98 3500 directional troubles

[bomber]

On my 98 3500 cc my drivers side directional is not working, but wait it's working, no it's not? Seems a short or something in the receptical the bulb fits into. I replaced the bulb, cleaned out the rusty goop that was in there, sprayed out the socket w/ wd 40 and put some white lith grease in there to keep moisture out.

same results

 

Question, if I bang on the lens it will come back on. ( same with wiggling the bulb if un assembeled ) What is the heavy, thick stuff that it came with? mabe it keeps the contacts and bulb tight?

 

I plan on taking the assembly apart again and really clean it up again.

Is there anywhere special too look for trouble on these older style bodies?

[High Mileage]

Dielectric grease or silicon. When new it has more the consitency of vasciline. As it ages it becomes like a hardened putty. Pardon the spelling. And yes it can help a lot of conditions like you are experiencing.

[bomber]

I tried the delectric (sp) grease yesterday after cleaning the socket up. Didn't seem to help .

Then I tried WD 40 with some white lithium and thought I was OK. Not.

 

At lunch I took it apart, scraped it up good and sprayed it out with sea foam.

It looks like corrosion got at the socket, at one of the contact points .

The bright sun helped a lot.

Should be good to go!