[AT] Chevy Astro

[Steve W.]

Sorry farmer,
  Most of the new vehicles don't have only one fuse box. They have the 
relay and masterfuse box under the hood, Then a second panel on the 
drivers side under the dash and many also have a third on the passenger 
side behind the glove box area, and in the case of the Buick LeSabre and 
it's copies and the new Lucerne they have a fourth box under the rear seat.
The wifes 2002 Blazer has three boxes in it, one under the hood, One 
behind the left side kick panel and the other behind the glove box door.
The one major thing many manufacturers have done is put in a dedicated 
ground return for each circuit instead of just using the chassis ground.


Francis Robinson wrote:
> 	"Trying" to work on later model (after mid 1980's) stuff really makes you
> appreciate how easy it is to work on our old tractors. Years ago I drove a
> 1969 Mercedes 240-D. Gee, that thing was easy to work on. I always said that
> all automotive design engineers should be required to work in a dealer's
> service garage for about a month every year. Really work, not some walk
> through. There is much to be learned from physically working on a
> 10-year-old car that has seen plenty of the real world, not a lab tested
> car. It would also help if one week of that month was spent in a small auto
> repair shop that "did not" always have access to special tool #999876-q.
> 	When you get right down to it they are still just re-inventing the
> horseless carriage and many of the "new" innovations over the years had
> already been invented. History gets lost and too many lessons have to be
> re-learned over and over again. Simple stuff many times... One hot spot with
> me is how many vehicles I have owned where the fuse block was hidden up
> under the dash where you have stand on your head in a half twist with a
> flashlight in your mouth just to change a simple fuse that is designed to
> fail... The 1948 Chevy truck had them in a simple metal covered box under
> the hood that was opened by popping off a couple of latch springs like on a
> distributor cap. Then some dummy said "lets see if we can make that harder
> to get to"...    ;-) IHC did a good job in the 60's and 70's of making fuses
> easy to change. You didn't even have to open the hood, just the glove box
> door... Today they are again doing a better job at making them accessible,
> usually up on a wheel well in a box along with several relays etc. but it is
> only a matter of time before some dummy says "lets see if we can make that
> harder to get to"...    ;-)
> 
> 
> --
> "farmer"
> 
> The brave may not live forever but the easily frightened may never live at
> all.
> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
> 

> Thanks, Charlie, for my first good laugh of the day!!
> 
> --
> __________
> Gene Waugh
> Elgin, Illinois USA
> 
> 
> CEE VILL wrote:
> 
>> I believe the accepted method of finding the engine in your new
>> vehicle, Ralph, is to start at the tail pipe and gently feel your way
>> foreward along it.  You will sooner or later end up at the motor.
>> (Grins)
>>
>> Charlie V. in very rainy WNY  (4 degrees above freezing)
>>
>>
>>


-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
he'd have become a vegan.