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Top Speed light socket repair

By Budski

2 years ago



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#1 2 years ago
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Budski

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Hello,
I have a Recel Top Speed and in one lamp holder of the 5 place socket brackets is very loose and flopping around and won't light. Since I cannot locate a replacement 5 lamp holder with the correct spacing, what fix does anyone have to tighten up the socket and get it to light.

Thanks in advance

Dave

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#2 2 years ago
 
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bonzo71

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You could mount a new lamp socket to the playfield next to it and just snip the bad one off.

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#3 2 years ago
 
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Vintage-Pinball

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Clean the base of the socket and the bracket where its mounted and solder it on.
Heres a link: http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index2.htm#connect

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#4 2 years ago
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Budski

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Thank you both for the tips. I'm sure one of these will work for what I need.

Dave

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#5 2 years ago
 
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vec-tor

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Quoted from Budski:

Thank you both for the tips. I'm sure one of these will work for what I need.
Dave

If need be, I fix lamp sockets.
Look up:
lamp socket repair: non solder technique

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#6 2 years ago
 
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pinhead52

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On any of my restores I replace these stripes with individual sockets. The strips were just a convenience during assembly. Any generally a pain when you needed to replace a bulb.

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