Loose Fuses In Fusebox Creating All Kinds Of Issues

[ylekiot1]

Just fyi,

I have had electrical issues that I haven't had time to tackle until recently. The cigarette lighter was not working and the fog lights weren't as well. Well Tuesday the wipers would not come on in a downpour. Wife was not happy. Needless to say I found myself with plenty of time rather quickly to fix this. LOL. I found that both of these fuses were good for the cig and wiper. However, they were loose and had a bunch of play in the fuse box. When I would wiggle them, like a loose tooth, both circuits started working. I ended up pulling the fuses and bent each prong opposite directions slightly to make better contact. The fog lights still aren't working so I suspect on the opposite side of the fuse board that the relay is corroded. If you have any electrical gremlins try this out first. May save you some trouble.

[1990LS400]

ylekiot1,

Your loose accessories fuse issue might be related to a Southwestern Bell Mobile phone installer using a spade insert in June, 1990 to power my old President brand fixed phone kit.

I think I remember once removing that spade insert from the fuse box and finding that the cigarette ligher or some other accessory had stopped working. So I pushed the spade insert back in to the fuse box and everything started working again.

Hey, I don't get to see my (eh, your) "baby" anymore. Stop driving the Tundra to work and take the LS back from your wife! ;)