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Refugee · 12th Jul 2018, 11:22 pm

The metal top just pushes on. The socket will be a regular octal part without the flange that screws to the chassis. I bought some male ones to make adapters to replace an octal valve with a more modern one. The one you has a groove around the edge and a slot for the pip.
Mine are a little bit less meaty and do not have the depth for the groove that the indent close to the slot fits in on yours. There will be a notch for the pip.
It should pull off.

12th Jul 2018, 11:22 pm	#2
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,553	Re: Socket to me (sorry)... The metal top just pushes on. The socket will be a regular octal part without the flange that screws to the chassis. I bought some male ones to make adapters to replace an octal valve with a more modern one. The one you has a groove around the edge and a slot for the pip. Mine are a little bit less meaty and do not have the depth for the groove that the indent close to the slot fits in on yours. There will be a notch for the pip. It should pull off.