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J.L.M., When I first got my Fast Back, it would not turn over, so I started trouble shooting. I traced the wire from the starter through the body of the car to the ignition & do not recall a fuse being inline along the way. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:17:25 -0600 (CST) "J.L.M." <fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com> writes: > >I forgot to ask this earlier. > >Whenever my '66 square starter acts up, I suspect doing the >"tired wire" thing for which I need a relay, if I turn and hold >the key, it blows a fuse. > >It looks to me from the wiring diagram that there isn't supposed >to be a fuse in the key/solenoid circuit. Is there? >I mean it would make sense, but it would probably want to be bigger >than 16 amps. > >On the other hand, I think this may have been modified this way >to add a starter relay, which was a f*rd relay. I just don't know. >But when I put a relay in, I might decide it's a good idea to run >the *relay* from a wire through a fuse. I just don't want to >start any fires in case the starter switch is supposed to go through >a fused circuit. > >-- >g-r-a-t-e-f-u-l-l-y---[ email:<fishbowl@conservatory.com> >]---l-i-v-i-n-g >d-e-a-d-i-c-a-t-e-d---[ http://www.conservatory.com/ >]-----l-i-g-h-t > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]