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Car Forum / Porsche / Porshe 911 / January 2004

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Which Fuse on my 911...

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Gocargo - 30 Dec 2003 01:40 GMT
            1985   911   Cabriolet
Which fuse controls:
My interior lights quit (the one's that come on when doors opened) and now
my clock "only works" when car is turned on.

Thank you kindly,
-Brett Slack   burnedoncetwiceshy at hotmail dot com
404-735-4263
Gocargo - 01 Jan 2004 05:54 GMT
I found the blown fuse... under the hood and inside the plastic fuse-box
located just over the drivers side front tire, it was the 4th fuse from the
cowl forward. It's an 8-amp (white) one. So, I replaced it with a new 8-amp
fuse and the clock, dome, hood and glove-box lights all worked fine for
about 24 hours, then blew as I was driving today... or at least I noticed
the dome light was out once I parked and opened the door.

I got back to my shop and did some digging around under the hood and noticed
the wire comming out of the fuse-bank for this fuse was (IMO) a "rather
thin" black wire that ducked back under the fuse-box and straight-away
slipped into a loom of wiring harness. The factory Fuse-Box cover does not
give a fuse RATING (!?!) only says what componet(s) the fuse protects.
Seemed rather odd for such a small wire to carry the current to power:
The Clock
Trunk Lighting
Glove-box Lighting
Dome/Interior Light
Engine Compartment Light

Anyone have the info on this fuse, what the factory-rating (amps) should
be...and/or about the black wire, and why it's so thin?

Anyone have any suggestions?

-Brett  burnedoncetwiceshy at hotmail dot com  404-735-4263
 "Everything I know is from playing Classic Arcade Games"

>              1985   911   Cabriolet
> Which fuse controls:
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> -Brett Slack   burnedoncetwiceshy at hotmail dot com
> 404-735-4263
Issurf - 02 Jan 2004 14:27 GMT
No of these items work on my 87 911.  I think it is a common problem area (no
pun intended).  I plan on thouroughly checking it out one day.  Get a hold of
the wiring diagram and start checking your grounds and continuity.  Be careful
you don't burn out your wire harness.

Good luck!
 
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