Fender-Mounted Fuse Box

[Bruzilla]

So, I'm a frigging old, fat, guy with bad knees who hates having to do 10 yoga moves to get under the dash and replace a fuse when one goes, so before I put my 440 into my 74 Roadrunner, and while I have LOTS of room to work with, I was thinking of replacing the stock fuse box with one mounted on the fender and using blade fuses.

My plan was to pull a fuse box from a late-model Ford Police Interceptor as they are heavy-duty everything and fairly easy to work on. I was going to make a new wiring harness that will connect to the wires going in and out of the OEM fuse block and run to the new fuse box, and I was wondering if anyone had ever tried this before or had done something similar?

 

[Shorthorse]

I've wired a few race cars. It sounds completely possible. Do it right and think carefully how you are going to do your connections and splices. If done wrong or weak, you'll create more problems. I stumbled across some fuse boxes from Blue Sea Systems. I've used them in two cars. They are high quality, compact and made for the marine industry. Nice stuff.

https://www.bluesea.com/

 

[super-bee_ski]

So, I'm a frigging old, fat, guy with bad knees who hates having to do 10 yoga moves to get under the dash and replace a fuse when one goes, so before I put my 440 into my 74 Roadrunner, and while I have LOTS of room to work with, I was thinking of replacing the stock fuse box with one mounted on the fender and using blade fuses.

My plan was to pull a fuse box from a late-model Ford Police Interceptor as they are heavy-duty everything and fairly easy to work on. I was going to make a new wiring harness that will connect to the wires going in and out of the OEM fuse block and run to the new fuse box, and I was wondering if anyone had ever tried this before or had done something similar?

You forgot: "Old Navy sawbbie" also.....

 

[Hanover Mopar]

X2 on Blueseas. Did my boat with them. Good product

 

[Brandy]

That's in my plans to do. I intend to put everything I can on those shelves on the inner fender tops. Plan to cover all of it with custom panels.

 

[mopar 3 B]

The only negative doing that would be all the extra wiring going threw the bulkhead. Instead of a couple of power wires go into the passenger compartment there would be that and now also all interior wiring going through two times plus the extra length of wire equals more system resistance and more load on switches. But them I have heard of systems like this on newer cars.

 

[Bruzilla]

I was also thinking of putting the fuse block in the storage area of the console. I usually don't have anything buy some screws and a couple of lightbulbs in there.

 

[Brandy]

Hmmm that's an idea.

 

[YY1]

Here's a trick I discovered a few decades ago-

Take the big phillips screw out that holds the fuse box to the bracket.

You can then twist the fuse box out of the bracket and pull it down about six inches, allowing you to sit on a stool beside the car and work on it.

If you happen to break a wire, it needed repair anyway in a bad way.

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Oh, oh, that was on a 1970.

I can't remember if 73 is the same.

 

[747mopar]

I mounted mine in the glove box and really like it, sit down in the passenger seat and be comfy! I'd steer away from putting it in the engine compartment altogether..... heat, moisture, etc are all bad news and are the reason the engine compartment wiring is always the worst. I'd recommend a universal harness for the job, if your somewhat electrically inclined they're pretty straight forward to install and being universal they're usually cheaper. I think anything other than universal will limit your flexibilty on where you can mount the fuse block? I'm with you, if your going to do it make it easier to get to. Good luck.

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Console mounted equals a mess anytime you have to deal with the console or carpeting plus longer lengths of wiring. I'd keep it in the dash somewhere for those reasons.

 

[A383Wing]

I know a few guys that used a fender fuse box from a mid 90's Dakota

 

[Grabinov911]

I mounted mine in the glove box and really like it, sit down in the passenger seat and be comfy!

This is a Painless Cirkit Boss fuse panel - mounted next to the computer for my Gear Vendor, which is just sitting there...

 

[65-440]

You forgot: "Old Navy sawbbie" also.....

did you mean "Swabbie" ? ! ..

 

[2059]

I used this set up on the '64. Can be configured multiple ways to meet you needs. Clean set-up, water proof and reasonably priced! The application is mostly busses and fleet equipment.

Here is the tech sheet and I ordered from Waytechwire.com over the phone using credit card. Super simple!

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LE...5300.pdf/RK=0/RS=9UpCLv6eJRi98WPbKVEHzyH5KWo-

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=275672&stc=1&d=1441628559

You'll need to order the Delphi wire ends and the wire insulators but they have it all....

Good Luck,

Mike