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(Message started by: Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 8:25pm)

Title: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 8:25pm

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

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on Apr 20^th, 2009, 8:31pm

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.

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Highlander on Apr 20^th, 2009, 9:31pm

Here we go again Wojtekor! :)

Are you SURE its the fusebox that is the fault??

Which fuse is blowing?

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:04pm

on 04/20/09 at 21:31:43, Highlander wrote:

Here we go again Wojtekor! :)

Are you SURE its the fusebox that is the fault??

Which fuse is blowing?

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)

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Highlander on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:07pm

I would look at the fusebox last! ;)

which one specifically? or is it more than one?

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:17pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:07:41, Highlander wrote:

I would look at the fusebox last! ;)

which one specifically? or is it more than one?

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.

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:27pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:07:41, Highlander wrote:

I would look at the fusebox last! ;)

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 ;)

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Highlander on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:30pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:17:08, Ultima_Bloke wrote:

Well that does sound like a fusebox problem, was the rear wiper running with the ignition off??

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:33pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:30:44, Highlander wrote:

Well that does sound like a fusebox problem, was the rear wiper running with the ignition off??

Yep, eveything was switched off, and still the rear wiper started up, everytime the plug was unplugged!! ???

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:38pm

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 :P

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Ultima_Bloke on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:45pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:38:50, wojtekor wrote:

;D No worries!! ;D
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!! ;)

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by Highlander on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:48pm

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 ;)

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on Apr 20^th, 2009, 10:57pm

on 04/20/09 at 22:48:02, Highlander wrote:

Yes, I like to go through the diagnosis and fault finding process, Woj just rips the fusebox out straight away! ;)

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 :P

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by tonyboy on Apr 21^st, 2009, 8:23pm

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

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by twinturbo on Apr 26^th, 2009, 3:41pm

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

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by tonyboy on May 4^th, 2009, 10:32pm

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.

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by tonyboy on May 4^th, 2009, 10:36pm

Oh yeah this is the web site http://myscorpio.synthasite.com/

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on May 4^th, 2009, 11:44pm

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 :D

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by tonyboy on May 5^th, 2009, 3:32pm

Thanks for the comment. I'll take your comments on board and try and make it bit more in depth.
Cheers

Title: Re: Fuse Box Removal??
Post by wojtekor on May 5^th, 2009, 5:24pm

;)