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Taillight Rust
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Thats the rubber linings around the tail lights that let the water in ..IMPORTANT ,You need to change the rubbers ,in anyways.
Think most of us with older E53 (me included),had this problem. From the pictures,You seem to have a lot more rust than usual,but you can only see the extent of the damage after you cleaned all the rust around it. First cover up the bulb hole with by putting a clean cloth inside (you pull it out afterwards),so you dont get rust inside tail light.If you do ,you will have to vacuum it out . Use sand paper and a "scratcher ",anything pointed,to remove the rust.If the damage isnt too bad,you may get away with using some solder to repair the damage. Good luck |
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From what I can gather here in AUS we have a 12 year warranty against rust. Don't know what the deal is in the U.S.....
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actually, some of the metal pieces are starting to peel off because of the rust. so when i put the socket in, it feels like the metal contacts in the socket is not touching the metal contacts to the housing. i think this is why the light is not working. and my soldering skills is not really good... actually, its non-existant. i guess im screwed.
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You can thank the local road dept for all the rock salt (NaCl) to Calcium Chloride (CaCl) they spread on your roads. That stuff rots any bare steel it comes in contact with,
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Cheap and easy way to fixing this is..Hardwire the sockets with + and - than tap the wires into the wiring harness.( If you don't want to buy the new light )
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the foil thing did the trick. but i have a feeling that the foil might fail, so i may had to redo the foil thing quite often.
but the hardwire the socket thing sounds intriguing. do you have any images that i can go by? im not really a DIY type person, so any images will help. thanks |
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You can use a mercedes repair kit "164 826 00 07" and modify it to fit the tail lamp, and then take the pin out of the connector and using the correct connector to connect the new socket wiring to the vehicle body harness.
attached picture is not my own, and is from audipages |
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I had holes too. What I did was a little easier. I sanded the metal to expose the contacts, then I bent the metal up to make a better connection to the socket and it worked.
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