Glass fuses

Whoever had my series 3 before me put coiled bits of wire in place of where the fuses should go, under the steering column. Does anyone know where I can get proper glass fuses, also what rating should they be at? A local supplier tells me he can get 6.3 x 32mm ones @ 20A but not sure if these will do the trick??

eek... coiled wire... as long as the contacts match up, 20 amps is what I have in mine... I would have to check to make sure though.

all fuses on series landy are 35 amp

Good stuff, does anyone know a supplier? Old glass fuses difficult things to come by a couple of motor factors tell me...

I have been thinking of changing from the glass type to the blade type.
It looks like a straight swap. I have other things to do before getting to
changing the fuse box, but I plan to do this at the same time I put in new
wiring for a gps / pc / mp3 player type thing... a small tablet pc would be brill,
but I digress....
I am reading these posts in a different forum. Hope it helps.
K.
Glass fuses to blade fuses - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
and
Changing Glass Fuses for Blade type - Suggestions - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

fivepunjab said:

Good stuff, does anyone know a supplier? Old glass fuses difficult things to come by a couple of motor factors tell me...

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Halfrauds sell them as do Automotive wiring products. But if you want to change over to blade fuses then AWP sell everything you'll need.

Thanks for responses all. I tried local Halfords and they have bags of 35A ones in stock. I'll try these and revert to changing to modern fuses if glass ones prove disastrous.

Cheerio - Pat

I went on to find this link, with photos,
again from a different forum.
Let us know how you get on.
K.
Converting glass fuses to blade fuses - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

brnocz said:

all fuses on series landy are 35 amp

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I went and checked again, I knew it was a number with an A after it:doh:

Just changed my 110 fuse boxes from glass to spade type.
Easy job, just do one wire at a time or one side at a time and you cant go wrong.
Got my bits from Vehicle wiring products on the net and they came in the post next day very pleased with it and no more dicky fuses.