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I have a problem with lights not on my luv, but on a 61 Mercedes. The front parking lamp is an 1157 bulb with two contacts on the base. The blinker is the other contact and it works. When I use my meter, I can pull 12 V off the contact for the parking lamp circuit, but the bulb still won't light up. I tried a brand new bulb because my luv uses the same one and I had one of the pair laying around.

I think I just need to clean it somehow. I sprayed QD electronics contact cleaner in there. Is there another good way to clean contacts deep in the socket?

Thanks

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1979 4wd Mikado. G200, Gemini 250 Turbo, Clive Cam, Offenhouser Intake, JE Pistons, maXspeeding Forged Rods, Blow Thru Weber, Trooper 5spd, Intercooled

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It doesn't use an 1157 bulb. Most German autos use a 5489? The number escapes me but the contacts on the base are different looking. A 1157 will fit , but won't work because the contacts are different.

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while the pessimist and optimist were arguing about the glass of water, the opportunist drank it.

The one in the tail light is different. Maybe the front is the wrong bulb.

Thanks

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1979 4wd Mikado. G200, Gemini 250 Turbo, Clive Cam, Offenhouser Intake, JE Pistons, maXspeeding Forged Rods, Blow Thru Weber, Trooper 5spd, Intercooled