<VV> Help!!! Fuse Problems

[J R Read_HML]

A short in that line or a bad switch.  See if the fuse blows when you jump 
around the switch.  If not, the problem is the switch.  If it does blow, 
there is a short somewhere, probably between the switch and the lights.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike & Jackie" <mjsvair at q.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs Post" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:47 PM
Subject: <VV> Help!!! Fuse Problems


>I am finishing up a restoration on our 69 Conv. and I am having fits with
> one of the fuses.  On the fuse box it says on one side of the fuse, 
> (gauges)
> and on the other it says (bu).  It is a 10 amp fuse.  It keeps on blowing
> out when I shift into  reverse.  The fuse box is new, the wiring harness 
> is
> new, the bu switch is new.  After blowing three fuses, I unplugged the two
> wires from the 4 speed bu switch and have no problems blowing fuses.  Next 
> I
> took the 4 speed bu switch out and cleaned the surface where it screws in
> the trans.  Cleaned the copper gasket and put the switch back in. I 
> switched
> the two wires on the bu switch. Started the car and put it in reverse and
> again the fuse blew up. Do you guys have any answers for this problem?
>
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