Joined: Thu May 05 2011, 01:57PM
Location: Chelsea, Mi. USA
Posts: 122
R.J. Just make the trip. Pick 'n Pull? Or anywhere they'll let you in. Stick with the '80s stuff that's still under the dash and not under the hood! REMEMBER, THE NEWER THE MORE COMPLICATED. You don't have a brain in your '67, You want to keep it that way. And get the fuse block hanger too if you can. Take a HACKSAW and SIDE CUTTER and get at least a foot of wire coming off the fuse block. The key is matching the size of the fuse to the duty to be preformed be it fuse or circuit breaker. Go slow, take notes and don't worry about trying to match colors. Gage of wire is the important thing, ie: power windows usually take a 25 or 30 amp fuse and require a wire from 12 or 16 gage wire. I used a mix and match of insolated male and female blade and bayonet wire connectors. You do have an owners manual and service manual rite !thumb Jer
Joined: Fri May 18 2007, 04:59PM
Location: Vegas
Posts: 82
You will inevitably find that if your fuse holders are rusty/corroded, that most of the other connections are also.
I do agree that the blade type fuses are a better design, but I dis-agree that changing over your fuse box to a blade type is an improvement, due to the fact that you will have multiple splices involved, which is never a good idea.
The ultimate solution is to clean / re-crimp / solder every connector. I know this is not an option on an assembled car, but anyone who ever restores a car should take the time to do this.
In your situation you can drop the fuse block, clean the connections on the back side (as well as the fuse connectors on the front side) ---- Grease all the metal portions with a pipe cleaner dipped in grease, and usually be fine for years to come.
However anything short of a total overhaul of all the harness connectors is just an improvement to a deteriorating/damaged system.
On the plus side, if you take the time to overhaul every connection. you will be amazed at how much less alternator amperage you can get by with, and all of the common electrical complaints no longer exist.
This is one of the many areas that I love to gripe about when I see a "so called" total nut and bolt restoration car sell on the auction block of the high end auctioneers as I have never seen the essential sub-assemblies properly addressed.