"This is the last time I'm going to stand on my head and change those fuses"

2blu442 · 2020-11-01 00:04:15

Looks like pieces of copper tubing to me! https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/classicoldsmobile.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/dscn3881_664a923e470e8380eee0c8d5fadf22c76a0295c6.jpg

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October 31st, 2020, 05:04 PM

2blu442

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"This is the last time I'm going to stand on my head and change those fuses"

Looks like pieces of copper tubing to me!

October 31st, 2020, 05:09 PM

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Reminds me of a certain Darwin Award..

October 31st, 2020, 05:21 PM

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Reminds me of a certain Darwin Award..

Yes! The little brass cylinder with lead on one end? Well, the lead was there at first!

October 31st, 2020, 05:25 PM

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“Thank God we weren’t on the bridge when Thurston shot his ball off, or we might both be dead!!” (From memory). I laughed until breathless!!🤣😂

October 31st, 2020, 05:32 PM

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Looks like it's time for a new wiring harness. Fuse box is shot.

October 31st, 2020, 05:46 PM

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Spray it down w/ WD-40 and it should be good-to-go.

October 31st, 2020, 07:45 PM

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You might try cleaning all the rust off the fuse clips and spray them with some anti-corrosive. Replace the copper with real fuses.

October 31st, 2020, 07:52 PM

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Good Gawd. What's that in?!

October 31st, 2020, 08:25 PM

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Good Gawd. What's that in?!

A 1955 Olds 98 parts car! As I'm pulling parts off the dash I crawled under and found this.

October 31st, 2020, 09:25 PM

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Absolutely revolting...😎

November 1st, 2020, 02:25 AM

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Surely beats a piece of tin foil!

Randy C.

November 1st, 2020, 03:28 AM

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I worked at a Chrysler dealership in 1988, a guy brought in a 10 year old car with a intermittent fuse blowing problem. I couldn't find it so he said just jumper the fuse then replace whatever burnt wire. We said no we wouldn't do that. A couple days later the car came back on a hook. He had jumped the fuse and burnt up his wiring harness.!