61' Falcon wiring

Thanks Stormin, I have a general wiring diagram but no these schematics. This will help, but my question was about fuse types. Aren't there different ones, and which one do I need?

 

Did a little digging...

I used to have those glass ones in mine. AFAIK, the mfr is LittleFuse. The type is called AGC fuses. There's only 2 sizes for cars, short and long (about 3/4" and 1-1/8" respectively):

This search page has images and charts:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Fuse+Chart&qpvt=Fuse+Chart&FORM=IGRE

The LittleFuse site is designed for distrubutors - no pics, just part numbers and packaging quantities, so you'd have to check on RockAuto or Autozone sites.

This one just shows common packages for retailers:
https://www.makariosrv.com/categories/RV-Electrical/Breakers-{47}-Fuses/

The short ones usually handle smaller amperages (1 to 7 amps), while the longer ones run from 3 amps (older radios) to 30 Amps. Bit of overlap there.

 

Thanks Stormin, that helps. I am stopping by the parts store on the way home and wanted to get the right ones to start with. I think you saved me a return trip! You are awesome

 

I was lucky with mine because the post 1980 Ford Fox-bodies have the newer blade type fuses, but now even those are getting hard to find, so I keep spares in the car always. I get them at the junkyards, whenever I do a run. Little boogers are 'spensive, but my old fuseblock didn't have the circuits for the power windows and locks (which I added) and the Mustang gauge dash wiring needed some different circuits, so I scavenged a 1981 Capri, for a direct swap (almost direct, except for the rear window wiper and fluid pump and de-icer circuits.

Like the other guys said, it can be a real bear to upgrade your circuitry. The problem with most after market wire sets is that they don't match up with the original colour schemes, so it makes following the factory schematics are real huge PITA! It was bad enough just upgrading with a set from the Capri's scheme to hook into mine.

I think you're safe with the glass fuses for another 30 years... The nice thing about them is that you can wrap a piece of cigarette foil and limp to a garage, if you have to. Been there, done that.

 

wrap a piece of cigarette foil and limp to a garage, if you have to. Been there, done that.
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Being a non-smoker I've used small scraps of copper wire or even wife's hairpin. Not the safest thing after a fuse has blown. It blew for a reason but sometimes we gotta do what a man's gotta do to limp home.

 

Every lonely highway has cigarette foil...