Anyone know of a company that refurbishes fuse blocks?
#2
Give American Autowire a try. I believe its www.americanautowire.com. I used them to replace my entire wiring harness. The only harness that I didn't replace was the dash harness. The bakeolite housing was cracked around several of the fuses. I sent the dash harness to them and they replaced the entire fuse block as well as the high beam plug. I was happy with all of there repro harnesses as well as the refurbished dash harness.
Dave
Dave
#4
I believe that 99% of the time that they will try to clean up the dash harness unless it's been butchered up. Since the dash harness is not subject to engine heat, outside elements ect..., they will clean, retape and replace what's needed.
#6
He goes by "harness tweaker" on eBay, and he does a very great job on restoring old harnesses.
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#8
I had a Painless harness put in my 78 Camaro and it wasn't "painless" without any schematics or notes included.
I gutted the Painless out because the install was fubar'd and put in a AAW Highway 22 kit myself ......as a newb and it's awesome.
Every single wire is labeled the ENTIRE RUN of the wire on the sheath.......so troubleshooting in the future is CAKE.
American Autowire is a waaaaay better product and they give you enough schematics to make a newb a master.
Last edited by Aceshigh; June 18th, 2010 at 12:30 PM.
#10
Hello,
Thanks for all the input. I called Painless and they said they don't restore fuse blocks. AmericanAuto said they don't do much past 1962 for Olds. The front and back of the fuse block is really bad. All metal is rusted to the point of crumbling. I'm thinking the best option is to get an after market block. There must not be much demand to restore fuse blocks.
Thanks for all the input. I called Painless and they said they don't restore fuse blocks. AmericanAuto said they don't do much past 1962 for Olds. The front and back of the fuse block is really bad. All metal is rusted to the point of crumbling. I'm thinking the best option is to get an after market block. There must not be much demand to restore fuse blocks.
#11
If you do not want to rewire the car, and you just want to replace the fuse block,
I'd STRONGLY consider the American Autowire Highway 15 or 22 kit. Unless you want the OEM look of course.
IF you want the OEM look, you'll have to look at their Classic Update kits with the cylinder fuse blocks.
The reason is the fuse block is COMPLETELY separated from the harness by screws.
So you can cut your old one out, and put the new one right in place without removing any circuits.
Here's my 22 circuit block.
I'd STRONGLY consider the American Autowire Highway 15 or 22 kit. Unless you want the OEM look of course.
IF you want the OEM look, you'll have to look at their Classic Update kits with the cylinder fuse blocks.
The reason is the fuse block is COMPLETELY separated from the harness by screws.
So you can cut your old one out, and put the new one right in place without removing any circuits.
Here's my 22 circuit block.
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Last edited by Aceshigh; June 19th, 2010 at 03:02 PM.
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