65 fuse box - left fuses not getting power (solved)

[Brtele]

Blew a radio fuse recently, replaced the fuse and now I have no power (key on or off) to the fuses on the left side of the fuse box. I do have power to the right side fuses.

 

Are there a “main” fuses for the different sides of the fuse box?

 

 Thanks

Edited April 11, 2023 by Brtele (see edit history)

[gungeey]

No fuses each side. If you can undo the black plastic cover from your fuse block to gain access to the underside you may find your answer. Undo your battery first, you may have a melted wire or two.

[1965rivgs]

As stated remove the plastic cover from the fuse block. On the backside of the fuseblock you will find a large red wire which is the battery feed to one side bussbar. The large brown wire is ignition switched voltage to the bussbar on the opposite side. Loose connector, fried wiring and both are common.

Tom Mooney

[Brtele]

Yep, you guys were correct.  When I pulled the fuse box out of the dash, the brown wire was not as long as the remainder of the slack and it disconnected from the spade.  Sanded/cleaned the connection, reconnected it and everything popped back to life.  Thanks for the quick help!

[Dundee]

1 hour ago, Brtele said:

Yep, you guys were correct.  When I pulled the fuse box out of the dash, the brown wire was not as long as the remainder of the slack and it disconnected from the spade.  Sanded/cleaned the connection, reconnected it and everything popped back to life.  Thanks for the quick help!

Shorter because that spade lug has been replaced before, make sure it’s tight on..

[XframeFX]

Why Packard Electric didn't tin those Fuse Clips is beyond my understanding?

[telriv]

That brown wire has a BS crimp on connector.

Bad right there & the terminal is rusty to boot.

 

Tom T.

 

[Brtele]

On 4/12/2023 at 9:15 AM, telriv said:

That brown wire has a BS crimp on connector.

Bad right there & the terminal is rusty to boot.

 

Tom T.

 

Agree, I’m not a fan of the crimp connector, but I was already a little short on wire length and didn’t want to sacrifice any additional. I sanded the terminal shiny and ensured the connections were very tight.