need RRC fusible links

Tugela

Tugela

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I just got back from 3 weeks in South Africa and my 1993 RRC won't start. Too much shit to deal with, took it to the Rangie Whisperer who diagnosed issue as faulty fusible links. I had never even heard about this part before, it sounds like a typically awful Lucas design.

I'm hoping Will, Marty, Randy, PT, or one of you RRC guys can send me a set from a truck you have on hand for my tech to splice in. Shipping is 98144.

EDIT: also, while I'm at it, I need a dash fuse panel cover for the same truck.
 
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robertf

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Ive seen replacement fusible links in the help section of oreillys. Its not unique to lucas. 80s domestic vehicles used them.
 
Tugela

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Nomar said:
How does one know if your truck needs fusible links? What happened?
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My local Landy tech diagnosed it as such. I've been preparing for travel, traveling, and returning from travel so I haven't had a chance to get into it. Apparently the fusible links corrode. The issue was the truck wouldn't start. I suspected battery cables as the ones inherited from the PO are gnarly, but the voltage is fine.

Jedi Master Schram recommended replacing them with a D1 fuse box, which sounds to me like a superior long term solution than installing used ancient RRC parts that will probably fail again. I'll suggest that to my tech, given his 30+ years of experience on Rovers it's peculiar that he didn't recommend this option.

The rabbit hole is deeper than I feared on this truck. The PO was an uncommonly negligent cheapfuck.
 
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Why not look around this site and use one of these fuse blocks. It will take up less space and be just as good as a D1 block? I looked at that stupid mess of fusable links on mine and could not believe that a high end automobile actually left the factory like that. Lol
 
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Tugela said:
Apparently the fusible links corrode. The issue was the truck wouldn't start. I suspected battery cables as the ones inherited from the PO are gnarly, but the voltage is fine.
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yeah, my 91 has decided not to start...
And the PO is...oh wait, the current owner is cheap AF :D

Starting to wonder if I've got something weird like bad fusible links- where the hell are they?
I remember reading ECR replacing some with maxifuses or something a while back...


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Tugela

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Nomar said:
Starting to wonder if I've got something weird like bad fusible links- where the hell are they?
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Under/behind the coolant expansion tank according to my tech. There is a short thread with a picture here on the Rovers North forum.

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discostew

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You can find those things. I thought you wanted the kind of fuse link that is just wire, they would come off the starter solinoid on old GM stuff. I would look for inline fuse holders.
 
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