David,
The 17A Lucas fuse is the right one. There is another problem
lurking.
I had a similar problem---turned out that the radio in the console was
also on the same fuse and the radio's wire was being pinched when the
console was put in place.
Bob
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:36:37 -0600 David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
writes:
> I'm still trying to figure out why my wipers are not working. 72B
> restoration, new wiring harness, old previously working wiper motor
> from
> 71BGT. After some tracing in the big Bentley book, I found an
> in-line fuse
> listed (#67, diagram 13). A check showed no fuse. I tried two fuses,
> both
> which blew when I tried to run the wiper motors - the one in the car
> and a
> spare I had lying around. They appear to be old fuses, 25A. What
> fuse
> should I be using? What fuses should we normally use in the fuse
> box? I
> know the previous rating of 17 amp ("slow"?) should equate to
> something
> higher in values available here in the USA. So are my 25A fuses too
> low?
>
> David Councill
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
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