Does anyone know if there's any kind of blade fuse adapter to use in a glass fuse box. I would like to convert my my early A's to blade fuse and if an adapter is available, that would be the easiest way to go.

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65 Dart station wagon slant 6 - now under construction
47 Dodge Custom 4 Door sedan
87 D100 Short Bed slant 6

Retired USAF 1966-1986
Retired US Postal Service 2004-2014

Even if such a device existed -- which it doesn't -- it would be a very poor idea. You'd be adding two additional contact points to make problems...at each and every fuse. Glass fuses work fine; what is your objection to them?

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Thanks for the info. No objections to glass fuses; however in my rural area it seems they are harder to find compared to the blade type. Since the blade type seems to be so common, I thought if an adapter were available to work in my stock fuse panel, it might be the way to go. I didn't think of the additional electrical issues such an adapter might present - good point!

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65 Dart station wagon slant 6 - now under construction
47 Dodge Custom 4 Door sedan
87 D100 Short Bed slant 6

Retired USAF 1966-1986
Retired US Postal Service 2004-2014

Stock up with 10 times the number of glass fuses you'll ever reasonably need, and you'll still have spent less time, effort, and money on the project than trying for a fuse adaptor.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Same problem here...glass is going Bye-Bye in all the stores in the area. I have to stock up. The fuse block in my duster had seen better days, the corrosion and rust on the contacts eventually rotted back to the connections at the fuseblock. I went to one of the 'non-public' auto parts stores in town (the one I have to use my buddy's company's name and account...). Got two universal blade fuse blocks (the '76 has two circuits- always hot, and "ignition on" is hot)... cut the old block out, stripped and cut the wires back to good copper and installed the blocks...
Light seem brighter and I can stop stocking a fist full of fuses in my ash tray...

LOL...

-D.Idiot

Radio Shack and electronic stores have the glass fuses.............


(just curious, where do you find the old VW style fuses.......)

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

The major fuse companies (Buss, Littelfuse) still have the "ceramic" (type GBC) fuses for older European cars. They're made out of plastic, now. It's never been a very good fuse design. Time was, Buss sold nice glass ones with pointy nickelplate ends, but now they just sell the same plastic ones everyone else sells.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I bought a big collection of glass fuses from J.C.Whitney a few years ago; they seem to look and work OK and were quite inexpensive. Harbor Freight also sells big kits, but their plastic blade fuses were recalled for causing fires, so I don't know about the quality of their glass fuses.

I'm seeing some of my orig. fuses become open w/o burning out & w/o apparent cause - I suspect that after ~40 years thermal cycling is taking its toll. It might be wise to consider replacing all the fuses (and cleaning the contacts) at one time.

In my 25 yr old AMC, some of the orig. plastic blade fuses started getting hot (due to corrosion) and began to slowly melt and smell... at least my glass ones didn't do that.

Hmmm, that sounds like a good idea but probably a lot of work. Still, might have to look into this option.

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65 Dart station wagon slant 6 - now under construction
47 Dodge Custom 4 Door sedan
87 D100 Short Bed slant 6

Retired USAF 1966-1986
Retired US Postal Service 2004-2014

I'm sure there's also a block with the right number of constand and IGN circuits (maybe even one that uses relays?) that can be obtained.

Me, I'm looking heavily into saving up for an ISIS system and completely rewiring my Duster..............eventually.

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me

i know its not as old, but dadtruck here in indy has put in a relay box from a 95 caravan for his electric fan, lights, hei, etc...he did a nice job, may have posted pics, thats just relays though, i think his truck is new enough to have the newer style fuses. luckily my "new" 88 volvo came with a bunch of extra fuses, and i grab new looking ones when i go to the yard for pieces.