Fuse panel differences, and 1979+ solutions

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As titled, I’m trying to replace the fuse panel on my 1982 FJ43 with something close to stock. I’ve done a bit of searching and reading, and seen most of the threads that discuss this. 79+ had a different circuit layout from earlier years and came with a pre-terminated harness. The common solution seems to be using the City Racer 78 panel, and modifying the harness and moving the clips to match the alternate layout. That’s all well and good, but from what I can most of the circuit names on the 78 fuse panel cover would no longer match, and or the constant hot, switched-accessory and switched-run layout would be sacrificed.

What are late model people really doing to replace their fuse panel?

Here’s a quick mock up I made to explain my concern.

From the few factory wiring diagrams I’ve reviewed, it looks like US and non-US 79+ 40 series rigs had the same fuse panel layout and switching scheme.

 

[mdsims]

…And I think I just answered my own question! Lol. The 78 City Racer panel is the ticket.

De-pin and move the terminals from 3-1-3-1 into the 3-1-1-3 configuration. Swap the lighter and headlight output wires to match the 78 panel (which actually is nice: I won’t ever drain my battery with forgotten headlights as they’ll now be switched-acc, and the lighter will be constant hot which which I can replace with some Anderson power poles or a usb plug). Then I just jumper the headlight and radio on the positive side so they feed from a single accessory source and everything else will line up perfectly, and the panel cover will be correct to the circuits.

Edit: correct by name, but amperages for heater and engine fuses will be wrong. I can live with that.