ehartzell

OK all, Im just west of Ft Worth Texas and looking for a shop or individual to replace my fuseable links with fuses. Id like a shop or individual that has experience with the electrical of the Gen 1s. I know there are some very good how too's on here, but I do not do well with electronics so I will not attempt. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Eric

RamGuy84

Are they messed up ? My thing on these truck's is if it's not broken don't try to fix it . Keep good Ground's and all connection's tight you won't loose any .

oliver foster

I couldn't have said it better myself.

ehartzell

Yes, Im having some electrical problems. I also want to be able to replace fuses by simply replacing them if i need to. I dont want to have to soldering in links in the mountains of Montana and Idaho.
Eric

edwinsmith

I just finished a lot of electrical work on my truck in the area of the fusible links. I think there are five or six of them. They are simply smaller pieces of wire than the current they are supposed to carry with a special "hypalon" insulation that doesn't melt and burn when the link is overloaded and melts. I suspect they are more reliable than the fuses they would replace until they are overloaded and then they are a complete PITA to fix. So far mine are all OK but one has been replaced with another fusible link by a P.O. if any blow on my I'll probably bite the bullet and replace them all with fuses. I'm looking at a company on which makes this stuff.

Edwin

ehartzell

Edwin, would you be so kind as to share information on the items from amazon?
Regards,
Eric

edwinsmith

I've been looking at this company Blue Seas to see if they have a fuse block for the Maxi fuses but I don't see one. The best I could find is individual fuse holders with or without pigtails for splicing. I guess I would have to go with the Maxi fuse pigtail holders that I could splice into the existing wiring. I would use Western-union splices and solder them and cover them with sealed shrink tubing. The Maxi fuses go up to 80A as far as I can tell. They have a sealing cap also for the holder.

Again, if yours are intact then you should probably leave them alone. They aren't prone to burning out for no reason, just a PITA to fix when they do. BUT if you're set of replacing them I would use the Maxi-fuses. Somebody may have a list of the sizes needed for each one.

NJTman

Eric

Read this. https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...-stink-317257/

nonrev

There is a place called Delcity.com that has quite a good selection of stuff and if you don't see it on the site you cam call them and they usually have it in stock

peckens

I replaced mine with Maxi Fuses and the one that carries the IGN power with a Maxi size fuse. When my FSS started failing it kept blowing my maxi fuse and shutting the truck off. So I would have to carry several spares in case the FSS failed. Since then I deleted the FSS, installed a pull cable, and the circuit breaker. No issues since. I also replaced the FL for the alternator with a fuse and upgraded to 2ga cable.