> From:    TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
> Date:    Tue, 22 May 2007 15:05:51 -0700
>
> I duuno none of the so called FLAP here in Vic BC have the 5/16"
> female spade connectors with that tab that keeps the connector
> in place

You can usually find 3/8" female push-on terminals at the FLAPS.  They
may or may not have the little tab to hold them in place, though.  They
are a little too wide for the tabs on the headlamp, but work well enough
if you're on the road - better than trying to mangle a standard 1/4"
terminal to fit.  Conduct-Tite (Dorman/Motormite) part number 638-258.

Most FLAPS sell a connector with all three 5/16" push-ons already
installed, with about 6" of wire on them.  The wire is pretty thin (16
or 18 gauge) but for a couple of inches that probably doesn't matter.
You are supposed to cut off the old connector and use three butt splices
to splice the new connector on.  If only one of the terminals in your
old connector is bad, you might be able to extract one of the terminals
from the new connector and just splice one wire.  Conduct-Tite (Dorman/
Motormite) part number 84597.

Almost all sealed-beam headlamps, and a few replaceable-bulb headlamps,
use this same connector - three terminals on three sides of a square,
|_| .  Some sealed-beams only have two terminals, and some of them have
three terminals with one at a 45 degree angle, /_| .  If you're at the
junkyard, it shouldn't be too hard to find a connector.  Note that full-
size pickup trucks and full-size vans tended to still have sealed beams
after cars had switched to replaceable-bulb headlamps, so you might check
the pickups and vans.

Matt Roberds