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[jimes]

For a period looking fuse box with two extra fuses.

A fuse box from a 1975 XJ6 will slot into the spot that holds the spitfire fuse box with only slight hacking off at two of the corners (the hacking will be hidden).


this does block off the hole where some wires usually come through, but these can instead be threaded through one of the two other firewall holes.

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Edited by jimes, 11 November 2011 - 11:46 AM.

[lordleonusa]

That looks a lot like a Staaaaag fuse box, throw it as far away as possible in the dark, and run far, far way! then run some more, have plastic surgery and change your name and move home, in case it finds you!

I had a total nightmare by fitting one of those to my Vitesse when I first rebuilt it.
Trying to keep it British, I went to a lot of trouble to find an expensive Staaaag fuse box in good condition.
BIG mistake.

The glass fuses get too hot and the heat transfers to the rivets that hold the fuse clips through the plastic, then the plastic gets soft, and the rivets and clips work loose.

Trust me, intermittently losing brake lights, indicators, headlamps, power to electric fuel pumps and ignition is NOT fun, and is VERY dangerous.

Nasty, nasty materials.

Presently I have a Bosch box with German plastic fuses, but even those are not great as they were originally designed to be ceramic, so they don't melt.

I will be replacing that fuse box with one that holds modern blade fuses, and the headlamp fuses will be replaced with thermal circuit-breakers.

Leon

[JohnD]

jimes,
Please. Please. PLEASE!
Resize your pics to fit the screen!

It's easy:
Got to the folder where you keep the pic.
Left click on it to select it.
Right click, to get a drop down including "Resize pictures"
Left click on "Small (fits a 640x480 screen)"
And a copy of your pic will appear in the folder with the same title plus "(small)"

Like this

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