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From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: Fuse wires ? Really ?
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 17:11:35 -0500
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On 5/22/2025 4:49 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2025 21:08:57 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
> 
>>   While on a familiarization trip thru my downloaded owner/operator
>> manual for the antique Yanmar YM1500D tractor I just bought (mfd
>> 1975-79) I saw a fuse box ... so I decided to go exploring ! And I found
>> that fuse box , and I popped  the cover off , and I found ... fuse wires
>> on screw terminals ! OK , it ain't exactly state of the art , but it
>> fills the need . I also found tucked in the cover a small plastic
>> package of what I assume to be fuse wires . What I don't know is what
>> the amperage rating of these wires is - I'm hoping one of you might have
>> an idea  . Eventually I will replace this fuse box with a unit that has
>> plug in fuses , but for right now I'm going to clean up the original and
>> see if I can get the lights/horn/turnsigs working .
>>    I have been bitten by The Tractorbug . And it feels great . I gotta
>> get this one running well so I can do some much-needed and well-deserved
>> repairs/maintenance to Rusty , a 1982 JD 317 . He's been a great little
>> tractor , but he just doesn't have the (m)ass to get the needed traction
>> . This new tractor will be able to drag logs out of the woods that would
>> just laugh at Rusty spinnin' his wheels futilely .
> 
> I think that this may be what you have:
> 
> .<https://www.wiringdepot.com/store/c/101-Fusible-Link-Wire.aspx>
> 
> Joe
> 

   Yes and no ... these are pieces about an inch and a half long , bare 
wire . I have a package of "fusible links" rated for 15 amps on the way 
.. Meanwhile the tractor project is on hold while awaiting parts - and 
because a neighbor gave me almost a cord of firewood that needs to be 
split and stacked . It ain't gonna split itself !
-- 
Snag
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