Underwaterdog
Bronze Member
I'm not sure if you are saying they are blade type fuses or round glass fuses. Could you clarify that? If they are round glass you should be able to go into a hardware store and purchase a tubing brush for 1/4 copper fittings, and, after disconnecting the battery per previous instructions, use the brush to to clean and remove corrosion on the inside of the holders. Take a pair of needle nose pliers and gentle squeeze the two blades on each side of the fuse holder together with needle nose pliers to increase contact pressure. I would also use some electrical anti corrosion grease on the holders, I use GB OX-Guard, Part no. OX-100. The helpful hardware man should know what you are talking about and you can buy a 1 oz tube of that for a few bucks that will last a very long time. To access the
blade type fuses you may need to take the fuse holder off, clean it with some electrical contact cleaner, the kind that will not melt plastic. If it is blade fuses, these contacts in the fuse holder should be close to 1/4" female spade connectors. Make sure they are not rusted or you may be better off replacing the whole fuse block. If the female blades do not have a tight connection, there should be a little tang on each female blade. take a small screwdriver or scratch awl to reach in the connector holder to depress the tang and release the female blade from the rear of the fuse holder. Use the needle nose pliers to squeeze the female spade together so that it will give a firm connection on the blade fuse. Then snap the female blade back into the holder, reattach the fuse holder and insert the fuses with anti- corrosion compound on the blades. And yes, the fuses should be available from any auto parts store. Just take the fuses in to match them up. Not a bad idea to keep spares in your tractor tool box. FYI, bad connections create heat and well eventually melt the fuse holder and crystalize the connectors if they are not adequately repaired or replaced. They will loose tension and eventually break off. A new fuse holder /block should not be that expensive.
blade type fuses you may need to take the fuse holder off, clean it with some electrical contact cleaner, the kind that will not melt plastic. If it is blade fuses, these contacts in the fuse holder should be close to 1/4" female spade connectors. Make sure they are not rusted or you may be better off replacing the whole fuse block. If the female blades do not have a tight connection, there should be a little tang on each female blade. take a small screwdriver or scratch awl to reach in the connector holder to depress the tang and release the female blade from the rear of the fuse holder. Use the needle nose pliers to squeeze the female spade together so that it will give a firm connection on the blade fuse. Then snap the female blade back into the holder, reattach the fuse holder and insert the fuses with anti- corrosion compound on the blades. And yes, the fuses should be available from any auto parts store. Just take the fuses in to match them up. Not a bad idea to keep spares in your tractor tool box. FYI, bad connections create heat and well eventually melt the fuse holder and crystalize the connectors if they are not adequately repaired or replaced. They will loose tension and eventually break off. A new fuse holder /block should not be that expensive.
We haven't seen 17 degrees down here in SE Louisiana in a long time. We barely had one freeze this year at 31. Today it is supposed to warm up to 78, with lows in the mid 60's. Its going to be like that until next Sunday when some of your cold air is supposed to come down and drop lows to the mid 30's.