I have had my truck for nearly a year now, and the whole time the fuse block under the dash has been riding freely. Not until this morning when I went out to crank the truck did I notice it hanging down on my brake peddle, which must have happened on my way home last night and I did not notice it. So this AM I went out to crank my truck, and while waiting for my "Wait to Start" light to go off, I stuffed the whole box back under the dash. As soon as I grabbed it all the lights on the dash went out including the interior light, buzzer, everything. I let go and everything came back on with no blown fuses. So this time I gently stuffed it back where it came from and no problem this morning on the way to work.

My question is how were these things mounted from the factory and does anyone have any suggestions on a fix.

Thanks!

 

There's just a little tab on the bottom of the center-lower dash cover that if hooks onto. But I'd get in there and fix that loose wire or fuse before something more unpleasant happens!

 

Immediatly under the steering colum , you'll notice a section of the dash that has four screws holding it in. That is the fuse block holder. There are two "hooks" that the top of the fuse block slides into, and the bottom snaps into the tab on teh bottom of that plate.. not a realy good design at all, they fall out pretty easily.

And it does sound like you have a loose fuse or wire in there, I second the idea that you need to track that down asap......

 

I guess the tabs that are mentioned must be broken off. I am tracking down the loose wire now.

Anyone have any ideas with the tabs being broken? I may have to resort to some sort of zip-tie setup.

 

Tow owrds......DUCT TAPE.....
actually, this designed was used from the 70's untill 93, so finding a dash piece at a salvage yard shouldnt be too hard..
I have seen trucks that have had the fuse block zip tied to teh steering column and such, seems to work fine..

 

As long as it is not flopping around you should be good to go. That is most likely what caused your loose connection in the 1st place.

 

i thought i was the only one with this problem....

....and this problem

...and this problem
hhhmmmmm,, i see a trend here

 

This is a cheap, secure and easy fix.

Square stock would work better but I didnt have any on hand,

2 screws thru the back will hold them in place. Just drill the ID holes to match the fuse box and srcew it in place!

 

Very cheesy set-up Dodge! You would think even in '93 that an improvement would have been made to the attatchment set up. Seems the interior design engineers were a bit bloated from donuts this day. The same day they put together the springs on a bench seat that'll bounce your **** up through the headliner of a W250.

 

Maybe the same crowd that designed the lower door hinge attachment point, or the cab corners...

My fuse box stays put most of the time. there is just enough of that tab left to catch in the little notch.

 

I've joined this club too. My tabs are broken. All I did was take 2 large zip tie's and joined them together to make one long zip-tie. Then I routed it through the steering column (it has metal slits in it) and wrapped it around the fuse box. I works, it tucks it back up to where it should be located, never falls down, and the zip-tie is loose enough to be able to slip the fuse box off and replace/look at a fuse if required.

I purchased my truck in this condition, but agreed, there was a huge deficiency in the interior engineering department at Chrysler. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I bought a Cummins, it just happened to come in a Dodge.

 

yeah, me too. Although I've always been fond of the older Dodge trucks. I inherited my grandad's '65 D100 years ago, and it was a tough old truck. And I worked for the forest service and USFWS as a teenager and we had all Dodges there too. And my M880 that I replaced this truck with...well, i should have kept it so i'd have a good truck to put this awesome drivetrain in...

But I just didn't know... after all, my Toyota truck has as many miles on it as this Dodge and the body and electrical is in way better shape.

 

Ya i hate it, My grandma has an 81' that the fuse box would fall out of going down the road. SOOOOOOO annoying!!

 

My fuse box thinks that it's right at home sitting on top of my hood release cable. It seems to be pretty happy there...

 

Backyard engineering from the factory! Seriously, has anyone ever even heard of a vehicle coming stock w/ a fusebox that when accessible, hangs by its wires???