TXJayhawk Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Just did the clean and pinch trick with the fuse holders for my 81 Brat and it worked great. Was going to swap in a new style fuse box but will save that for later. everything electrical is now working and lights aren’t going off randomly -just in time for the annual safety inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Get it there quick ! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearDeLorean Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Curious! I randomly had my tach and gauges fail out in the morning. I took my fuse cover off, things looked good and put it back on. Gauges worked again, haven’t failed since. Was that maybe the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subasaurus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 1:29 AM, NuclearDeLorean said: Curious! I randomly had my tach and gauges fail out in the morning. I took my fuse cover off, things looked good and put it back on. Gauges worked again, haven’t failed since. Was that maybe the same thing? try pinching all your fuse terminals on the fuse box to make better contact, also clean them out with a small tooth brush looking wire brush, and reinstall your fuses, sounds like you got a bad connection issue. also make sure your fuses don't spin around, where the metal endcaps unglue from the glass cylinder, if they do, replace the fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 And grounding. All above and check the grounding for sure. I think Subaru3 had a post about this. Was a recall issue , and could cause fire ! We’ve just about all had this issue if you’ve owned these cars for any lengthy period of time. The lower two fuses are the most obvious sign. Do a search of archives , ‘cause I’m getting old and too many other things to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuclearDeLorean Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 5 hours ago, moosens said: And grounding. All above and check the grounding for sure. . Do you know where the main body grounds are? Or other most important ones that let go first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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