I've just embarked into the wonderful world of EMs with a working but dirty Gottlieb Playball. Fun little game. Most of my 44/47 bulb sockets are dim or flaky. A little wiggling of the bulb will get them to light up for a bit and then they'll go dim/out after a few jiggles from gameplay. Before I replace all of my sockets, I've seen pictures of the soldering the end of the socket fix on pinrepair. Not sure I understand where exactly to put the solder. Can someone please explain and/or post a couple of photos? Or tell me to abandon this idea entirely

This is a picture of the fix suggested by clay's guide. So, I understand soldering the wire to base of the socket, but what is the extra blob of solder doing?gtblamp1.jpg

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I'm just going to have to pull out a socket and practice on it. So, am I correct that in the picture there is a solder joint from the outer (tubular) part of the socket, to the lamp bracket? Why do this?