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| | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 74 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 74 | When I bought my 48 chev panel van there was a resistor between the fuse panel and the ignition. Someone told me he thought that the only place the resistor would go is between the heater fan motor which goes to the battery. Is that right. Thanks for your help. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | What fuse panel are we talking about on a 48? Something or more than one thing is incorrect. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | My '48 3100 has no such resistors, first 48. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 239 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 239 |
In addition to what the two previous posts have said, I am assuming your van was converted to 12 volts. If that is the case, it would appear the PO thought that instead of using a resistor on each accessory circuit, he or she could use one large resistor at the source. I'm not going to comment on the merits of this idea, but you might think about rewiring. Also, there are a lot of discussions in this forum about converting to 12 volts that can guide you in the right direction. There is also a tech tip.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | According to the diagram I have for that year of GMC there are two 20 amp fuses in a fuse box. Those fuses protect the tail lights and the stop light. There should not be a connection to the ignition from there. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | If the wiring looks original I would consider a full rewire from the tail to the snout. Nothing is more frustrating than to have a lot of "mystery" wiring problems from an old harness.
~Jim
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