Re: Gremlin follow-up (Better fuses)

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@xxxxxx>]

Hi Mark:

Sorry I missed your original post, because my '74 Spider has done the exact 
same thing, and like yours, it was fuse #6.  There is an alternative to the 
original plastic or ceramic fuses, that will work much better.  Buss makes 
fuses that have a glass envelope with stainless steel end caps, and they're 
available at NAPA stores.  The style name is "GBC", with part numbers of 
782-1080 (8-amp) and 780-1082 (16-amp).

Regards,

Dean


At 01:32 AM 6/27/2003, you wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:54:25 -0400
> From: "Mark Kunkel" <mkunkel@domain.elided>
> Subject: Gremlin follow-up
>
> A quick follow-up on the question I posed earlier this week regarding
> sudden-onset backfiring and instrument anomalies following an otherwise
> stellar tune-up on my 74 Spider.  MANY thanks to all who responded so
> helpfully.
>
> As I was preparing to check and clean all the grounds it occurred to me that
> I should first take the counsel of one digest member and check fuses...got
> out the trust multimeter and it turns out that #6 was shot...replaced it and
> all is well.  No more strange gas and oil pressure meter behavior, no more
> dimly glowing generator light, no more backfiring.  Of course, still need to
> find out why it blew, I guess....but all is well temporarily.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Mark Kunkel
> Carrollton, GA
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