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Originally Posted by soundman98
and the reality is that the wire is broken too close to the socket to do anything.
the easy/standard fix is to replace the socket.
if one was in desperate need to retain the original oem socket for nostalgia and hotrod originality street cred, it would require a depinning tool, a crimper, and a replacement crimp. the depinning tool and crimper alone are going to run about $50, about twice the cost of the replacement socket.
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You can depin a lot of connectors with a straightened paper clip, you can run to any pick-and-pull and grab a handful of similar-looking subaru lighting connectors for a few dollars, just keep a few inches of wire when you cut them off, that'll give you enough length to splice it inline.
That's what I do, except instead of going to a pick-and-pull, anytime we've got a wire harness to throw away, we don't. We've got a huge pile of wire harnesses in the attic and anytime I've got to repair a wire that's broken too close to the connector, I got up, grab something
similar and repair.
The only other alternative presented in this thread is a universal 194 socket which won't fit.