One thing I noticed about the 'two' fuses on the bugeye, is that one fuse is
devoted entirely to the horn, and the other does everything else, just trace
through the factory wiring diagrams, and you'll see what I mean.
I just thought that was pretty funny.
LOL
- Bryan
>Subject: Fuses
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>I had a very short (sic!) amount of time to work on replacing my fuse box on
>Sunday. Got it all in, but still have to drill new holes for the mounting
>screws when I ran outta time. I am installing a new Littelfuse ATO fuse box.
> It takes 5 spade fuses, so I will have one extra circuit.
>
>A few weeks ago my wipers, tach, and fuel gauge stopped working. I figured
>it was something I touched in the radio console, because that was the last
>place I worked. I couldn't find any problems behind the radio, so I started
>replacing the fuse box. As a test, (since all the fuses are definitely
>good), I twisted the fuse for the non-functioning items. They worked. Rust
>on the fuse terminals! (Now I feel stupid!) The simple things should ALWAYS
>be checked first.
>
>Now for my question. The bottom two fuses on the '77 Midget are for the
>lights, left side and right side. All of the light wires are red. One of
>the fuse terminals has a brown w/ white tracer wire coming off of it. This
>looks like an original wire because it goes into the original wire harness
>(blue tape, lot of dirt) and then the harness goes thru the firewall. I
>wasn't able to find where it comes out of the harness after about 15 minutes
>upside-down under the dash. It is not on my wiring diagram for that fuse.
>
>I can't find a brown/white wire any where in the Bentley manual wiring
>diagram (indicated on the diagram as NW). Does anybody know what the
>brown/white wire is for? After I finish the new fuse box, I will disconnect
>it and see what stops, but curiosity is tough to put up with for another week.
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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