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russschell@gmail.com - 27 Aug 2007 17:56 GMT

In the past week, my '01 Ram 1500 has gone through three turn signal
bulbs in the right rear assembly. No water, Little dirt.

I cleaned to connectors with light emery paper and blew the dust out
with compressed air.

A new "harness" for that corner (all 14" of it) costs $78.95 at the
dealer. I can't find just the socket part anywhere.

If you have any ideas on what could be causing this, or on where to
find the lamp socket so I can just splice it in, I'd appreciate it
very much.

Thanks.

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TBone - 28 Aug 2007 19:09 GMT

I would look into the socket for cracks and at the light assembly itself for
damage or being loose. A loose bulb will vibrate and not last very long.
You can find replacement sockets in many auto-parts stores packaged in red
packaging called help. I don't know if they will have the specific one that
you need but it's worth a look. You can also get them from many bone yards
but you will have to splice them into the existing harness.

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> In the past week, my '01 Ram 1500 has gone through three turn signal
> bulbs in the right rear assembly. No water, Little dirt.
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> Thanks.

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Bill Dukenfield - 31 Aug 2007 05:33 GMT

> In the past week, my '01 Ram 1500 has gone through three turn signal
> bulbs in the right rear assembly. No water, Little dirt.
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> Thanks.

Is it possible that the lamp is lit all the time?

JAM

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