Robert, On a friend's DeLorean, he had 3 of the 20 amp fuse sockets melt in his fuse block. These spaces were badly deformed, and what was left of the electrical connections inside of them were not repairable. Now his relay compartment looks 'tampered with'. If anyone were buying a DeLorean and knew what to look for, they could use my 'cut and bypass' repair to lower the value of his car. When I suggested an upgraded replacement for the original fuse block, I was referring to the established opinion that the quality of the original is not high enough to tolerate the high current demands placed on it. For the sake of keeping the cars original, the best way to preserve the original fuse block is to keep the connections clean to reduce the chances of a meltdown. For the car that I did the bypass surgery on, the fuses that caused problems were all 20 amp ones. If I remember correctly, one powered the a/c compressor, one powered the high-beams, and one was fuse #7 that powers the ignition, fuel pump and too many other things. A crying shame of this situation is that the guy just spent a couple hundred dollars having an new a/c compressor installed because the a/c compressor clutch was slipping and presumed defective. Well, it is my opinion that the clutch was slipping because the connection at the fuse that powers it was thermally intermittent. Replacing the fuse connection cost a few dollars in parts (if that) and my labor was free. Yeah, I'm bragging. I'm such a great mechanic. :-) Walt Tampa, FL -----Original Message----- From: DMCVegas@xxxx <DMCVegas@xxxx> >Out of curiosity, what are some of the problems that folks are having >with thier fuse boxes that would require a new one? >Just wondering what what problems others were having that they would >need to replace the fuse block.