cigarette lighter

[user 915]

Hey y'all, I was wondering if anyone knew where the cigarette lighter fuse and the horn fuse were located. It appears someone jacked my repair manual......


Oh, its a 71 coupe.

 

[marks73]

Under the dash to the right of the steering coloumn by the firewall.

 

[Blueoval71]

When addressing fuse related issues always physically test the fuse or if its old just replace it anyways. Even if the element appears intact, the solder joint can (and often does) fail within the end cap.

 

[goodnigh]

Here is a picture from my 1971 Operating Features brochure.

mike

 

[user 915]

Thanks guys! Guess I didn't see it in there when I was looking! That pic was a great help Mike.

 

[user 915]

Hey y'all, just got under the dash, the fuses there are labeled different than the ones in the picture, and all of them test good...... any other possible locations for this fuse?

 

[trainey]

Check with a voltmeter to see if you have voltage at the wire, maybe the ground wire to the lighter is bad

 

[marks73]

Or the lighter element itself has gone bad

 

[goodnigh]

Or the lighter element itself has gone bad

Doh! Been there before. Tear the dash apart only to find all

I needed was a $5 lighter.

mike

 

[TommyK]

I have had problems on two occasions with lighting circuits that did not work but the fuses tested good. In both instances the clips that hold the fuse were slightly corroded. I cleaned the clips and it solved the problem.

 

[user 915]

Well, I don't use it for the lighter, I really do need to just get under the dash this weekend, since it will be in the 70s and fix it,.

 

[user 915]

Got it fixed.... even tho the fuse tested good, and there were other components that worked that were controlled by the same circuit, it ended up being a bad fuse......

 

[Mikes73]

So the wipers and interior lights worked but the lighter didn't?

 

[user 915]

Yeah, and so did the hazard lights, it was really weird... the horn didn't work either.

 

[Mikes73]

The reason I was asking is am bringing my car back to life and have hazards, headlights, the lighter works but have no horn or interior lights. The red horse lights up in the guage cluster when the brights are on:huh:

 

[user 915]

With the horn, it could be a bunch of different things, from the horn button, to the contact from the steering column to the steering wheel, to the horn itself. With the interior lights, are you talking about the dome light or the dash lights? I know my dash lights had a bit of corrosion where they contacted the circuit board, and also, my headlight switch was bad and didn't route power to that circuit


Oh, the red horse is your high beam indicator light

 

[Mikes73]

Thanks toolman, I am gaining on it. I pulled all of the fuses and cleaned the contact points and now have interior lights :=} tonight will clean the contacts for the guage cluster. Will update later.