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Re: Fuses

To: Ajhsys@aol.com
Subject: Re: Fuses
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:20:52 EST
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <88.1db0a8f.2611390b@aol.com>
The A terminal of voltage regulater to starter solenoid?

Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:22:03 EST Ajhsys@aol.com writes:
>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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