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cornerblock · 09-18-2011, 04:51 PM

Howdy, Girlfriend's Magna suddenly stopped running. No lights, nothing. I've located the main fuse 30 amp. But can't figure out how to open/extract it. I've pried the tabs apart but it will not budge. Any help?

Easy Rider 2 · 09-18-2011, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cornerblock

I've pried the tabs apart but it will not budge. Any help?

Yes. Find somebody who knows how the fuse works.

Hint: No matter what type of fuse it is, "prying the tabs apart" is never the proper way to remove it. The thing you are prying on might not even BE the fuse.

It is likely that you now have TWO problems that need fixing.

seruzawa · 09-18-2011, 08:34 PM

Best thing is to buy a proper manual for it.

cornerblock · 09-19-2011, 05:15 PM

Have the manual. It just shows a pic of the 'box' holding the fuse. (The plastic 'box' is labeled 'MAIN FUSE'). The 'tabs' are attached to the top of the 'box'. It is like most other two part electrical connectors. The kind that have 'tabs' that reach across the second part of the connector and lock down. Any other help from someone who knows the answer?

Easy Rider 2 · 09-19-2011, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cornerblock

The kind that have 'tabs' that reach across the second part of the connector and lock down. Any other help from someone who knows the answer?

If those tabs are plastic and it looks like they were meant to be "bent" out to release something.........then that something is a plastic "lid" or cover over the fuse.

Bend the tabs out and pull the cover off; under that should be a standard blade fuse that also pulls out......or can be tested once you get the cover off.

Few people are really familiar with EVERY type of bike out there.......and waiting for someone with that same one can sometimes take a LONG time.......so the better description is very helpful.

Sorry for the curt answer before but "bending" conjured up bending something metal and that just couldn't be good.

donaldgreen · 09-21-2011, 12:34 AM

I think easy rider 2 you are right some time back I was under the same situation and this was reason behind it. But now its in a better condition and is working up to the mark.

sarnali2 · 09-21-2011, 07:43 AM

Probably just wedge a flat blade screwdriver under the edge and hit it with a hammer. It may take a few licks but it'll come out. Then just pick the rest of the bits out with a pair of needle nose pliers and pop the new fuse in place...Nothing to it!

seruzawa · 09-21-2011, 06:44 PM

Probably been in there so long that the fuse ends and the terminals being dissimilar metals have fused together.

09-18-2011, 04:51 PM	#1
cornerblock Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2	1994 Honda Magna main fuse Howdy, Girlfriend's Magna suddenly stopped running. No lights, nothing. I've located the main fuse 30 amp. But can't figure out how to open/extract it. I've pried the tabs apart but it will not budge. Any help?

09-18-2011, 08:34 PM	#3
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Best thing is to buy a proper manual for it. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

09-21-2011, 07:43 AM	#7
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	Probably just wedge a flat blade screwdriver under the edge and hit it with a hammer. It may take a few licks but it'll come out. Then just pick the rest of the bits out with a pair of needle nose pliers and pop the new fuse in place...Nothing to it! __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

09-21-2011, 06:44 PM	#8
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Probably been in there so long that the fuse ends and the terminals being dissimilar metals have fused together. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

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09-19-2011, 05:15 PM	#4
cornerblock Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2	Have the manual. It just shows a pic of the 'box' holding the fuse. (The plastic 'box' is labeled 'MAIN FUSE'). The 'tabs' are attached to the top of the 'box'. It is like most other two part electrical connectors. The kind that have 'tabs' that reach across the second part of the connector and lock down. Any other help from someone who knows the answer?

09-21-2011, 12:34 AM	#6
donaldgreen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1	I think easy rider 2 you are right some time back I was under the same situation and this was reason behind it. But now its in a better condition and is working up to the mark.