19mike92

Does anyone have pictures of where the fuse panel is supped to be. Mine just kinda hangs there and looks bad

NJTman

It clips into the door panel, and then the door panel gets screwed to the dash with a couple of screws. It's mounted to the backside of the door panel by two tabs and a clip.

lockgessner

Njt I'm sure your using the proper lingo but door panel sounds extremely confusing. In English: it goes under your steering column right behind the plastic trim That "covers" the steering column. Sorry I don't have pics and can't get them now. It is quit evident how it goes once you look at that plastic panel

maybe368

Look here ...Mark

mknittle

The part that is confusing to me is why they made it that way in the first place My plastic panel is all screwed up so maybe it is a good time to make some changes.

lockgessner

Couldn't agree more! It's total pita to deal with.

mknittle

I am thinking that there may be a way to mount the fuse box facing down wards and making a door or a easily removable cover panel I haven't really looked that close yet.

sorry to hijack your thread Mike.

Rampage1967

It is supposed to clip to the back of the little plastic panel. I have never seen one that actually dies . .

patdaly

I think my Ramcharger has the last unbroken one in the USA......... It is certainly the only one I have ever seen.

I just shake my head and realize one of my fellow Engineers designed that..........

mknittle

That seems to be the first thing off of wrecking yard trucks. I have a couple ideas, we will see if anything sticks to the wall.

j_martin

The mechanic that got me wrenching when I was in high school used to say, "You have to feel sorry for those Detroit engineers. They're going to spend eternity in hell trying to reach an adjustment that can't be reached."

Mine seems to be staying put as well, but I'm looking for another one just to get a few terminals out of it. Would be nice to be able to buy a few new terminals.

Having the high current circuit off loaded helps a lot. Heater and tail/clearance lights come to mind. Relays and addional fuses are the key.

On fixing these plastic parts. I dissolve some old computer case plastic in MEK to make an adhesive. Test your material first. Some of them are aggregates (with sand) and don't brush well. Then I can do an area repair or reinforcement with that and fiberglass cloth, or mix in some fine fiberglass short fibers, let it thicken up a bit, and build up a part or projection from it. (Warning, cheap high/explosion hazard.)

There are also epoxies with solvent in them that will stick pretty well to the ABS these things are made of that works well for small repairs.

NJTman

Mine does, but you have to be very gentle with it screwing the assembly back in place.

The tension from the harness puts pressure on the clipped fuse panel, and tends to pop it out of it's cradle if you aren't cautious. Once installed, mine doesn't fall out, but agreed that its placement was really one of the dumbest ideas ever..

NJTman

So just subtract the word "Door" from everything I said. Even a caveman can do that...(surprising the ones who don't even speak English do quite well)

j_martin

Easy, down boy, time out.

Lockgessner doesn't have the ability to edit your posts, but you do. You have to admit, the door, where a door panel might be, is a couple of feet from the fuse panel.

bannerd

It's not a bad location, shouldn't be hard to make a replacement out of aluminium I wouldn't think? It screws into the steel support brackets.