help with West fusebox update? |
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help with West fusebox update? |
michaelt55 |
Jun 24 2007, 05:00 PM
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Graduate of Life's experiences Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 2-September 06 From: Richmond, Texas Member No.: 6,753 Region Association: None |
Ok, tell me if I am right but it looks like a simple pull and plug solution? If anyone has done this, answer a couple of questions for me before I proceed. Now, the double spades are used in place of the spade above and below the old ceramic type fuses? sp they plug into each single spade on the new box?
I just hate to see my wiring get fried....looks like a rats nest anyway. Is there any difference between the JWest and the Engman type fuse box upgrade? Michael |
ahdoman |
Jun 24 2007, 05:21 PM
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It's phonetic...Ah-D-O-Man (Audioman) Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Santa Clarita, Ca. Member No.: 5,084 Region Association: Southern California |
I installed the Engman fuse panel and I love it. It was quite a task though. The fit of the original fuse box is tight enough. One of the problems I ran into was that the harness wires plug into the top of the stock fuse panel but the wires plug into the side of the Engman panel. Because of this, it took quite a bit of tricky placement to get the wires fitted around the relays. The other side of the panel was not a problem. I was unable to use the "T" type adaptors supplied with the Engman panel (used to plug in multiple leads to a single fuse) but instead used the stacking type of adaptors with much more luck. I had the added hastle of not having my harness properly installed by a previous owner so it actually took me a couple of days to install. Mine was also a "rats nest" and had a couple of fried wires in the harness I had to replace. If everything is correct it should be a 1/2 day project and about a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. MAKE SURE YOU SHRINK WRAP ALL OF THE BARE CONNECTORS! When you pack everything back into there it is really tough not to have connectors touch each other or ground out. Also plan on taking all of the grounds loose behind the panel and cleaning them.
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