I never thought I'd need to ask for advice to change a fuse, but here I am. I need to replace the lighter fuse (LTR) and it is located under a black box on the right side of the passenger floorboard fuse panel. To remove the cover it appears that you should first remove two large connectors that are in the way. Is it okay to remove these with the ignition off? Is there a trick to removing them, as unlocking the larger of the connectors isn't self-explanatory. Can the black cover be left off or is it in place to keep the large wiring harnesses near it from interfering with the fuses in that area?

 

Nobody's ever changed a fuse in that area?

 

Is it underneath one of those big connectors? If you really need to unplug one, disconnect the negative battery cable first.

 

In your photo the big blue connector on the right makes it difficult to remove the lid for the fuse box (center right just left of the pink object). With the connector in place the wire harness must be bent around requiring more force than I find comfortable. You can see the problem area on the top left corner of the black lid.

Before getting your reply I called the dealer and the service writer (a competent guy) said to make sure the ignition is off, open the right door, and let everything sit for 20 min. to put the system in sleep mode, then the blue connector can be removed. I did that and everything seems fine. I'm glad I checked, as I figured there might be some trick to it. Otherwise I would've just pulled the blue connector out without waiting, but would also have had enough sense to have the ignition turned off first. The owners manual says nothing about a removable lid or gives any advice on replacing a fuse under it.

For anyone doing this in the future, the lock on the blue connector swings upward to unlock. I had to use a small screwdriver to initially get it off the clip in the center (gently pry toward you and upward). Then, once the lock has been swung out of the way, depress two releases on each side of the blue plug and pull it off in a rearward direction (towards you).

 

Got it...I didn't realize that there were fuses under that cover...I wouldn't want to bend that bundle that much either. The picture came from a recent thread where the big blue connector was not making good contact and was causing lots of problems...good reading.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...g-gremlin.html
Check it out for future reference...

 

I recall reading that some time back but didn't tie it into the connector that I was messing with today. In his case the connector had come loose and wasn't making good contact, so it obviously is an important connector that needs to be treated with respect, not that any shouldn't be. I thought about leaving the black lid off that fuse area but decided not to for the same reason, that someone might put pressure on the fuses and break something.

I wonder why they put one fuse box in the engine compartment and another on the passenger floorboard. One fuse box placed in a convenient location with easy access to all fuses would make more sense.

 

Actually, I have found that most cars have 2 fuse boxes one in the interior in a hard to reach place under the dashboard and another in the engine compartment. I actually like the location of the interior box in the Corvette. Its easy to access IMO.

 

Reviving an old thread...

Gents,

How do I pull the little rectangular plastic cover that's protecting the LTR fuse? I see two metal levers on the short sides. Do I push these in and pull on the plastic cover, do I pry them open? I don't want to bust any plastic while changing a fuse. Luckily I don't think I have the harness in the same location as the photo on this thread. I have an 08 Z06.

Thanks.