Telstar rewiring help needed please!

[Lizzie]

Hi everyone!

I searched for instructions on how to rewire my Mathmos Telstar and though I found Astro rewiring help, no such luck for my lamp.
I moved to Califormia from England a few years ago and have been faffing around and procrastinating when it comes to certain things -one of these things is sorting out my lamp so I can actually use it again!

Could someone give me some advice please? Or better yet, link me to a step by step tutorial?!

Thank you in advance!

Lizzie

[Raymond]

How did you loosen the light cord from the bottom on the Telstar base?  I accidently unscrewed the light bulb socket when attempting to change the bulb and now the wires from the cord and the socket are disconnected.

[Autumn]

We have a guide in our Lava Library showing how to do various conversions. The same concepts used to rewire jets and astrobaby's should work.

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/page/converting-foreign-lamps

[Raymond]

Thanks for the link but the Telstar is assembled a little different.  Below the socket there is a locking washer which I was able to remove but below that it appears that the treaded rod going out the bottom is sealed in place.  It’s not a traditional nut.  I keep turning the strain relief underneath the base where the light cord goes in but it won’t unscrew. 
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Autumn said:

We have a guide in our Lava Library showing how to do various conversions. The same concepts used to rewire jets and astrobaby's should work.

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/page/converting-foreign-lamps