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Ultima_Bloke
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Fuse Box Removal??
« on: Apr 20th, 2009, 8:25pm » |
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Hi folks!!
My scorpio has developed electrical problems, and has been going through 7.5 fuses faster than I dont know what!! lol
Has anyone attempted to remove a drivers side fuse box??
Any help?? lol
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wojtekor
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easy job. you've got plugs and screws above the pedals, quite hard to reach the screws so be prepared  . remove the plugs, unscrew, remove the fusebox, then rebuild and pop it back in...
my advice would be to do both fuseboxes... the aux one is very easy to remove.
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #2 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 9:31pm » |
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Here we go again Wojtekor! 
Are you SURE its the fusebox that is the fault??
Which fuse is blowing?
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #3 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:04pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 9:31pm, Highlander wrote:Here we go again Wojtekor!
Are you SURE its the fusebox that is the fault??
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Not 100% sure its the fuse box thats the prob.... but have heard about granadas/scorpios and there fuse box problems in the past, so gonna start looking there first....
the 7.5 fuses that keeps blowing are the electronics control fuses (thats what the handbook calls them anyways)
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #4 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:07pm » |
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I would look at the fusebox last!
which one specifically? or is it more than one?
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #5 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:17pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:07pm, Highlander wrote:I would look at the fusebox last!
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Its either number 16 or 17, whatever one is nearest to the front of the car....
The strange thing is, last summer, the heater/blower/climate control system packed up, and now, strangely, everytime the fuse blows, the aforementioned starts working again, but, as soon as I replace the fuse, they stop working again. I tried the other day, unplugging, the main plug, at the front of the fuse box, and the rear wiper started going, then stopped as soon as I plugged the plug back in, much to my amusement at the time. It was all these peculiar happenings, that led me to believe it may be a typical granada/scorpio fusebox problem.
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wojtekor
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:07pm, Highlander wrote:I would look at the fusebox last!
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yeah! here we go again you know what i'll say here i would suspect the fusebox in the first place
besides it's always good to rebuild both fuseboxes and then if anything happens with the electrics in the future you can be almost certain it's not the fusebox ;P that's what i did when i bought my beauty
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #7 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:30pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:17pm, Ultima_Bloke wrote:
Its either number 16 or 17, whatever one is nearest to the front of the car....
The strange thing is, last summer, the heater/blower/climate control system packed up, and now, strangely, everytime the fuse blows, the aforementioned starts working again, but, as soon as I replace the fuse, they stop working again. I tried the other day, unplugging, the main plug, at the front of the fuse box, and the rear wiper started going, then stopped as soon as I plugged the plug back in, much to my amusement at the time. It was all these peculiar happenings, that led me to believe it may be a typical granada/scorpio fusebox problem. |
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Well that does sound like a fusebox problem, was the rear wiper running with the ignition off??
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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Ultima_Bloke
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #8 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:33pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:30pm, Highlander wrote:
Well that does sound like a fusebox problem, was the rear wiper running with the ignition off??
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Yep, eveything was switched off, and still the rear wiper started up, everytime the plug was unplugged!!
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wojtekor
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YEAH fusebox rebuild!
current score;
Highlander 1 ¦ Wojtekor 1
Ultima_Bloke don't take it like i'm happy that you need to do a fusebox rebuild, it's just that for a few weeks now we have a small competition here, between me and Highlander when it comes to diagnosing electrical problems
bottom line is that i always stand behind the fusebox rebuild and Highlander seeks causes elsewhere 
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #10 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:45pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:38pm, wojtekor wrote:YEAH fusebox rebuild!
current score;
Highlander 1 ¦ Wojtekor 1
Ultima_Bloke don't take it like i'm happy that you need to do a fusebox rebuild, it's just that for a few weeks now we have a small competition here, between me and Highlander when it comes to diagnosing electrical problems
bottom line is that i always stand behind the fusebox rebuild and Highlander seeks causes elsewhere
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 No worries!!
Thanks for all your advice, am gonna "rob" the fuse box out of my old saloon, which has never had any electric probs, and swap it with the estate fuse box, and see what happens....
I'll keep you posted!!
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #11 on: Apr 20th, 2009, 10:48pm » |
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Yes, I like to go through the diagnosis and fault finding process, Woj just rips the fusebox out straight away!
That would appear to be the correct action in this case though
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wojtekor
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on Apr 20th, 2009, 10:48pm, Highlander wrote:Yes, I like to go through the diagnosis and fault finding process, Woj just rips the fusebox out straight away!
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but it works in 90% of the cases at least on the polish forum... it's 50% accuracy on this forum, i must be out of shape... or the fuseboxes for the British market where made better/higher quality then those for the continental market
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #13 on: Apr 21st, 2009, 8:23pm » |
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Hello just add a note on the fuse box . Yeah it is pretty easy to change, a bit awkward to undo the nuts inside the car. But if i can do it anybody can. It was a frightenibg thought changing it , but i was pleasently supprised how easy it was In fact the hardest part was trying to get the plastic webbing that goes under the box off.
Tony
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #14 on: Apr 26th, 2009, 3:41pm » |
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I have a pair of good fuse boxes for sale, for peice of mind you could rebuild them. Swap over and then sell on your old ones for somone else to rebuild.
TT
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #15 on: May 4th, 2009, 10:32pm » |
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Hello if your thinking to do a fuse box rebuild. I have just rebuilt my fuse box and put my expierience on my web site. Hth and any feedback about the site would be apprieciated.
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #16 on: May 4th, 2009, 10:36pm » |
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Oh yeah this is the web site http://myscorpio.synthasite.com/
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wojtekor
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well it's not an exact fusebox rebuild manual/FAQ... if you want it to be useful for beginners you should add some info about removing the fusebox, advice taking photos of each step not to mess up anything when putting it back... include a useful info about waterproofing the layers and the fusebox as a whole...
you know, make it a step-by-step thing about both the main and the aux fusebox...
don't take it personally, it's just my comment cause if you leave it like this you don't really give a newbie a useful manual... at least nothing better then what people get when I scream at them that they need to rebuild their fuseboxes 
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Re: Fuse Box Removal??
« Reply #18 on: May 5th, 2009, 3:32pm » |
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Thanks for the comment. I'll take your comments on board and try and make it bit more in depth.
Cheers
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