EFI fuse

[Motleyone]

Guys


I took the 80 with the mighty 3FE to the White Mountains this weekend. I was pulling a small pop up camper and had the wife, two kids and our gear in the truck. Going through the Salt River Canyon was not too bad. I dont mind getting passed by guys on peddle bikes while going uphill. When I got to Show Low the truck was very hard to start and had no power.

I checked the EFI fuse and it was glowing red and very hot. The rest of the fuses in the box were not as hot. I got a new fuse at Checker and put it in the truck. The truck ran great and started the rest of the weekend. On the way home I checked the fuse box several times along the way. Every fuse in the box was smoking hot and could not be touched. Is this normal or do you think I have a short in the wires somewhere causing this type of heat in the box? I also took pictures of the odometer turning over 100K.

Thanks
Shawn

 

[azTony]

Mine have always been hot when I touched them FWIW

 

[Tools R Us]

The early '80 had an issue with undersized wiring in the EFI fuse/relay area, needs to be upgraded for reliability.

 

[Motleyone]

Kevin thanks for the info. The box seems to get the heat from the manifold on the 3fe. I wonder if I could relocate it to a cooler place or build a heat sink for it?

 

[Tools R Us]

As long as the factory heat shields are in place on the exhaust manifolds, I wouldn't worry about it. The "glowing red" part would cause concern.

 

[gotmud]

X2 if it was actually "glowing".

Several threads out there about upgrading the wiring on these.

Glad everyone made it home!