Re: [DML] Fuse box wire colors

["Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>]

I have made similar repairs to a friend's DeLorean. For anyone who uses
this method, I strongly suggest labeling the wires you remove from the fuse
block with numbered pieces of tape that you can buy in the electrician's
section of Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. Label each removed wire with the number
that corresponds to the fuse number on the block. It will help the next guy
working on it considerably. Three spaces in this block were melted beyond
repair. The trick is to clean or replace old fuses, especially the yellow
20 amp ones BEFORE they become a problem. My fuse block has never melted,
but some of the fuses were getting hot. I tried cleaning the lugs, but they
were too corroded from age to clean up property. I ended up replacing them.
All the 20 amp fuses ran cool after that.

For those of you worried about fuse block problems, I suggest replacing your
old fuses with new ones before you have a meltdown. As a diagnostic, before
replacing my fuses I drove around a while with the relay compartment cover
off so that I could reach back occasionally and feel if any fuses were
getting hot. And they were!

Is anyone considering making an original looking upgraded fuse block? So
far the only options I know of is the bypass a la carte method or buying
what John Hervey has on his web site.

Walt Tampa, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <starbuck@xxxx>

>Fuse Box help.
>
> The previous owner never replaced the melted fuse box but put in line
fuses in its place and never labeled them.