Put off too long

[Marvin Gruber]

Yesterday I wanted to run a errand or two, pretty day so I decide to get the 68 XKE OTS out for a drive. It cranks right up, got a mile down the road and remembered I better have my cell phone. Go back home and get it. Now the the E won't crank. It turns over good, plenty of gas, has electronic ignition. I think no power to the distributor. I run a wire from battery to coil. Cranks right up. Yep, the fuse holder is corroded again. Clean the fuse holder up and I am in business again. I restored this car about 10 years ago. Everything was redone but the fuseholders. Really don't want to put after market holders in but who's going to see them and car will be more reliable. Who else has changed their fuse holders.

Marv

 

[Exotexs]

not being familiar with the '68 XK-E fuseholders or their location, I can only speak for the 4 fuse holders and their location in my '65 S type.

my S type has the original holders and they work fine, of course there's some oxidation but not enough to cause or have caused any problems. I don't understand why you're having that problem, maybe it's the location?

if your car has a location problem, there are aftermarket fuse holders with plastic caps on them to seal them from humidity, but whatever humidity gets in, stays in, sort of the Las Vegas pun "whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". That's usually because nobody wants to remember what happened in Vegas )

Ex

 

[Basil]

Marvin, have you tried using a little conductor dielectric grease on the contacts?

 

[jessebogan]

The fuse boxes are fairly readily available. They are just Lucas 2 fuse fuse boxes, used on pretty much everything of that era. You can take them out and "brighten and tighten" all the contacts, or just replace if you want to be sure of perfect performance. Just be sure to orient them correctly upon installation.

 

[Marvin Gruber]

She died again yesterday on the way home, took two minutes to fix but still a pain. First chance, its coming out.

Marv