- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Ok, someone said they wanted a how to on installing fuse blocks on a second gen so, here it is.
I installed a pair of fuse blocks today, took a few pics for all of ya, so, here ya go.
As a none, each "part used" is a link to where I purchased it if I purchased it online.
Parts Used:
6 circuit blue sea box
6 circuit ATC fuse box
6 terminal distribution block
female blade/spade connectors
butt connectors
12ga wire
18ga wire
male "fork" spade connectors
electrical tape
zip ties
heat shrink tubing
wiring loom
(if I forgot any parts, I apologize)
What I did:
the blue sea box is under the hood, while the distro block and other fuse block are in the cabin, behind the glove boxes on the passenger side. The blue sea is fused and run direct to the battery on both the positive and negative sides. One of the fused circuits on the blue sea is run into the vehicle (12ga) to the distro block. The second fuse block is simply a series of fuses, I've run the hot side of all of the fuses off of the hot side of the distro block, I cheated and ran the CB direct to the distro block as well since it comes direct from the battery, and shouldn't have the issue with the ground noise to be picked up through the ground through the body that it had previously.
Now for the pics...
Initial Survey of the engine compartment:
I put the box around in a few places trying to find a spot to make it fit, and decided to put it ontop of the stock fuse box, so, I pulled the lid, and looked very closely at the INSIDE to find a spot that I can put screws through without getting into the fuse diagram, turns out that the front drivers side corner is the perfect place to start it.
mounting the bluesea box
with the lid put back after attaching the bluesea box.
The hot I'd previously run for my hella's in the grille, but, it was all 10GA wiring and had a 30A fuse inline so I snipped the old connector off, put a new connector on it, and ran it to the bluesea, and ran a 12GA line to the ground. I made a point of zip tying it all so everything stays nice and tight so that it's not flopping about and getting into things.
they were turned to tuck toward the body, and the connectors used were waterproof as well.
re-ran the wiring for my hellas....now it's connected through the bluesea
now it became time to pull the passenger side of the dash apart to figure out where I'm gonna get the other parts to fit.
well, the perfect spot for the fuse block happened to be behind the top glovebox, tucked to the side by the AC vent.
6 lines running to the distro block
one line run for the switch for the hellas
distro block tucked against one of the rails supporting the dash, out of the way of the gloveboxes, CB's already wired direct to the distro block.
overview of the spot where the distro block went
drivers side under the dash where the wiring came through (before I ran the 12ga wiring through)
12ga run through with wiring loom covering the wiring
loom runs behind the lower dash trim (is zip tied to the support brace right behind there) then behind the lower part of the center console
wiring hooked to the distro block.
fuse block tucked up and off to the side
distro block ziptied off to the side so that it can't move.
ok, so, it's in, it works nicely, the only thing I realized after I buttoned everything up that I left hot terminals exposed, so, I've got to take it all back out and slip my other terminals back onto it so it stays safe in there amongst the other wires....the only thing that I'll be running through that internal fuse block is internal accessories, or, the switches for the lights that're coming.
(as a side thought, I'm now hunting down one of the CB/FM adapters, the little box that lets you use your FM antenna as a CB antenna) since I have seen that it's VERY easy to install in this vehicle)
I installed a pair of fuse blocks today, took a few pics for all of ya, so, here ya go.
As a none, each "part used" is a link to where I purchased it if I purchased it online.
Parts Used:
6 circuit blue sea box
6 circuit ATC fuse box
6 terminal distribution block
female blade/spade connectors
butt connectors
12ga wire
18ga wire
male "fork" spade connectors
electrical tape
zip ties
heat shrink tubing
wiring loom
(if I forgot any parts, I apologize)
What I did:
the blue sea box is under the hood, while the distro block and other fuse block are in the cabin, behind the glove boxes on the passenger side. The blue sea is fused and run direct to the battery on both the positive and negative sides. One of the fused circuits on the blue sea is run into the vehicle (12ga) to the distro block. The second fuse block is simply a series of fuses, I've run the hot side of all of the fuses off of the hot side of the distro block, I cheated and ran the CB direct to the distro block as well since it comes direct from the battery, and shouldn't have the issue with the ground noise to be picked up through the ground through the body that it had previously.
Now for the pics...
Initial Survey of the engine compartment:
I put the box around in a few places trying to find a spot to make it fit, and decided to put it ontop of the stock fuse box, so, I pulled the lid, and looked very closely at the INSIDE to find a spot that I can put screws through without getting into the fuse diagram, turns out that the front drivers side corner is the perfect place to start it.
mounting the bluesea box
with the lid put back after attaching the bluesea box.
The hot I'd previously run for my hella's in the grille, but, it was all 10GA wiring and had a 30A fuse inline so I snipped the old connector off, put a new connector on it, and ran it to the bluesea, and ran a 12GA line to the ground. I made a point of zip tying it all so everything stays nice and tight so that it's not flopping about and getting into things.
they were turned to tuck toward the body, and the connectors used were waterproof as well.
re-ran the wiring for my hellas....now it's connected through the bluesea
now it became time to pull the passenger side of the dash apart to figure out where I'm gonna get the other parts to fit.
well, the perfect spot for the fuse block happened to be behind the top glovebox, tucked to the side by the AC vent.
6 lines running to the distro block
one line run for the switch for the hellas
distro block tucked against one of the rails supporting the dash, out of the way of the gloveboxes, CB's already wired direct to the distro block.
overview of the spot where the distro block went
drivers side under the dash where the wiring came through (before I ran the 12ga wiring through)
12ga run through with wiring loom covering the wiring
loom runs behind the lower dash trim (is zip tied to the support brace right behind there) then behind the lower part of the center console
wiring hooked to the distro block.
fuse block tucked up and off to the side
distro block ziptied off to the side so that it can't move.
ok, so, it's in, it works nicely, the only thing I realized after I buttoned everything up that I left hot terminals exposed, so, I've got to take it all back out and slip my other terminals back onto it so it stays safe in there amongst the other wires....the only thing that I'll be running through that internal fuse block is internal accessories, or, the switches for the lights that're coming.
(as a side thought, I'm now hunting down one of the CB/FM adapters, the little box that lets you use your FM antenna as a CB antenna) since I have seen that it's VERY easy to install in this vehicle)
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