Fuse box help.

I had a bit of a melt down in the fusebox of my 89 defender.
One of the teminals got very hot and melted the fuse holder. I'm not sure why the fuse did not blow. Anyway can anyone tell me what circuits the two solitary glass fuses supply? The fuse holder that melted had a green wire and a white wire on either side. The other has a brown/white and white/black wire.

phytopthora said:

I had a bit of a melt down in the fusebox of my 89 defender.
One of the teminals got very hot and melted the fuse holder. I'm not sure why the fuse did not blow. Anyway can anyone tell me what circuits the two solitary glass fuses supply? The fuse holder that melted had a green wire and a white wire on either side. The other has a brown/white and white/black wire.

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Green wire and a white wire on either side rear wash wipe should be 5 amp fuse.
Brown/white and white/black heated rear window should be 10 amp fuse


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Thanks very much.
I have just checked and the previos owner replaced the rear door with a split one.
He has cut the wires and left them hidden behind the light cover with no insulation!!

Any idea where I can purchase replacement fuse holders?

halfrauds, maplins, vwp, ebay.......

phytopthora said:

Any idea where I can purchase replacement fuse holders?

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That Supplementary Fuse Box is Part Number PRC3737

Fusebox Assembly-Passenger Side - Genuine Land Rover at www.rimmerbros.co.uk



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phytopthora said:

Thanks very much.
I have just checked and the previos owner replaced the rear door with a split one.
He has cut the wires and left them hidden behind the light cover with no insulation!!

Any idea where I can purchase replacement fuse holders?

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Assuming then you have no rear wash wipe or heated rear window....

Why bother...?

Just remove the fuses...

Sorted

Err.......oh yeah.
However one of the other multiple fuse carriers appears to be broken. I would like to replace it / possibly with a later blade type carrier. Any part numbers for these?

Thanks

phytopthora said:

Err.......oh yeah.
However one of the other multiple fuse carriers appears to be broken. I would like to replace it / possibly with a later blade type carrier. Any part numbers for these?

Thanks

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Land Rover sell the Blade Fuse Boxes separately, they're quite cheap, but using them would mean changing the Metal Panel for the later type and using the Genuine Terminals from Land Rover, which are silly-money -

Fuseblock (2 required) = PRC4826 - £5.65 inc VAT each

Connector to fit 0.5 - 1.0mm2 cable = STC4034 - £4.63 inc VAT each

Connector to fit 1.1 - 2.0mm2 cable = STC4035 - £6.30 inc VAT each

Connector to fit 2.5 - 3.0mm2 cable = STC4036 - £0.79 inc VAT each

Prices are Retail inc. VAT from Rimmer Brothers


A cheaper alternative is to adapt your existing panel and use 2 x aftermarket Fuse Boxes, such as FBB16U from Vehicle Wiring Products -





An excellent thread on how to do this was posted here -

Converting glass fuses to blade fuses - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum


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Timing! lol
Just spent the day changing the fuse holders in my 84 110 to new style blade ones. Pretty straight forward - except.....I got side terminal blocks....and the length of wire available makes life difficult. Got away with it by improvising a back mounting panel...but would recommend using rear terminal blocks.

Thanks for this.
Wow the terminations are seriously silly money. May have to scratch around and find some alternatives.

Anyone got a diagram showing what cicuits each fuse feeds?
Beneagles you probably hae a good idea having just done yours.

phytopthora said:

Anyone got a diagram showing what cicuits each fuse feeds?
Beneagles you probably hae a good idea having just done yours.

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There was a thread on this just recently too - search and ye shall find. But this may help too...

Thanks

my wind screen wipers wont stop , would it be a relay ? i want to pull the fuse to stop them running where is the fuse box on my defender 90 , thanks !

In front of the gearstick..its huge...and it should have a guide to the fuses on the back.

anyone know where the headlight and sidelight earths are located? there is power at the fuse box but no sidelights, i'm thinking exposed cable or earth come loose, if you put a fuse in she just blows when you switch them on. the headlights are funny as there is power to both on full and on dip, both work on dip but only drivers side will work on full, so same again i think, exposed or non-earthed. any advice appreciated.

If you want a 300TDi blade fuse holder there is someone flogging them on ebay as a Lucas fusebox complete with all the terminals etc and under £7 !!!

20 Way Bulkhead Blade Fuse Holder / Box And Terminals - By Lucas Rist | eBay