Hi Jim.

Hopefully what I did on my '81 will apply --- ;^)

There wasn't a lot of play between my cig lighter socket and dash, but
I wrapped a scrap piece of #14 bare copper wire around the plug
between dash and plug. I did this with the dash off.

Bear in mind that I don't use the cig socket a lot, but it took up the
play nicely and is holding fine.

I wonder if they make circlips that big?

Neil.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying not to break any of the plastic parts on my illuminated cigarette
>  lighter which has always allowed anything plugged in to hang at an angle and
>  bounce around while driving.
>  I can see if I get the lamp assembly off that the thing may slide out
>  forward, but how do you get the lamp assembly off. And, other than
>  buttressing around the inside of the dash with JB weld or some similar mess,
>  what can be done to steady the socket?
>
>  Jim
>

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