From: MV Don Low (mvDonLow@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 18:26:07 PDT
I had trouble with my fuses melting to the point of warping their shape.
The fuse did not blow but the plastic was bent till it no longer made a good
connection and the head lights went out.
It was then that I noticed a spark jump from the fuseblock to the fuse(
this is what caused the heating of the fuse).
I solved this by cleaning the fuse contacts (with a nail file torn down the
middle) in the fuse block and bending the back togehter ,
so they would pinch the fuse and make better contact.
Still have a problem blowing a 5amp fuse for the dass lights are on, and the
sterio is turned up to much, but I seldom us it anyway !
Hope this helps
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim & Pat Winne" <jwinne@nettally.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] m1009 head light fuse blowing
> Hi Larry,
>
> Do the fuses melt at the base (all of the solder runs out)? If the wires
> get kind of warm there may be corrosion in the strands of copper that make
> up the wire. I had a Datsun pickup that had this problem and it drove me
> nuts until I figured it out and changed the section of wire out. The
> corrosion acts like a resistor and drops the voltage turning the rest into
> heat. Best of luck with your problem and let us know what it turns out to
be.
>
> Jim (KB4IVH)
> MVPA #17216
>
>
> At 21:13 8/27/2002 -0400, LJohnson43@aol.com wrote:
> >m1009 head light fuse keeps blowing only after the head lights are on
> >1.the fuse connection at the head light fuse is a bit hot
> >
> >2 will not blow until fuse is hot
> >
> >3 works ok until head lights are turned on at the head light switch
> >
> >Ive looked for shorts. will check ground wires tomorrow has any body
had
> >this problem ?
> >larry in alabama
> >
> >
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