mk1/2 Escort fusebox upgrade?

[anonymous-user]

My Fisher Fury kit car uses a Ford Escort mk1/2 7-fuse fusebox with the continental style fuses and bullet connectors , with the 2 standard Ford black plastic plug blocks on the back. Those continental fuses are proving a bit unreliable so I want to upgrade to use blade fuses.

Does anyone know if there is an upgraded or more modern fuse box available anywhere that will plug right onto the Ford plugs?

The fuse box and plugs are identical to this one:
http://uploads.turbosport.co.uk/Remote098763243428...

thanks
James

[Dave_ST220]

If not then I guess splicing on a loom from a donor car would be the only way.

[S0 What]

Those ford FBs change with year so the plug/wire positions are not the same from Mk to Mk,(check the part number) i don't think there is a plug in replacement (never seen one in 30 years messing with fords), the usuall route is an aftermarket blade type and rewire it, then mount it onto a small plate to cover the hole left by the odd shaped ford one or move it inside if you have enough slack in the bay loom ?
Part numbers for example 71BG, 74BG, 76BG, 80BG, they may also carry EG or AG after the year (BG = cortina, EG = capri, AG = escort) some are interchangable some are not (check the brass pins and bridges on the underside).
I feel your pain, had an old ford as a daily since i could drive and part of the yearly service is clean the fuses and contacts, rebend the conntacts in so they are tight, cover with contact grease, do it again in 6 months
Oh and eventually the tabs snap or the contacts on the side for the loom rot off, i've changed a "few"

[anonymous-user]

Great thanks for the info, the part number indicated that it came from a Ford Escort RS2000 as far as I could tell, but yeah as you say I can't find a straight replacement anywhere.

I've replaced it yesterday with a blade fuse type from Car Builder Solutions that I bought just in case there was no "proper" swap, took me ages to do as I'm pretty paranoid about electrics, but amazingly (to me at least ) the car fired up and ran with no issues, so hopefully it will be much more reliable now.