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I literally just finished re-wiring a Bennett 966 pump and used new sockets. Now my pump was an early 60s model but did have the black bakelite inside the conduits that I just chipped out without any problems. My sockets were not soldered and I would be surprised if they did solder them only thinking in terms of normal maintenance on parts and ease of replacement in the field but back then who knows and I can only speak for these early 60s Bennetts I have. The new sockets are the same design as the old ones but on the two conduits that light up the sides/face on my pump I used the original mounts and screwed those to the new sockets without any problems.

When I went to re-solder the original switch with new wiring, one of the tabs broke. I stole one from my next pump to be restored and was able to use that.

Edit: The reason why I used the original socket mounts was because it's easy to do and they had the required 90° angle on them whereas any of the new sockets I found were straight.