Hey everyone

 

i just got a 1983 ford laser for cheap and the fuse for the indicaters/Dash Guages, keeps blowing

 

it was blown when i got the car, i replaced it, drove around the block and it was blow again.

 

any hints?

Somwhere your circuit may be shorting to the body and drawing too much current. As a tempp fix you could stick a higher current fuse in there (10 instead of 5 etc) and I'd go looking for any spots where there's dodgy wiring connections or poor insulation.

going up fuse size with just slowly burn the harness out, find the problem and fix it properly. Check all your globes, sounds like one is shorting to frame in its holder or a wire is rubbing against frame..

yeah id rather not do the dodgey fix and make the fuseable link my wireing.

 

we're doing electrical at trade school this week, so should be able to sus it out, ill check out my globes tho, thanks for that

yeh, thats why I said temp fix, ie if you need to drive it home/to the workshop etc.