I'm having trouble finding replacement fuse holder prongs for my fuse block. My fuse block is pretty rusty and the holders need to be replaced. It's a 67 btw.

 

Somebody has to sell these things I just can't find em. I want to refurbish my fuseblock

 

Unfortunately, I've been unsuccessful in finding them myself. Obviously someone makes them, as vendors sell repro harnesses with new fuse blocks. Apparently there's more money to be made selling the assembled harness than just the clips.

 

I was never able to find them myself. Actually, I did find them at americanautowire.com, but they would not sell them outright. They went through my entire main wiring harness, replaced all fuse clips and damaged wire. It was around $150 for the harness refurb for my '67.

 

Yeah, why sell you $5 worth of clips when they can make a $150 sale...

 

OK, boys and girls. Once again, Google is your friend. Del Mar Wire and Products has the fuse block terminals for glass fuses. P/N 18-91 for 18-20 ga wire and P/N 18-90 for 10-12 ga wire.

 

OK, I just ordered 50 of each size. These puppies aren't cheap, so be warned. The small ones are about $1.50 each, large ones are like $1.75. Considering that a 1968 fuse box only has 10 fuses, that's about $30 if you need all of them.

 

Joe! You are the man! Thanks once again for all your tech info.

 

Thanks for the info. I must not be that good at Google. LOL.

 

I have to admit, finding this took a while. I tried a bunch of search terms with no luck. There was no direct link from Google. The Google search finally led me to a Nova forum, and one post in that forum had the URL for Del Mar along with photos of the clips.

 

Nice find, Joe! I've been looking for those for almost 2 years!
They even have the unobtainable twin lock terminals for the bulkhead. I had to pay ridiculous money for those off E-Pay.
Too bad they don't have the 14/16 clips. Probably previously gobbled up.
Just put an order in.

 

Good work Joe
I added that link to the PN database

If you intend to use these or similar terminals, of course you should ante up for the proper crimping tool and dies that fit and crimp these perfectly. Easily worth the cost of admission.

 

A couple of additional notes.

First, there are other vendors of similar clips, but all the other ones I've found are designed for either solder mount to a PC board or rivet mount to a fuse holder. These are the only ones with the locking tabs on the sides that snap into the plastic fuse block.

Second, some of the factory clips are riveted to a bus bar behind the fuse block instead of being crimped to wires. You'll have to do a little fabricating if you plan to use these clips in those positions. Cut off the crimp feature and drill a hole for the rivet. Again, SOMEBODY makes those particular clips, since you can buy a fuse block rebuild kit for Corvettes and some Mustangs that have the clips pre-riveted to the bus bars, but so far I have not found a source for just the clips. The hunt continues.

Of course, if you don't care about 100% originality (since the bus bar is not visible once the fuse block is installed), you can also ignore the bus bar and simply wire all the clips as needed. The factory used the bus bar to save labor, but for a single car, that's irrelevant.

 

Hello .. reading old posts .. struggling for knowledge like many .... and I saw a refrence to a P/N database .. looking around the site I did not see it .. can you point me in the direction .. and thank you Jim

 

I just came across this thread while reading a current discussion about fuse blocks. I have known about these electrical fuse holding clips for many decades, and at one time, they were available from GM. They have another use that some might benefit from this knowledge. They are the same as the clips that hold some of the dome light bulbs in the GM cars.
PS: I abhor resurrecting old threads; however, sometimes it is best to keep all the knowledge in one place. This is one of those times. Junkman

 

Very nice, and yes this is one of the few cases where resurrecting an old thread makes sense. Thanks for the tip.