New here and also a question for the ELECTRICAL heads???

[Mister BLASTEE]

Hello everyone so cali noob here looking for some electrical help. Long story short I have a new 2007 Dodge Caliber and I ripped the RHS rear brake light socket in half and ordered a replacement which should get here by tues. The socket is whats broken but all the wiring is fine. My Question is will I be able to repair it at home? If so can you walk me through it? How difficult would this be?

Thanks in advance



MB

[Pb2theMax]

You`ll probably have to figure it out on your own. There should only be a few wires.

[862sik]

probably pretty easy, a few ways to do it.



get some solder, tape (or shrink wrap) and connect the wires



use butt connectors to connect the wires.



or wire caps.



personally im a solder person, but if u use butt connectors make sure the connection is tight and insulated (wrap the connector and the wire with tape to be sure.

[EOppie]

should be easy. If you can tell which wires were connected to which on the socket, simply follow that as a guide. I would reccomend soldering them since they are going to be pretty critical, and possibly exposed however you could use butt connectors. Do Not...repeat..NOT use wire nuts.

[Mister BLASTEE]

Should i disconnect the battery??

[862sik]

just do it one at a time, if it shorts there is always a fuse.



i think you CAN disconnect the battery just hope you dont have a factory stereo with a code that you DONT have hehe.



yea dont use wire caps, i was just stating lol!

[Deenice21]

first question is do you have a test light?



if you do then it wont be hard fixing it