.
My dad changed the sockets on my 78 sedan back in the 80s. I really want to keep my 73 wagon as original as I possibly can. I will be going to the junk yard tommorrow morning to hunt for more of these bulbs.
The wiring in my 73 wagon is completely untouched and original aside from one of the ignition wires in the dash harness, which makes me wonder about the strange backup lamp bulbs.
I will be checking parts stores for comet bulbs as well. Thank you for the info!
I have found one of the 1076 bulbs among my 'treasures' OK junk !
It has a single filiment with double contacts on the base and the retaining
pins are straight across from each other.
If you are unable to find what you need locally, email me and I will look
for another one and send them to you. I doubt very much that I'll ever be
working on a '67 Mack again.
Well I went to the junk yard today and pulled the driver's side taillight assembly, it has the bulbs in it and the filaments are intact. I'll try them later and see if they actually work or not.
If they don't work, I cut some sockets off a 70s ford pickup which are for the standard 1176 bulbs, that is my backup plan, or at least the alternative for when these ones burn out. I added a second foam gasket to where they twist into the housing and they fit tight!
Dave before you go to drastic measures let me see if I can grab a pair or two from my O'Reilly's. Hang tight. ;D
Any big parts store should have those. We get ours at work from Napa
Dave, I went to O'Reilly's (formerly Kragen's) and the bulbs they had for a '73 Pinto wagon for back-up lights are Sylvania Long Life #1156. I was intrigued by what you'd been telling us about the bulbs being double poled so I went out to Green Meanie, herself a '73 wagon. I pulled out her socket and sure enough her current bulb is single poled. Here's pix on what her stuff looks like. Is Brownie's setup similar?
Not a real clear pic but I see 2 terminals...or maybe it's the beer?...lol
Becky, Brownie's setup is IDENTICAL. Yes RSM, you are seeing two terminals there. I had single pole bulbs in it before and it was shorting out the power wire to the ground with the single pole on the base of the bulb, causing my radio/washer pump/backup lamp/dome lamp fuse to burn out. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why the radio stopped working!
Becky, are you backup lamps actually working? If so, I don't understand how. Single pole bulbs are grounded to the car by the metal base of the bulb. There is no contact on the side wall of the connector for the bulbs to do that, one of those contacts inside the connector go to the ground wire for the marker lamp and tail lamp as well. Might want to check just to be sure.
Dave, they worked when the car was still running. The throw-out bearing is shot to pieces but I'll see if someone can spot me tomorrow. Meanwhile, how in the everlovin' blue-eyed world would a two-pole bulb fit in that socket!? Are you sure the shorting out hasn't anything to do with the wiring on or around the tranny you fixed/replaced?
RSM sorry... my arms are too short and I'm no wizard with digital cameras. lol :lol:
I'm 100% positive it's the socket. The bulbs are the exact same size as the stop lamp bulbs, which are also double pole bulbs, but they have two filaments and the securing posts are one high and one low, not both low.
I went ahead and converted it to single pole sockets from an old Ford pickup and they work great. My real concern now is, how in the world are your backup lamps working?!
That's ok Blu...just messin with ya...LOL So did Dave get new bulbs?
lol. Good question. :lol:
Dave, are you asking ME about my back-up lights? Come to Cali and work your magic on my wagon's tranny and clutch and we can explore the back-up light situation! lol! :lol: Til then I won't even start Meanie... she sounds like a mountain lion is being tortured under her hood! :hypno:
Quote from: blupinto on October 12, 2010, 08:57:29 PM
RSM sorry... my arms are too short and I'm no wizard with digital cameras. lol :lol:
If you had held the socket/bulb with your toes instead, it would have given you the distance you needed to get a clear shot! How's that for unsolicited advice? :lol: :lol: :lol:
I would LOVE to come to Cali and work on your Pintos, Becky! Unfortunately I cannot afford it at the moment. :( Yes, I was asking you about your backup lamps working or not. :)
I didn't get new bulbs, I tried using the ones I pulled from the wagon at the junk yard, which are actually still good, but I could not get the passenger side lamp to come on. The driver's side kind of worked. The only way I could get the driver's side to come on was to tap the bulb and it would flicker. After about 6 or 7 taps it would illuminate until I bumped the socket and it would turn off. That wouldn't work to well under normal driving circumstances. Imagine backing out and they work, then you go for a driver and the road is just a bit rough or you go over a speed bump in a parking lot, then you go to backup again and they don't work. Would be very frustrating!
I pulled a pair of single pole 1156 sockets from a late 70's pickup at the junk yard and spliced them to the Wagon's wiring harness. Both lamps work GREAT now! Best of all, I don't get charged for things like that at the junk yard I go to since it's included in my yearly pass, normally the $1.00 entry fee covers stuff like that though.