[V8] Weird burnt thing

[Dave Saad]

I did sort of the same thing - I modified mine with parts scavenged from a junkyard fuse box so I can use the big plastic two prong fuses that look like all the other two prong fuses - only bigger.
Now, spares are easily available.  I run a 60A fuse with no problem which should also give me a few more microseconds before the motor catches fire in the event the bearing seizes  up again.

Dave

On Apr 11, 2011, at 7:42 AM, <gbmarc at cox.net> <gbmarc at cox.net> wrote:

> So I worked out why I have 4 wires not two.
> I didn't have the original fusible link. A previous owner had inserted an external fuse which connected with two wires to the the fusible link terminals. This external fuse was the horribly melted thing.
> I purchased an 80A fusible link from my local Advance Auto Parts and with a little modification it screwed right in.
> I checked the fan to see that it wasn't seized up and it was quite free, (unless of course you can turn the blades without turning the motor shaft).
> I couldn't see any exposed terminal where I could  apply 12v to test it, so I still haven't verified that it actually works.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> 
> 
> ---- ron_01056 at yahoo.com wrote: 
>> Fuseable link for the rad fan.
>> But I've never seen four wires going into it.....should b only two.
>> 
>> Ron 
>> 
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Kalbskopf <gbmarc at cox.net>
>> Sender: v8-bounces at audifans.com
>> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 16:35:25 
>> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: [V8] Weird burnt thing
>> 
>> My daughter cam home today (no, she's not the weird burnt thing!)
>> but she did bring  home the V8.
>> So, I was looking under the hood to check the engine was still there,  
>> and there I was, poking around the hydraulic fluid reservoir and  
>> noticed something that had almost caught fire, but fortunately had  
>> simply melted instead.
>> In between the reservoir and the fender is a little black electrical  
>> junction box with 4 wires leading to it.
>> Two of the wires come out and join at this weird burnt melted thing.   
>> I don't think it was melted before she left, so unless they had a  
>> micro barbeque it must have been some kind of electrical earthing  
>> problem.
>> Does anybody know what it is?  It looks like it might have been a fuse  
>> or capacitor or something.
>> (I checked that the Audi hyper-drive time-warp booster still worked,  
>> and otherwise I can't find anything else malfunctioning.)
>> 
>> Mark. K.
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