Re: 84 4kq blowing KE-Jetronic fuse....

[James Marriott <marriott@micron.net>]

Once again, as a reminder FYI...

Iain Mannix wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone - thanks for the answers on the Syncro/quattro thing, I have a
> better idea of what people are talking about now.  New, fun and exciting
> problem for me to figure out.
> 
> As you may remember, I bought an 84 4ksq a couple of weeks ago, and it
> died.  Joy.  Eventually traced the crappy idle/low power to a bad
> distributor....and later, the KE Jetronic fuse, the one under the hood, in
> the fusebox, on my car, it is a stand-alone fuse in a row of eight or so
> receptacles.  The sticker under the lid of the box calls for a 10 amp.
> When I looked at that fuse(after a weekend of hell), there was a 25 amp in
> there.  I had been getting around nicely for the past week or so,
> everything seemed good, but tonight, it began blowing the fuse again,
> seemingly after a three point turn.

Big snippage.

LitlFuse (at least) makes very cheap circuit breakers which can replace
fuses. They're ~$4, and are available next to the fuses at any decent
parts store. Pretty handy for troubleshooting.

hth,
James