How do you access the engine fuse box V8V?

[rossyl]

Hi

I've been trying to access the engine fuse box on the Vantage and have found it pretty inaccessible. I cannot open the lid of the fuse box enough to access the fuses.

Can anyone give me some advice please.

Thanks
R

[telum01]

You have to pull the tab toward the lid. The tab has a catch on each side, and it has to clear those - but the tab is flexible, so it helps to squeeze the tab in on each side, not just in the middle. You're likely to hear some clicks as the tab comes free. Then just pull up. That one tab is all that holds the cover on the fuse box.

[rossyl]

Thanks

Mine appears to have a hinge on the back.

It has a clip on the front that you have press on both sides to release.

But then on the rear that are two hinges

[rossyl]

Green circled is the "clip" that I can then get released

But the red circled bits seem like a hinge that I cannot get the lid released from.

The lid cannot open up enough for.me.to access the fuses due the positioning.

[David W.]

4 hrs later and you're still struggling! Man up and give it a tug or RTFM

[telum01]

Pull the lid toward the front of the car as you lift it up. The hinge isn't 'fixed' so the lid will pull out from there.

[rossyl]

telum01 said:

Pull the lid toward the front of the car as you lift it up. The hinge isn't 'fixed' so the lid will pull out from there.

Thanks very much Richard.

Didn't get round to it till today. Took quite a tug!