<div dir="ltr">Rick,<div>I just read about the insulation being different than regular due to high temps. Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>I just fond the last one in Virginia.</div><div><br></div><div>The truck sat for years in the sun in California I am hoping that is why it went but excellent question.</div><div>I will at least have the new one and make another out of the old one. If I make another I'll have to shop around for the correct size. The dealer said they used metric fusable links.</div><div>Linda</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 12:15 PM Rick Fisk <<a href="mailto:refisk@chartermi.net">refisk@chartermi.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Linda,<div><br></div><div>Fusible links are just wires, but they do have a special type of insulation on them that won't catch fire and burn your pickup down when they blow.  That's why it's not a good idea to replace then with regular wire.  <div><br></div><div>If the Datsun part is not available then you will have to make one using links from another car.  Why did your's blow?</div><div><br></div><div>The rubber bumper Midgets do have fusible links.  The older cars just have regular old fuses.  Sometimes it's cheaper for the manufacturer to just insert a fusible link in a circuit than running wires to and from a proper fuse block.  I always thought they were an afterthought.  Car designer says "Oh jeez, we need a fuse here!"  Accountant says "Just put in a fusible link and we'll save twenty cents over doing it right. "</div><div><br></div><div>Rick<br><br><div id="gmail-m_-8440128449652273412AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my keyboard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Apr 14, 2019, at 10:18 AM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">List,<div>I have exhausted all sites stores and groups for this nasty bugger called a fuseable link which to me is just a wire. I'll make one after I exhaust all other efforts but prefer not to open up my wiring harness and solder in.</div><div><br></div><div>I need this "<span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">looks like" image in link, 5 wires called fuseable links which to me is just a thinner than connected to wire at 6" long:</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Why can't I just use wire that is 6" long (I read they need to be 6" long) and just the 4 gauges smaller than what they go into? At the very bottom is a nice youtube of a guy soldering them in and he made the most sense.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px">What did MG and Austin Healey do to not require them in our Spridgets?</span></div><div><font color="#383838" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Many thanks as always school me on what Spridgets use to not need these.</span></font></div><div><font color="#383838" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Linda</span></font></div><div><font color="#383838" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">62 California Sprite "Pinky"</span></font></div><div><font color="#383838" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Knowledge is power, repairs are a PITA : )</span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><a href="http://datnissparts.com/fusible-link-assy-for-datsun-nissan-720-pickup-24022-10w00-can-replace-24022-06w11/" shape="rect" style="color:rgb(4,122,198);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em" target="_blank">http://datnissparts.com/fusible-link-assy-for-datsun-nissan-720-pickup-24022-10w00-can-replace-24022-06w11/</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br></div><div>This site from Autozone shows how to make one:</div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)">link</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><a href="https://www.autozone.com/repairguides/Nissan-Pick-ups-and-Pathfinder-1970-1988/CIRCUIT-PROTECTION/Fusible-Link/_/P-0900c1528004f5e4" shape="rect" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;color:rgb(4,122,198)" target="_blank">https://www.autozone.com/repairguides/Nissan-Pick-ups-and-Pathfinder-1970-1988/CIRCUIT-PROTECTION/Fusible-Link/_/P-0900c1528004f5e4</a><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)">I guess I can get them in every color so I don't end up confused on my harness:</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><a href="https://www.oreillyauto.com/shop/b/lighting---electrical-16777/fuses-16615/fusible-link--universal--17516/12af23bde667" target="_blank">https://www.oreillyauto.com/shop/b/lighting---electrical-16777/fuses-16615/fusible-link--universal--17516/12af23bde667</a>  <br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)">Youtube a guy solders in his own.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SpsSRGfDQI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SpsSRGfDQI</a>  <br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.57143em;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(56,56,56)"><br clear="none"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-8440128449652273412gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">"Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut</span><br></div></div></div></div>
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