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    Underhood fuse box inside pics. Anyone got 'em?

    Throwing around the idea of doing a headlight relay mod on the '92 MGM. Being a base model, the beater didn't come with air suspension, tow package, etc. So, I thought I might be able to use the spots normally used by all the goodies that mine didn't come with, for relays and fuses for the headlights.

    Before I even solder a single wire, I thought it might be a good idea to know kinda what to expect if I open up that fuse box. Will new connectors for fuses and relays just snap in to place? Is there a bus bar in there to get power from? Anyone else gone this route for adding accessories?



    Lots of room in there for gadgets:
    1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.
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    There are bus bars for power to the big and small fuses. You will need to go to a yard and open one up and harvest the connectors for the other sides of the fuses as well as for the relay terminals.

    I put one into my Vic to replace all of the fusible links. I am quite familiar with the inside of them. Be careful taking yours apart. THEY ARE FRAGILE. Once you harvest the terminals you need (take more then you think you need because some of them are different...the locking tabs are in different spaces for relay ones and fuse ones) make sure you place them where you want them as the plastic tabs that hold them into place are very very very fragile. You break the tab and you are SOL in that spot.
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      #3
      The yard box that was sun baked was fragile. The one in my vic, not so much. YMMV

      Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
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      Originally posted by gadget73
      ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
      Originally posted by dmccaig
      Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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        Ok, thanks for the info. I know of a couple Aero's that have had their hoods shut for over a year. I shut them to keep the plastics nice, as I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that visits the Panthers in that yard. From looking at it, the top part of the fuse box is just held on with the clips, much like the cover is, yes?
        1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.

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          Yup

          Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
          rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
          Originally posted by gadget73
          ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
          Originally posted by dmccaig
          Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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            #6
            yes, yes, and yes

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              Perfect! Exactly the thing I was looking for. That's not as complicated inside as I was thinking.
              1990 MGM: $50 E7 heads, HO cam, Holley SysteMAX lower intake, HO upper intake with an Explorer TB. LSC ECM. Lincoln logs into stock dual exhaust. K&N drop in air filter. Wide ratio AOD, 2400 converter with a 3.08 one tire fire out back. Car is less slow now. Then there's the '92 Beater. Dual 2.25" exhaust with shiny tips. Rumbles nice. Super slow. Burns oil too.

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