Curt Raymond wrote: > So at lunch I took a look at the gauges and indeed #10 is busted. Looks like > it might actually have been a stress break. I had a spare but that blew > instantly. When I say it blew I mean it, the fuse peeled way back off the > ceramic. > Now, the spare was truely questionable, it had been in the fuse box for who > knows how long. At home I have (if I can find it) a kit Rusty had sent me, > hopefully a good fuse will fix things otherwise I expect its time for a trip > into the dash pod. >
If it blew that fast, you have a short somewhere. Fuses can crack and cause an open circuit because of old age, but they don't blow just because they're old. Clip a test light across the fuse contacts and start hunting for the short. When the light dims or goes out, you've found it.
