i was crusing along i smelt something wrong the i saw smoke coming form the fuse box my park lamps fuse had melted into the fuse box and begun to smolder before catching alight of course i pulled over and stopped turned everything off and scratched my head ... im still driving it now but without taillights dash lights hazards ... i still got blinkers brake lights head lights still


what should i do just take it to a auto elec of replace the burnt wire i have done and chase the wire until i find a short ... if its a short i dont know ...

by the way the fuse didnt blow it was only a 20amp fuse as ford designed


any help/ideas or maybe u have heard of this before please let me know

cheers
justin

thats wierd that the fuse did not blow

yes i would take it to an auto elec for sure

be the safe and smart thing to do

explain what happened

what was the last thing you did electrically?

checked the trailer plug (if you have one?)

Where did you get the fuse from, just because it says 20 amp, doesn't always mean it wont take substantially more, hehe.

I got a set once, put one in when i blew it before finding the fualt, the fuse just sat there smoldering, the coating, ended up melting the coating off.

no I didn't leave it in I just used it several times, it's a great way around smartlock, hehe.
Now i know not all fuse are equal quality.

I see this all the time and basically the fuse is loose in the fuseholder and the heat from the bad connection causes the fuse/holder to melt and to repair it ,you will have to wire up another fuseholder to replace the burnt one.Cheers Kevman

Should of let it burn and got the insurance money, f**k chasing a short = pain in the a***.

i only use narva fuses no cheap ones ... i had a look around under my dash and the brown wire thats connected to my park lamps and heated up the whole length of the circuit and from that i mean from the fuse box to relay to parkers it dont look pretty the feeling i have is someone has been there before judging my the elec tape cable ties etc .. i loose my licence is 30 or so hours so its just 1 more thing on the list to be fixed i got pictures but im sure we have all seen burnt wires before lol ive done no electrical work beside changing the rear tail/stop globes which were 10w lol im sure the 2mm wire can handle that with ease sooo