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1965 Chevrolet C10 lwb/long bed step side
my C10 still has the original style fuse panel with the glass bulb fuses.
The fuse on the heater blower circuit, sometimes it wiggles just enough after I hit a bump or something and it breaks contact, the heater blower turns off.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to have this issue or something similar.
I am curious if there are any safe fixes some of you have come up with?
Thanks.
-Woog
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 | Depending on where I am and what I have available, I’ve uses aluminum foil, solder wick, or built the metal ends with with solder.
Six volt guy living in a twelve volt world
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,874 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,874 | As a last resort, use a universal fuse holder and solder the wires to the existing fuse block clips. Sometimes the clips are just too far gone to salvage without replacing the whole fuse block.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 | Old time shade tree fix. Trim two pieces of aluminum foil about 1/8 inch wide and 1/2 inch long. Wrap a piece around each end of the fuse and put the fuse back in. Should tighten the fuse up enough to keep it from vibrating loose.ðŸ›
Martin
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 Crusing in the Passing Lane | | Crusing in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 | Frequently the reason fuses cause the rivets to get loose is the fuse gets hot, from overload or being too small-amp wise- mike sure to check fuse temp, might have to use larger size if always hot.
Ed
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | The short fix is to wire around the fuse holder and add an inline fuse as Jerry said.
The long fix is to take fuse panel out and repair or replace.
You can take the fuse out and abandon that circuit. Add a hot wire from somewhere else; thru an inline fuse to heater fan switch. No need to mess with, or solder to, the fuse panel.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,874 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,874 | A friend substituted a .22 rimfire shell casing for a tail light fuse that kept blowing while towing his duck boat on a hunting trip. It turned out the cause of the problem was an intermittent short in the trailer wiring. It would have probably been a better idea if he hadn't used a live round. When the short happened the next time, it got everybody's attention when the brass got red hot and lit off the powder. Nothing like the equivalent of a good-sized firecracker going off under the dash!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 | Back in my younger stupider days I would cut the head off a 1/4 in Bolt and put it in place of a fuse. Didn’t have the money for a box of fuses. Fortunately I never burnt anything up. ðŸ›
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
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Another quality post.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,895 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,895 | Thank you for the replies everyone.
Good stuff and entertaining stories... haha.
I took the fuse out and checked the clips for wiggle, they seem solid. I don't know if the fuse itself was cracked before or broke while I removed it, as it was REALLY in there on the right hand side of the panel, but the glass was cracked, so I replaced it with a new fuse.
Before I did that tho', I bent the right side clip down a smidge, then snapped the new fuse into place.
So far no issues with the heater going off... but will keep an eye on it.
Thanks!
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