Plain Jane OEM nothing to see here rebuild

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by JustJeff

Sweet Baby Jesus!!!

The engine has life again.

Congrats!

Originally Posted by JustJeff

Issues that still need worked out:

1. Exhaust leak, it's a small one but it's dinner time and cold out.
2. Efan blew the fuse. I manually turned it on to check the wiring and it ran till I turned it off. Then would not turn back on.
3. Gauges STILL aren't working right. Well the aftermarket ones, OEM gauges work fine.

On #2, when you "manually turned it on", how did you do that - shunt/short circuit the fuse terminals to get it to run? With a new fuse in there, does it tend to blow out the fuse as soon as the fan kicks on? If the answer to both is yes, then it sounds like your fuse may be undersized for the inrush current load. Whenever you start an electric motor, the instananeous current draw is many times higher than its steady state current draw. If the fuse can't handle the inrush current, it will blow out every time.