[shep]

How do ya get the big yellow fuse out off the fuse holder under the bonnet of a 1992ish vitara?

[want33s]

If it is the 80A one it is bolted in and doesn't pull out like the others.

[shep]

Looks to be around 800 amp to me. Where is the bolt that holds it in?

[buzbox]

It had me stumped for a while on mine too, But it should be on the side of the fuse holder. I think it's an 8 or 10mm.

It's the main fuse for the alternator yeah?

[buzbox]

Is that it there??

[shep]

Yep that's it, the one with a nut jammed in it. No it wasn't me that put it there

[Reubs]

buzbox wrote:

It had me stumped for a while on mine too, But it should be on the side of the fuse holder. I think it's an 8 or 10mm.

It's the main fuse for the alternator yeah?

Yup - it's M6 so 10mm socket will fit. Gotta unscrew the fuse panel out to remove it.

It's a Male fusible link and looks like this:


It's the main fusible link - the smaller of the 2 leads from the battery +ve terminal go into this (bigger fat cable to starter motor solenoid). The alternator is connected to the LOAD side of the main fusible link and is un-fused from there to the alternator output post. There is a common busbar inside the fuse block from the LOAD side of the main fusible link which supplies the smaller fusible links which go to the fuse box inside the cab.