Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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rob needs
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Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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Do these bulb holders come out?
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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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What vehicle are you referring to. Car or traveller?

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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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It's a two door saloon 1967
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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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Thank you for the information.

Looking at the Minor lights it does look possible to replace the bulb holders. But at the moment I have not found a source of the bulb holders. I will continue to look and if I get a result will post on here.

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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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Thing is the bulb holders look like there sealed to unit, I thought they would have pushed out somehow.
So in the past would owners have to buy the whole unit?
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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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This is the detail for your model as shown in the Morris Minor catalogue, ignore items 27-31
hope its of some use
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Re: Removing bulb holders from the rear light unit?

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rob needs wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:04 pm Do these bulb holders come out?
Let's turn this around.
Why do you want to take the bulb holders out?
Is this just a curiosity question or have you got a problem?
My car is the earlier lights, so no personal experience of this particular unit, but I feel there is no reason to remove the holder, it's metal so should be OK.
It might be possible to adapt a regular bulb holder to make a repair, but what's the actual problem you're trying to fix?
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