Way back when I first got this beetle I was trying to diagnose the lack of charging (spoiler alert: I needed a new alternator), which had me replace all the fuses, during this, I have to admit, I found the porcelain fuses very finicky and fragile. Another bonus is blade style fuses are in every gas station and grocery store. With enough googling I found the Torque Resto Parts 61-67 Beetle Fuse Box. The parts arrived and I did nothing with them for months. But I had some time and installed it in 20 minutes. Ok, on the second attempt 20 minutes.
The first step was to label all the wires so I could, unlike Humpty Dumpty, put it back together again.
Next I began to unhook the wires, where I ran into a problem. On fuse #8 I have 3 wires on each side. This does has only two.
I reached out to Torque Resto via email, they never wrote back. But a discussion on the Samba forum recommended using piggyback connectors. Using two of these I was able to install the new fuse box.
And looking at the old one, it had seen better days. There was some melting !
The new one fit in fine, I also figured I would take this time to label the wires permanently.
And the stock plastic cover fits, which is a nice bonus.
Parts:
- Piggyback connector: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09XGZTMN6
- Torque Resto Parts Fuse Box: https://www.torquerestoparts.com/product-page/61-66-beetle-ghia-blade-fuse-box