It was only the other day that I noticed neither of the front sidelights were working. The near side one was an easy fix; it just needed a new bulb which I happened to have knocking around the garage. The offside one was more problematic. All the connections were dry and dirty.
Dirty bulb contacts
Lampholder contacts
I unplugged the connector from the rear and gave it all a good dose of WD40, I then scratch cleaned the connections both in the lampholder itself and also on the bulb. On putting the bulb back in it worked but was very temperamental. The slightest knock and the lamp would flicker. I removed the bulb again and gave the centre connection in the lampholder a tweak upwards and that cured it. Obviously, it wasn’t making a good connection with the base of the bulb.
All working!
