VL Melted fuse rail

[manualwagon]

My trusy VL wagon had a melted fuse rail and I have just finished installing a fuse rail kit that I found some where on the forum site. The kit is excellent and easy to fit, It comes with everything that you need to do the job, New rail, terminals, fuses and an excellent installation DVD. The only things I needed were a pair of side cutters, a crimp tool and a soldering iron and solder. If your fuse rail has melted have look at Niche Electronic and Industrial Products. au .I sent an e-mail to Perth to order a kit and arrange payment and the kit arrived within a few days. Highly recommend this product. regards John

[gungazza]

looks good mate, how much

[manualwagon]

Cost me $100 including postage to Vic, seem silly but they have black rails, and a few green rails. you can't see the colour of the rail under the cover, so he was offering the green ones $7 cheaper, [My wagon is green lol] Oh I also included his LED under bonnet lights in my kit. John. ps, check out his site!

[jatsvl]

i have seen these kits and they look great! you said easy to instal what skills do you need for this eg electrical knowledge, soldering........................

[Bax]

I'm fairly sure you have to crimp all the connections.

And yes I recommend this guy, they are absolutely fantastic. The green ones are the first version he made, the second ones are the black ones with the engine bay lights.

And when you order it you receive the fuse rail, all the crimps and connections you need, an instruction cd, fuses and I think in some instances you can get a crimping tool. Edit, sorry I didn't see you had to solder, I guess you have to crimp and then solder the connections?

I've had my kit sitting there for at least 6 months, you'd expect I'd know, it should be installed now though.

[manualwagon]

The kit is really easy to install. I had a real good crimping tool. one that puts a dimple in the centre of the terminal, so i didn't have to solder anything. You just undo the two screws and pull the old rail up and to towards the engine then sort of turn it upside down. Then starting at one end and on one line you snip each wire and crimp on a terminal then plug it on to the new rail, then do the next etc etc. . once all were on i placed the new rail in postion then followed the instructions to fit new fuses and test each circuit. No special skill needed except for the ability to strip the end of each wire and to use a crip tool. john ps I got the green one and i got the engine bay lights too. took me just over an hour!!!!!

[bradcad]

Just incase you want a cheaper option- I replaced the fuseblock in a VL Commodore with an off the shelf spade fuse block x 2. I think it was 2 off 8 fuse holders, came with clear plastic covers. A few hours and a lotta crimps she came together nicely. Not as flash as the one shown, I think back then it cost me something like $30 total. Just another option