OUCH!!! 521 fuse block options.

[flatcat19]

So...this happened last night...

 

 

So I am needing a fuse box. Planning on buying a more modern one.

I'm at work so I'll post links later of the options I'm thinking about.

 

 

My querry... What else should I be doing while replacing my fuse box?

 

Or...what boxes have others used to upgrade their 521s?

 

 

Posting a thread for this because I don't want the info to get lost in my thread.

Replacing box/updates will happen in my thread.

[thisismatt]

Blue Sea Systems

[Rick-rat]

 

Jack up your radiator cap and drive a 620 under it   :thumbup:

[flatcat19]

Blue Sea Systems

That was one of the ones I was looking at.

I didn't like that the connections weren't exposed.

 

Do you have one installed? Pics?

[flatcat19]

Jack up your radiator cap and drive a 620 under it   :thumbup:

 

Only if it was yours.

[KoHeartsGPA]

Yikes!, find the cause...though it looks like fatigue rather than an overload of the system....

[flatcat19]

Cause? Because it broke.

 

I know why. It was the big fucking hole I fell in to on my way home last night.

Bent my battery tie down rods which tugged on the fuse box ever so slightly.

 

Boom! Ready for the mind fuck...I drove home. Albeit without any lights.

[banzai510(hainz)]

JB weld the backside

[HOGIE]

I have the piece you broke if you want it. I have a NOS one I'm going to install and the one that's in the truck now is in good shape

[DanielC]

A blue sea systems fuse box in a 1970 521.

[flatcat19]

I have the piece you broke if you want it. I have a NOS one I'm going to install and the one that's in the truck now is in good shape

Nope. Thanks though. I'm itching for something a little more modern. New.

 

 

This is what I'm aiming for. \/

A blue sea systems fuse box in a 1970 521.

[hobospyder]

didn't you put one of those into the canby truck daniel?

[uberkevin]

Yep

[DanielC]

Yes.

[flatcat19]

I remember seeing it too.

 

 

Never focused on it until I needed one...which is now; lulz

[Elkie]

Heres what I'm using, has two busbars built in on the back.

[Elkie]

Oh and a cover shot.

[flatcat19]

Heres what I'm using, has two busbars built in on the back.

 

 

I've been looking at one of those. But that's a long term idea. 

 

When I'm ready to do a full rewire that will be the route I go. Relays and fuses all in one spot. Now now though. 

[flatcat19]

http://www.ceshowroom.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CWR42730&click=2&gclid=CjwKEAjwi9K4BRCQzq7d1c6A_XASJABueAO2Rw2OxSCRgHqV0kRuWOCKmbd76CLj3EC9w105XuskVhoCEPPw_wcB

 

 

Going with this one. 

[DanielC]

A Datsun 521 has either three or four always hot fuses.  The Blue Sea fuse box has some jumpers that you can use to make the fuse block work for either application.

[flatcat19]

A Datsun 521 has either three or four always hot fuses.  The Blue Sea fuse box has some jumpers that you can use to make the fuse block work for either application.

 

 

I'm going to install this exactly as it sits in the truck now. Straight drop and swap. 

[banzai510(hainz)]

Thats a nnice fuse block

[Elkie]

Yeah I'm redoing the whole engine harness atm, so it makes more sense, the dual bus bar is nice one side is always hot the other will be ign hot. Have another one up front with relays for electric fans headlight and a/c. 

[4perrev]

pulled one out of a Nissan sentra and went to town. Had to fab two bus bars, but if was straight forward and now it's in the cab rather than the engine bay!! No rust or water.

[flatcat19]

I live in TriCities. No rust or water anyways.