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Now that I think of it, $40 is a pretty steep price for what's essentially some wire, a fuseholder, and the actual fuse. You could probably build something identical and watertight too, with $5 worth of parts from your local Kragen/Autobone/Pep Boyz store...
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UPDATE:
Well, I placed the old OEM fuse in slot #8, and no melting! So, today's lesson, never use a Buss brand ceramic fuse in that troublesome slot, only OEM. I found out that one of my old 16A fuses was copper tipped, but it was old, and I could hardly see the copper color, so that one will probably be going in #8. I've noticed since I've changed out all of my fuses, things that didn't work or light up before are now lighting up, and the instrument cluster is a little brighter, but I still can't see the numbers well. -Joe
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Fuse follow-up ...
I have been reading your April thread with interest tonight as my A/C went from hero to zero in the space of ~5 minutes. When I arrived home, I looked down to find my A/C compressor engaged but the aux. fan on my(it usually is with the mid 90 deg afternoons in Houston -as you well know)'82 300D would not operate. Your thread is timely as I too looked at my fuses but could not see any failures; they are, however, all tin and not the copper you mentioned. If I understood correctly, you changed all your "tin" fuses for "copper" fuses - along with cleaning the receptors - and everything functioned normally afterward?
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fusebox "fix"
see post number 6 (upper left of photo) for an example of how not to wire your fusebox....
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Houston ...
Joe,
I live in the North West part of Houston. Some refer to it as Copperfield - Hwy. 6, FM 529, Barker-Cypress, and Logenbaugh. Work is in the area bounded by Hwy. 6, Memorial, Eldridge, & I-10. Are you nearby? Thank-you for the reply and sharing your experience with fuses. Stuart
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I'm pretty far from you, I live just south of downtown Houston. It seems as if most of the Mercedesshop members in Houston live in the northern regions.
-Joe
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No me. I live tot eh southeast in Deer Park and commute to Westheimer and Beltway 8.
So about your fuses. I was having the same problem last summer and made up my own fuse relocation kit like the one you posted a link to. It worked for a while, but the high amount of heat that this circut generates melted the solder I used to make all the connections. I cacn run mine on the high fan speed setting, but not for long periods of time. Why did your indy tell you it would pop the fuse I wonder? I'd REALLY like to kow why this circuit gets so hot. All my problems started when my fuse box melted to the point of no return. To fix it I had to either replace the box or relocate the fuse, so I chose the lesser of two evils. Be carefull w/ the cheap fuses from auto parts stores. They are made of plastic. IMHO the good ones are made of ceramic. THe A/C is the only thing about the car that make me want to sell it and find another car. |
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