On Jan 1, 9:46*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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On Dec 31 2011, 11:40 pm, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

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Is the fuse box cover your only concern? The last time I replaced a
fuse on a car was back in the early 70's. I'd not worry about it at
all.

That's what I was thinking too. *If it just makes getting the fuse
box cover off somewhat more difficult, I wouldn't worry about it
either. * I've only replaced maybe one fuse in the last 20 years
here too. *I however checked them a little more often than that
when something wasn't working and as usual, started with the
fuse.

You guys just driving 2-3 yr old cars? * * My Impala is 'only' 10 yrs
old and I've had the covers off those panels [inside each of the front
doors- so handy] a dozen times at least-- Not even counting the time,
last year, that I fried the wires with one of those cigg. lighter
compressors.

No, one of my cars is a 32 year old Mercedes and I can recall
one fuse blowing. I've had a variety of cars over the years and
yes some of them I only kept for 3 years. I had corporate
lease cars for 15 years and went through a bunch of Pontiacs.
Never blew a fuse in any of them. I've had others
including a 10 year old Porsche that hasn't blown a single
fuse.






And these have been random fuses-- not an ongoing problem.

And thanks for the reminder--- the rear window defroster needs
something- I'll start with a look in the fuze box.

Jim
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