Blown fuse
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Blown fuse
I have an issue with the panel lamps on our 66. I am almost done with a body off restoration. All wiring was replaced (lectric limited harnesses) everything is fine accept the panel lamps don’t work. Keeps blowing the fuse. Electrical is not my strong suit. Any advice, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Mark
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What size fuse is blowing? What bulbs do you have in the panel sockets? The only thing that should be fed by the inst panel fuse is the circuit with the gray wires. The dash lights and the radio light. Aftermarket radio? If the tail lamp fuse blows (second from bottom) you won't get power on the inst lamp fuse. Which fuse is blowing, the tail or inst lamp fuse (third from bottom)?
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It’s the instrument panel 4amp. Got into it today. Discovered (by accident) that the side of the fuse block that goes to all the dash lights (fuse out) is grounding to the instrument cluster(the other side of the fuse holder is the dark green wire that goes to the light switch) I am pretty sure its not supposed to ground to the cluster. I do have an aftermarket radio (antique automobile radio)
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It’s the instrument panel 4amp. Got into it today. Discovered (by accident) that the side of the fuse block that goes to all the dash lights (fuse out) is grounding to the instrument cluster(the other side of the fuse holder is the dark green wire that goes to the light switch) I am pretty sure its not supposed to ground to the cluster. I do have an aftermarket radio (antique automobile radio)
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Okay, I took the gauge cluster out and the driver side panel. Plugged the headlight switch in and grounded it. Put a new fuse in and used a wire to ground to test each socket/bulb. Hooked the battery up, made sure none of the sockets were grounding and turned the switch on. The lights for the radio and the clock came on! Then I touched the outside of each socket with the grounded wire. One of them blew the fuse. The contact on the inside was bent over touching the socket. Checked the rest all good. Problem solved. Everything works now. Thanks to all of you who responded. Can’t wait to get it back on the road, almost there! Mark