4114 Socket

[1quicktruck]

Has anyone priced a 4114 socket. They are 20.00 to 30.00 . Salvage yards have them but they are getting scarce and if they have them they run about 15.00. I looked at the 4114 sockets and after use they turn brown ,cracked,melted and crumble. I then got to thinking of the 3157 socket which are dirt cheap at the salvage yards and compared the two.

 

Some 3157 sockets have 3 wires while the 4114 has two. No big deal. Just delete the third wire(you don't need it) and some have 2. The only difference I see is the socket fins are different to line up with the housing to fit into the tail light. I was thinking to take a dremel and grind down the notches to fit into the housing. Havent tried it yet but thought this might be a good substitute for the high priced 4114 drl.

 

You can run led bulbs in the 4114 socket and they will live if you tap into the blue wire and run a 15ohm-1/2 watt resistor. This will cut the 14v down to about 12v give or take a little. The led bulb will live as I have done this before.

[someotherguy]

It's no big deal to make a 3157 socket fit the DRL hole in the housing. I've got them in mine, tapped it over to the signal next to it and am running 4 amber LED's across the front, no DRL. It was so simple I honestly don't even remember having to hack the socket at all; I think it goes in just fine but isn't supported very well on one of the tabs.

 

Richard

[chevybowtie72]

How do u remove the wires from the socket without cutting it?

[1quicktruck]

Made some pictures . On the top right tab of the 3157 socket I used a dremel and shave half of the tab off and it fits in the 4114. Didn't have to use the tab lock as it is plenty tight.. Notice the 3157 is used but no burning anywhere.