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Does anyone have a source or part number for a 1951 200 288 Battery/Oil Indicator socket? 2-wire BA15S type.

For a new socket, you might check the standard insulated socket as offered by RI Wiring and other vendors. At the RI site click on the Supplies button and bare sockets are in that section. YnZ Yesterday's Parts sometimes has odd and hard to find items so they may also carry something that will work but at a quick look I didn't see any insulated sockets on their supplies page. Downside to buying a small item from YnZ is unless you order other things to bring up the total they did and may still have a minimum order amount. I don't know the size of the hole in the cluster so if not 5/8 that may be an issue with anything sold today.

The factory part # for the socket and cable is 436265 and maybe a vendor would have a new one. If a different size hole or to get a factory stock type socket if vendors do not have any may require removing one from a parts car. The same socket was used from 51-54.

Here is what RI offers. One lead goes thru the end hole to the button, the other lead goes on the shell terminal and except for the prongs in the hole the rest of the socket is insulated from the cluster.