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Aug 7, 2008 | 07:43 PM

P1ckup Man

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dented front, blinker headache

Well the other night my buddy forgot to put my pickup in park and it rolled down a hill and hit a cattle gate so now my front passenger side blinker is all screwed up. When I turn on the lights the parking light wont turn on and the right blinker indicator is on solid in the cab when the headlight switch is on, but when i turn on the blinker it takes a couple seconds but it starts blinking like it should. The tail light blinks and works fine. It did break the plastic orange lens and dent the chrome outer grill but it sure did a number on that gate it snapped the chain holding it lol. Then another thing the blinker switch in the column turning both ways the clamps that hold the switch in place broke last winter when it was about -40 degrees so ive been holdng the blinker switch while i turn ever since but has been working fine until the other night, so i doubt that is the problem and the nearest parts store is about a hour drive so before i go and fill a tank of gas in i wanna know what options my options are.

Aug 7, 2008 | 11:12 PM

hillbillyk

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did you pull the bulb and check it yet?, might have broken a filament, and check the socket and make sure no wires got pinched.

Aug 7, 2008 | 11:53 PM

P1ckup Man

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yea i replaced the bulb and bent back the outer grill the best i could and got it lookin decent but the damn park light just wont turn on, i was wondering if a new socket would do the trick but like i posted above its a hour drive haha

Aug 8, 2008 | 01:47 AM

NumberDummy

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D1FZ13234A .. Lamp Socket

Fits:

1975/86 F100/350 Parklamp & Taillamp

1975/86 E100/350 (Econoline) Parklamp & Taillamp

1978/86 U150 (Bronco) Parklamp & Taillamp

1971/73 & 1976 Pinto/Bobcat Parklamp

1973 Torino & Mustang Parklamp

1975/78 LTD Parklamp

This socket is still available from Ford. The (outrageous) MSRP is $64.37 !

Aug 8, 2008 | 05:41 AM

65f100_352

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Go to Shucks, they have metal sockets, not the plastic crap ones. My 78 had similar problems, and I replaced the light sockets and fixed the problem. On top of that I think that they were like $9-10 a piece.